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Will Cambodia’s repressed opposition rise up?

Last week, Prime Minister Hun Sen raised the prospect of delaying or even cancelling Cambodia’s upcoming general election due to possible chaos caused by anti-government protests. The premier’s warning came after a new movement of exiled opposition politicians said it might call on supporters to organize ...

David Hutt
http://www.atimes.com/article/will-cambodias-repressed-opposition-rise/

PM lays out national plan for the elderly

A new shelter for the indigent elderly – plus hundreds of new community-based associations for older people – is in the works under a national plan on ageing launched by Prime Minister Hun Sen at the Peace Palace yesterday. ...

Yon Sineat
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-lays-out-national-plan-elderly

Hun Sen seeks to clarify remarks, pledging that election will take place ‘no matter what’

Prime Minister Hun Sen hit back yesterday at suggestions that he would consider postponing this year’s elections, saying they will go on as scheduled “no matter what happens” – an apparent effort to clarify his remarks in a speech the day before that an election ...

Ben Sokhean and Andrew Nachemson
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/hun-sen-seeks-clarify-remarks-pledging-election-will-take-place-no-matter-what

After Rainsy calls for future protests, Hun Sen says elections will not take place amidst ‘chaos’

Prime Minister Hun Sen issued an oblique warning in a speech to garment workers yesterday, noting that there could be no elections in a “chaotic country” – an apparent reference to the protests foreshadowed by the newly announced Cambodia National Rescue Movement. ...

Ben Sokhean and Andrew Nachemson
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/after-rainsy-calls-future-protests-hun-sen-says-elections-will-not-take-place

Prime Minister supportive of water taxi system

Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday expressed support for the waterway transport system from Prek Phnov to Phnom Penh and to Takhmao city, which will be launched before Khmer New Year. ...

Mom Sophon
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50102045/prime-minister-supportive-of-water-taxi-system/

China asked to buy more sugarcane from Cambodia

During a meeting with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang yesterday, Prime Minister Hun Sen asked China to increase imports of Cambodian sugarcane. The officials met in Phnom Penh’s Peace Palace yesterday. ...

Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50101596/china-asked-buy-sugarcane-cambodia/

Ex-deputy PM Lay Sreng called in to court for defamation

Former Deputy Prime Minister Lu Lay Sreng, who has been abroad since October, has been summonsed to appear in Phnom Penh Municipal Court for a defamation hearing on January 25. Lay Sreng, 77, was sued for defamation by his former party, Funcinpec, and Prime Minister ...

Niem Chheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ex-deputy-pm-lay-sreng-called-court-defamation

China to provide 100 Cambodian children with free heart surgery in 3 years

China will provide 100 Cambodian children who have congenital heart disease with free surgery in three years in a program called “China-Cambodia Love Heart Journey.” The program was inaugurated on Jan 11 by visiting Premier Li Keqiang and his Cambodian counterpart Samdech Techo Hun Sen ...

Mu Xuequan
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-01/11/c_136888925.htm

Analyst Kim Sok's bail request denied at Supreme Court

Outspoken government critic Kim Sok was rejected bail at the Supreme Court this morning, with the prosecutor arguing that to grant Sok early release from an 18-month prison sentence would cause “chaos” in society. ...

Mech Dara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/analyst-kim-soks-bail-request-denied-supreme-court

China and Mekong states sign 5-year plan for cooperation, but details remain undisclosed

The leaders of Cambodia, Vietnam, Myanmar, Thailand and Laos, along with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, announced the adoption of a five-year plan for cooperation on matters relating to the Mekong River, though experts and observers yesterday questioned who would benefit from China’s increasing involvement in ...

Alessandro Marazzi Sassoon
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/china-and-mekong-states-sign-5-year-plan-cooperation-details-remain-undisclosed

Hun Sen lashes out at journos, analysts over comments on reform record

The prime minister lashed out at journalists and analysts today for questioning the current government’s reform record, a seeming reference to a Post article from December about a speech in which he touted his administration’s progress. ...

Ben Sokhean
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hun-sen-lashes-out-journos-analysts-over-comments-reform-record

Hun Sen rails against traffic scofflaws, calls for crackdown on offences

Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday threatened to fire Daun Penh District Governor Sok Penh Vuth over growing disregard for traffic laws among the public as local authorities scrambled to enforce a new crackdown on offenders. Hun Sen urged motorists to obey traffic laws, appealing specifically to ...

Kuoch Masy and Andrew Nachemson
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hun-sen-rails-against-traffic-scofflaws-calls-crackdown-offences

Kem Sokha, Hun Sen offer very different hopes for 2018

​Prime Minister Hun Sen and former opposition leader Kem Sokha offered starkly divergent New Year’s messages to the Cambodian people, with the former hailing the Kingdom’s “stability” even as the latter grimly warned that recent democratic backsliding could lead to a “fragmented nation”.​ ​ ...

Ben Sokhean
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kem-sokha-hun-sen-offer-very-different-hopes-2018

Why the West was doomed to fail in Cambodia

Backed by China, Prime Minister Hun Sen has entered 2018 triumphant from his decades-long struggle with the West – and set the stage for his succession. ...

Paul Millar
http://sea-globe.com/where-next/

Hun Sen’s ‘vision’ would see him bypass National Assembly, shrink cabinet

During a cabinet meeting on Friday, Prime Minister Hun Sen announced a “vision” to shrink the country’s cabinet by excluding secretaries and undersecretaries of state from the body, and to be given the right to bypass the National Assembly by appointing them directly, according to ...

Mech Dara and Yesenia Amaro
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/hun-sens-vision-would-see-him-bypass-national-assembly-shrink-cabinet

CPP set to sweep Senate

The Cambodian People’s Party is poised to sweep every single elected Senate seat in upcoming elections in February, despite its assurances that multiparty democracy is thriving after the dissolution of the main opposition party. ...

Ananth Baliga and Niem Chheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/cpp-set-sweep-senate

PM dares landlords to get rent hikes from him

Prime Minister Hun Sen reiterated his demand for the owners of garment worker housing to freeze rents in 2018 yesterday, telling the leasers to come to him personally if they disagreed with the order. ...

Yon Sineat
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-dares-landlords-get-rent-hikes-him

Hun Sen says he will ‘stop talking’ about CNRP

Prime Minister Hun Sen said from now on he will “stop talking” about the recently dissolved Cambodia National Rescue Party and instructed his government officials to do the same, before vowing that self-exiled opposition members who returned to Cambodia would not face arrest. ...

Ben Sokhean and Leonie Kijewski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/hun-sen-says-he-will-stop-talking-about-cnrp

Commerce Minister calls for self-reliance

As Cambodia continues its impressive economic development and reaches higher stages of industrialisation and social well-being, there is an urgent need to prepare for future cutbacks in international development assistance, the Commerce Minister said on Friday. ...

Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5096663/commerce-minister-calls-self-reliance/

PM urges new parties to form

Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday suggested that members of dissolved political parties could band together to create a new political party in the wake of the opposition CNRP’s dissolution. ...

May Titthara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5096511/pm-urges-new-parties-form/

PM wants to send workers to Japan

Prime Minister Hun Sen expressed hopes of sending Cambodians to Japan to work in nursing homes yesterday as part of a larger scheme to increase the number of Cambodian migrant workers. ...

Yon Sineat and Daphne Chen
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-wants-send-workers-japan

Hun Sen brushes off end of EU election support

The EU’s decision came in response to the government’s crackdown on the Kingdom’s largest opposition party – the Cambodia National Rescue Party – which was summarily dissolved last month, a development that the EU said rendered credible elections impossible. But in a speech to garment workers ...

Ben Sokhean and Daphne Chen
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/hun-sen-brushes-end-eu-election-support

‘Incitement’ complaint filed against former opposition leader Sam Rainsy

A lawyer for the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces filed a complaint accusing former opposition leader Sam Rainsy of “incitement” yesterday, despite Prime Minister Hun Sen vowing on Wednesday to sue his long-time political opponent for “treason”. ...

Mech Dara and Andrew Nachemson
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/incitement-complaint-filed-against-former-opposition-leader-sam-rainsy

PM, military officials say Rainsy will face ‘treason’ suit over Facebook post

Prime Minister Hun Sen and members of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces yesterday announced their intention to formally accuse former opposition leader Sam Rainsy of treason, after Rainsy urged soldiers and policemen not to shoot protesters. ...

Mech Dara and Andrew Nachemson
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-military-officials-say-rainsy-will-face-treason-suit-over-facebook-post

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