Prime minister talks festival, lawmaker assaults

Last week’s brutal attacks by off-duty soldiers on two opposition lawmakers were retribution for anti-government protests in Paris and New York, Prime Minister Hun Sen said in a speech yesterday. “If there is no fire, there will be no flames,” he said. “If there had been no strike in Paris and New York, there would have been no strike here.” …

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