US ambassador Patrick Murphy expressed concerns over accusations linking the US to Kem Sokha’s treason charges during the trial which saw his attendance as an observer.
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In February, the EU partially withdrew the tariff preferences for Cambodia under its ‘Everything but Arms’ (EBA) trading scheme due to systematic human rights violations. The Commission had deliberated the withdrawal for a year after Cambodia’s Prime Minister of the last 35 years, Hun Sen, banned the only viable opposition party in the country and prosecuted its leadership.
Xi’s Fake History Lesson for Hun Sen
Eager to appease his benefactor in Beijing, the Cambodian leader is excluding China’s role from the Khmer Rouge narrative.
Cambodia’s reputation as one of the cheapest places in the world to live has been called under question, according to a survey conducted by CEOWORLD magazine, a leading business publication.http://bit.ly/2U1q2EW
