NEC tells migrants to come home and vote

Though it has refused calls to open new channels for migrant workers to vote in upcoming elections, the National Election Committee (NEC) has sent a letter to all Cambodian embassies appealing for citizens living abroad to return home to register for next year’s polls. But as the launch of new computerized voter registration on September 1 draws near, the letter has not yet been received by officials in South Korea or Thailand, which host up to 1 million Cambodians combined, with the vast majority in Thailand. …

Kuch Naren and Janelle Retka
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/nec-tells-migrants-come-home-vote-117182/