The Appeal Court will hear arguments next week from Kem Sokha’s lawyers, who are opposing a decision by lower court judges to accept new evidence submitted by the prosecution in the opposition leader’s stalled treason trial.
The Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) has laid out a monthly plan for its ongoing battle against fake news in an attempt to quell misleading information that could lead to political or economic subversion.
The Cambodian People’s Party will inaugurate its massive new headquarters in Phnom Penh, with a party spokesperson saying members contributed the $40 million it took to build the structure.
A meeting held between Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen and the former head of the banned opposition party Kem Sokha during a funeral for Hun Sen’s mother-in-law was a matter of formality and does not herald a political reconciliation, the country’s ruling party said Wednesday.
The Ministry of Environment rebuffed a statement made by Khmer Rise Party president Soksovann Vathana Sabung, who accused local authorities of using undue violence and illegally detaining between 30 and 50 villagers living in Preah Sihanouk province’s Ream commune, in Prey Nop district earlier this year. Mr Vathana Sabung, said the ministry, violated the chain of command by conducting unpermitted investigations.
The new rotating chairman of the Supreme Council for Consultation and Recommendations, Mam Sonando, plans to create an internal law for the council to prevent the termination of other members after the president of the Khmer Rise Party, Sok Sovann Vathana Sabung, was sacked from the Council.https://bit.ly/2Lga1qW; https://bit.ly/3cm5yib;
