Authorities in Cambodia are preparing to expel 235 Chinese nationals detained in Takeo province this week for running internet scams, with China set to provide a special flight to bring them home within the next two weeks, sources in Cambodia say.
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Despite numerous cases of illegal landfilling coming to light and an order from Prime Minister Hun Sen to put a stop to it, authorities are seemingly powerless to halt illegal beach developments in Preah Sihanouk province.
Four lawyers representing former opposition leader Kem Sokha received death threats in a Facebook post a week after they issued a statement condemning a bet between Sam Rainsy and Prime Minister Hun Sen over how their client’s treason case would end.
Foresty crimes continue unabated in the Kingdom. This week alone, two crackdowns on illegal logging took place in Ratanakkiri and Oddar Meanchey provinces.
Cambodia still has military cooperation with the US, despite the former “temporarily postponing” the annual Angkor Sentinel jointly military exercises last year, Ministry of National Defense spokesman Chhum Socheat said.https://bit.ly/2zExtZn;
