Funcinpec party president Prince Norodom Ranariddh earlier this week returned to the Kingdom amidst reports his party will soon merge with the Khmer National United Party in order to create a stronger, unified party.
Hun Sen as the government and the ruling party leader warned the opposition officials who were banned from politics ahead of last year’s election have one month to seek a royal pardon. He also warned that opposition leader Kem Sokha will not be released from detention despite hitting the 18-month maximum allowed by law in pre-trial detention, a move denounced by the opposition as a violation of the constitution. Some supporters of the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) president to request political rehabilitation. King Norodom Sihamoni on Saturday granted a royal pardon to Sim Sovanny, the third banned opposition politician to request political "rehabilitation", allowing him to return to the political fold. Sam Rainsy reiterated his call on the military to disobey Hun Sen’s orders. Other six activists of the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) have fled Cambodia this week, fearing political persecution at the hands of the court, which they say is controlled by the Hun Sen-led Cambodian People’s Party (CPP). https://bit.ly/2NVEWth; https://bit.ly/2EOKjGu; https://bit.ly/2SYeboK; https://bit.ly/2CcEMcg; https://bit.ly/2HdIZjN; https://bit.ly/2XOvIUc; https://bit.ly/2EQgVzr; https://bit.ly/2XOpjbr; https://dailym.ai/2Hexc4M; https://bit.ly/2Hx4VWP; https://bit.ly/2NWRe4n; https://bit.ly/2VKX0IY;
