Unity is strength. In a strategic move, the Khmer United National Party (KNUP) and the Kampuchea Niyum Party (KP) have announced an agreement to create a new political pole in which KP will compete under the KNUP’s umbrella at the upcoming general elections, which will be held on July 23, 2023.
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A court in France has dismissed two defamation cases brought against Cambodian opposition leader Sam Rainsy by Prime Minister Hun Sen and a senior police official, but both sides were quick to claim victory in the proceedings, citing elements that advanced their own narrative. The Paris tribunal judiciaire ruled on Monday that Sam Rainsy – a dual citizen of France and head of the banned Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) – was guilty of defamation against Hun Sen when he posted a message to social media in 2019 claiming that the prime minister had ordered the assassination of Cambodia’s former National Police Chief Hok Lundy.
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