Despite some minor parties calling for the postponement of the Commune
Council Election next year due to the COVID-19 community outbreak, the
ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) has said that it has no interest in
requesting for a suspension of the sub-national election.
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Former CNRP officials and their families say they are worried that assaults
against them will continue, “again and again,” and remain unsolved by
police, following last month’s attack against a 15-year-old — whose mother
says she was “neglectful” for not making him wear a helmet outside.
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The ruling Cambodian People’s Party blasted former opposition leader Sam
Rainsy for calling on people to march to Prime Minister Hun Sen’s residence
as well as revolt against the government.
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In another case of violence against people linked to the upended opposition
CNRP, a Phnom Penh activist was surrounded by four men at a Chroy Changva
market and beaten with metal rods in broad daylight.
