Government minimises role of NGOs

A joint investigation into election irregularities may have gone back to square one after the government appeared to have blocked NGO participation in an inquiry, saying yesterday that they could only play a role of observer. “If [NGOs] just join to listen or observe, it’s no problem,” senior Cambodian People’s Party lawmaker Cheam Yeap said when asked whether the groups would be permitted to actively partake in the investigation. …

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