Last week’s declaration by Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen calling for the armed forces, led by his son Hun Manet, to “destroy” the already outlawed opposition confirms what many had feared, even as the international community and the United Nations have been generously silent on Hun Sen’s violent words, which have often been translated into lethal action.
About 70-80 per cent of Vietnamese living in Cambodia have gained the country’s legal recognition that paves the way for them to obtain Cambodian citizenship, a Vietnamese official said. Senior government officials on Wednesday rejected claims in a report by Hanoi-based daily, Viet Nam News (VNS), that quotes a senior Vietnamese official as saying that 70-80 per cent of its nationals living in the Kingdom are recognized by the Cambodian government, allowing them citizenship.
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The Ministry of Interior’s General Department of Immigration deported 69 Chinese nationals following their arrest in Svay Rieng province earlier this month for operating a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) online money extortion scam.
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On Wednesday, the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC), the central bank, announced that it would add the yuan and yen as official clearing currencies, allowing qualified banks to use both for international payments and settlements, the Xinhua News Agency reported.https://bit.ly/2G20Byz;
