International Community (13th – 17th January 2025)
| A Chinese-backed canal in Cambodia is likely to put “fragile” ecosystems at risk, researchers in China and Britain have warned, calling for better mitigation efforts. https://bit.ly/4hcDAGJ; Heng Sithy, a Cambodian businessman who drew headlines in recent weeks after accusing a number of senior police officials and members of the ruling family of theft, corruption and fraud, was arrested in Russia. https://bit.ly/42fMwHk; Thai police have secured an arrest warrant for Ly Ratanakraksmey, a 43-year-old frequent Cambodian visitor to Thailand, believed to have orchestrated the assassination of former Cambodian opposition MP Lim Kimya. The International Criminal Police Organisation (Interpol), at the request of Thai police, has issued a red notice for the arrest of Pich Kimsrin, a 24-year-old Cambodian man implicated in the fatal shooting. The widow of a former Cambodian opposition party lawmaker who was killed in a brazen street attack in Bangkok said she believes the shooting was “definitely political” and not the result of a personal dispute. |
