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U.S. Congressmen, Asean MPs, express concern over Cambodia crackdown

A group of eight U.S. congressmen has called on the State Department to continue its public condemnation of the continuing crackdown on dissent and arrest of the leader of the opposition in Cambodia. ...

Hul Reaksmey
https://www.voacambodia.com/a/us-congressman-asean-mps-express-concern-over-cambodia-crackdown/4037054.html

Eyes on Sokha not welcome: lawyers

Jailed opposition leader Kem Sokha’s lawyers have said that they are under surveillance during meetings with their client in Tbong Khmum’s Trapaing Thlong prison, which they yesterday called a violation of their rights ensuring client-attorney conversations are confidential. ...

Chhay Channyda and Ananth Baliga
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/eyes-sokha-not-welcome-lawyers

Should Western countries impose sanctions on Cambodia?

Cambodian politics reached a new boiling point with the arrest of the opposition leader last week. Kem Sokha was handcuffed in the middle of the night in his house and accused of “treason” by the government. ...

Chhoeun Kongkea
http://www.atimes.com/western-countries-impose-sanctions-cambodia/

CNRP unifies message on 2018

CNRP chief whip Son Chhay sought to lay down a unified party line yesterday, saying the opposition would push through the current political upheaval and contest next year’s critical national election, setting straight conflicting statements coming from various party officials. ...

Niem Chheng, Ananth Baliga and Ben Sokhean
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cnrp-unifies-message-2018

US envoy calls government claims ‘absurd’

United States Ambassador William Heidt yesterday said allegations of US interference in Cambodia’s internal affairs were “absurd” and made without a “shred of serious or credible evidence”, but stopped short of speculating on any potential repercussions from the superpower. ...

Ananth Baliga and Mech Dara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/us-envoy-calls-government-claims-absurd

‘Seiha’ releases Sokha video

Material apparently aimed at incriminating jailed opposition leader Kem Sokha continued to flow in over the weekend, with pro-government leaker “Seiha” releasing another video of Sokha expressing his gratitude to the US government for its assistance in building democracy in Cambodia. ...

Ananth Baliga
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/seiha-releases-sokha-video

CNRP meetings ‘banned’ in Kampong Chhnang

Opposition members in Kampong Chhnang say they have been banned from meeting since the arrest of CNRP leader Kem Sokha on Sunday, with the provincial police chief yesterday saying he would “not allow” the party to “discuss politics”. ...

Soth Koemsoeun
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cnrp-meetings-banned-kampong-chhnang

‘Red-handed treason’: Kem Sokha faces 30 years after being charged under Article 443

Jailed opposition leader Kem Sokha was officially charged with treason yesterday, about 36 hours after he was arrested at his Phnom Penh residence and sent to a Tbong Khmum prison. If Sokha is found guilty, his party could be dissolved based on new legislation that prevents ...

Leonie Kijewski, Niem Chheng and Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/red-handed-treason-kem-sokha-faces-30-years-after-being-charged-under-article-443

Kem Sokha officially charged with ‘treason’

Jailed opposition leader Kem Sokha was officially charged with treason this morning, about 36 hours after he was arrested from his Phnom Penh residence in a midnight raid by more than 100 police and sent to a Tbong Khmum prison. ...

Leonie Kijewski and Niem Chheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/breaking-kem-sokha-officially-charged-treason

Sokha arrest won’t impact voter registration: NEC

The National Election Committee (NEC) yesterday said the recent political developments involving the detention of Cambodia’s opposition leader would not affect its efforts to register eligible voters ahead of next year’s national elections, though an observer said the arrest put the legitimacy of the electoral ...

Soth Koemsoeun
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sokha-arrest-wont-impact-voter-registration-nec

‘No protest, no change’ for CNRP, deputy says, placing CPP in bind

The Cambodia National Rescue Party will refuse to appoint a new president following the arrest of current leader Kem Sokha on Sunday, Deputy President Mu Sochua said yesterday, a decision she acknowledged may lead to the dissolution of the party should Sokha be convicted of ...

Andrew Nachemson and Leonie Kijewski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/no-protest-no-change-cnrp-deputy-says-placing-cpp-bind

Sokha arrested for ‘treason’, is accused of colluding with US to topple the government

Police yesterday arrested Cambodia National Rescue Party leader Kem Sokha over allegations of treason, with Prime Minister Hun Sen accusing the opposition president of conspiring with the United States to oust his regime. In a startling escalation in an already deteriorating political climate, the premier ...

Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sokha-arrested-treason-accused-colluding-us-topple-government

Kem Sokha tours country gathering post-election feedback

Taking stock of his party’s June commune elections losses, CNRP president Kem Sokha has embarked on a countrywide tour to gather feedback and intelligence the party can use to steer its national election campaign, party officials said on Tuesday. ...

Ben Paviour and Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/kem-sokha-tours-country-gathering-post-election-feedback-133383/

Kem Sokha promises political tolerance to Cham muslims

CNRP President Kem Sokha has promised opposition supporters among the Cham Muslim community that any government he leads would put an end to political harassment from the community’s pro-CPP leaders, whom he claimed pressured followers not to join his party. ...

Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/kem-sokha-promises-political-tolerance-to-cham-muslims-131604/

‘We have to keep moving’: Sokha speaks about Kingdom’s recent election – and the next

Opposition leader Kem Sokha said in an interview on Saturday that he believed Prime Minister Hun Sen could be compelled to relinquish power if he loses the July 2018 national election and that his party’s task was now to present itself as a group ready ...

Alex Willemyns and Mech Dara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/we-have-keep-moving-sokha-speaks-about-kingdoms-recent-election-and-next

Don’t ‘waste’ votes on small parties: Sokha

CNRP President Kem Sokha on Monday urged supporters of minority political parties not to “waste” votes and instead to join his party as the only credible challenger to the CPP, words dismissed as a false choice by one minor party leader. ...

Van Roeun
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/dont-waste-votes-small-parties-sokha-131294/

Change is coming, Kem Sokha promises at mass CNRP rally

At a procession that drew thousands of supporters in Phnom Penh on Saturday, party president Kem Sokha promised a number of reforms once—not if—his party comes to power next year. ...

Ben Sokhean and Ben Paviour
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections2017/change-coming-kem-sokha-promises-mass-cnrp-rally-130151/

CNRP vexed as CPP continues to call Sokha’s presidency illegitimate

Opposition lawmakers yesterday left a meeting at the Interior Ministry exasperated, as officials from the latter continued to deem the presidency of their leader, Kem Sokha, and the vice presidency of three senior lawmakers, illegitimate, but offered no clear path to a resolution. ...

Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cnrp-vexed-cpp-continues-call-sokhas-presidency-illegitimate

Sokha wants migrant vote deal

Acting opposition leader Kem Sokha has promised to use his new dialogue with Prime Minister Hun Sen to push for migrant workers to get a vote in the 2018 national elections. Celebrating Human Rights Day on Saturday at the CNRP headquarters, Mr. Sokha spoke to supporters ...

Taing Vida
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/33011/sokha-wants-migrant-vote-deal/

Sokha’s pardon: ‘no conditions’

Freshly pardoned CNRP deputy leader Kem Sokha yesterday claimed the pardon that exonerated him on Friday was made without any conditions or concessions from the opposition party. The acting president of the opposition, who had been under de facto house arrest since May and had been ...

Taing Vida
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/32752/sokha---s-pardon-----no-conditions---/

Kem Sokha headed to National Assembly

CNRP vice president Kem Sokha will next week leave the safety of the opposition’s headquarters in Phnom Penh for only the second time since police attempted to arrest him six months ago, with a party official saying he plans to attend Tuesday’s sitting of parliament. ...

Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kem-sokha-headed-national-assembly

Opposition ends boycott of national assembly

The CNRP said on Thursday it would end its monthslong boycott of the National Assembly by joining today’s session, despite no signs of the “comprehensive solution to the current political crisis” it had sought as a condition for its return. After days of publicly equivocating about ...

Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/opposition-ends-boycott-national-assembly-118979/

Sokha leaves CNRP HQ to register, raising hopes of thaw

After four months hiding inside CNRP headquarters to avoid arrest, deputy opposition leader Kem Sokha briefly emerged from his sanctuary yesterday to register to vote, telling supporters he believed months of rising political tensions were starting to dissipate. ...

Mech Dara and Alex Willemyns
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sokha-leaves-cnrp-hq-register-raising-hopes-thaw

CNRP pledges marches; PM says party ‘absolutely will not be allowed’

The Cambodia National Rescue Party yesterday declared its intention to move forward with nationwide demonstrations in response to what it calls a campaign of state-backed legal harassment, prompting a swift reply from Prime Minister Hun Sen, who warned security forces had been advised to crack ...

Sengkong and Shaun Turton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cnrp-pledges-marches-pm-says-party-absolutely-will-not-be-allowed

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