A supporter of Cambodia’s Candlelight Party was shot dead in Tbong Khmum province over the weekend, the latest in a series of attacks on the opposition in a year of local elections and campaigning for 2023 parliamentary voting, his wife and supporters said Monday.
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The lesser-known Cambodia Nation Love Party (CNLP) has rejected claims of a merger with the Cambodia Reform Party (CRP), stressing that no agreement has been reached.
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Prime Minister Hun Sen had strong words for former opposition leader Sam Rainsy, after Mr Sam announced that ‘There must be a change in Cambodia in 2023’. Hun Sen has emphatically stated that he would rather ‘cut off my hand’ then pardon former opposition leader Sam Rainsy, after Mr Sam was sentenced to life in prison and permanently deprived of his political rights.
Hun Sen said he would dissolve any political party that dares to associate with Sam Rainsy, a threat that opposition party officials believe indicates he is still afraid of the exiled opposition leader’s political clout ahead of the 2023 general elections.
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The politician brother of murdered populist commentator Kem Ley and several opposition defectors — including from the Candlelight and Cambodia National Love parties — have been made government advisers by royal decree.
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