Meach Sovannara, the former public affairs chief of the Cambodia National Rescue Party, was released from prison along with 13 fellow party activists on Tuesday.
លោក មាជ សុវណ្ណារ៉ា និងសមាជិកគណបក្សប្រឆាំងជាង១៣នាក់ផ្សេងទៀត ត្រូវបានព្រះមហាក្សត្រព្រះរាជទានទោសតាមការស្នើសុំរបស់ លោក ហ៊ុន សែន ក្រោយអ្នកទាំង១៤បានសរសេរលិខិតសុំទោសលោក ហ៊ុន សែន។
On Sunday, five international advocacy groups, including Human Rights Watch, called for the “politically motivated” case to be dropped for lack of evidence.
The Supreme Council of Consultations (SCC), as the forum will be known, will provide a check on the power of the ruling Cambodian People’s Party, according to Hun Sen.
Event organizers expect up to 1,000 people to attend the festival.
Sam Rainsy was charged in June with lèse-majesté after he suggested that a letter from King Norodom Sihamoni calling on Cambodians to vote was actually “fake.”
Kem Sokha was not present at the hearing, which lasted for nearly one hour.
Sorpong Peou recently talked to VOA Khmer about political trust, how power is accumulated, and his new article “Cambodia’s Hegemonic-Party System.”
On July 23, a saddle dam in the large-scale Xe-Pian Xe-Namnoy hydropower project in southern Laos burst its walls and flooded a vast swath of land in Attapeu province.
Recently, authorities have arrested 10 people and confiscated more than 80 tons of fake products in Phnom Penh, including fake beer and bottled water.
The two-day exam will conclude on Tuesday evening, and the results will be released in September.
According to an order issued Tuesday evening by Judge Pich Vicheathor, the two journalists will be freed on bail but will have stringent conditions placed on their release.
General Hing Bun Heang told VOA Khmer on Monday that his meaning had been misunderstood.
A number of countries have sent their congratulations on the electoral process, including China, Laos, Vietnam, Russia, and the Philippines.
Last year, in a bid to curry favor with the more than 700,000 garment workers in the country ahead of the election, Hun Sen oversaw the raising of the minimum wage to $170 per month and provided additional benefits such as free transportation and medical care.
Tep Vanny, 38, received an award for leadership in 2013 for her campaigning on behalf of the Boeung Kak families.
The appointment comes as relations between the two countries have hit a low after Hun Sen accused Washington of sponsoring a plot to overthrow him by supporting the CNRP.
Prime Minister Hun Sen, who has ruled Cambodia for over 33 years, remains defiant.
Suy Sophan, who controls the Phan Imex company that owns the land where the community lives, was accused of releasing the dogs who reportedly attacked at least one woman.
Some patients refer to kidney disease as “the sell everything you have illness.”
ព័ត៌មានផ្សេងទៀត
