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Kem Sokha warns against putting trust in leaders
CNRP Vice President Kem Sokha has called on the public to become more actively involved in politics to prevent political leaders from growing too self-important and abandoning their causes. ...
Mech Dara
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/kem-sokha-warns-against-putting-trust-in-leaders-88556/
CNRP pushes gov’t for unity against Vietnam
Built from the vestiges of the Vietnamese-backed People’s Republic of Kampuchea of the 1980s, the CPP of Prime Minister Hun Sen has long been accused by the opposition of subservience to its old master. ...
Alex Willemyns and Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cnrp-pushes-govt-for-unity-against-vietnam-87092/
Protesters outside National Assembly demand end to NGO law
Pro-democracy and rights groups in Cambodia have launched a three-day demonstration in an attempt to stop the passage of a law to regulate NGOs. The protest is expected to continue Tuesday. Organizers said that if they are not satisfied with the Assembly’s actions, they will ...
Hul Reaksmey
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/protesters-outside-national-assembly-demand-end-to-ngo-law/2841530.html
CNRP’s Sokha calls for NGO legislation delay
Deputy opposition leader Kem Sokha yesterday weighed in on debates over the controversial draft NGO law, calling for its adoption to be postponed. ...
Taing Vida
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cnrps-sokha-calls-ngo-legislation-delay
NGOs meet with opposition lawmaker over controversial law
Representatives of pro-democracy and human rights groups met with the National Assembly’s vice president, opposition lawmaker Kem Sokha, on Wednesday, repeating calls that a controversial law to regulate NGOs be tabled. ...
Neou Vannarin
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/ngos-meet-with-opposition-lawmaker-over-controversial-law/2826073.html
Unity again the focus for opposition leaders
Following a month in which Prime Minister Hun Sen publicly sang the praises of opposition leader Sam Rainsy only weeks after threatening to unleash the military on Mr. Rainsy’s deputy, Kem Sokha, the opposition party was back on the road this week promoting an image ...
Kuch Naren and Alex Willemyns
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/unity-again-the-focus-for-opposition-leaders-82451/
‘We’re no Funcinpec’
An opposition leader yesterday rejected criticism that his party is becoming too friendly with the ruling Cambodian People’s Party, assuring supporters they would fight to win power and not be lured into the same trap as the now marginalised Funcinpec royalist party. Speaking to hundreds of ...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/were-no-funcinpec
Kem Sokha walks free after 7 hours in court
CNRP Vice President Kem Sokha walked free from the Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Wednesday afternoon after being questioned by a prosecutor for seven hours over his connections to a plethora of protests that broke out in Phnom Penh following the disputed 2013 national election. ...
Kuch Naren and Alex Willemyns
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/kem-sokha-walks-free-after-7-hours-in-court-81685/
Kem Sokha to honor Phnom Penh court summons
CNRP Vice President Kem Sokha announced on his Facebook page on Tuesday that he would honor his summons to appear at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court this morning to answer questions about the opposition party’s protests in 2013 and 2014. ...
Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/kem-sokha-to-honor-phnom-penh-court-summons-81613/
Gov’t airs film accusing Kem Sokha of coup conspiracy
Ahead of deputy opposition leader Kem Sokha’s scheduled court questioning on Wednesday, a television station controlled by the daughter of Prime Minister Hun Sen aired on Sunday night a film produced by the government that builds a case that Mr. Sokha plotted a coup d’etat. ...
Kuch Naren and Alex Willemyns
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/govt-airs-film-accusing-kem-sokha-of-coup-conspiracy-81522/
Kem Sokha summoned to appear at court
Deputy opposition leader Kem Sokha has been summoned to appear before the Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Wednesday in relation to a case from last year, a Ministry of Justice spokesman said Friday. ...
Kuch Naren and Colin Meyn
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/kem-sokha-summoned-to-appear-at-court-81406/
Cambodian lawmakers, educators discuss reform measures for educational system
Approximately 200 lawmakers, educators and civil society and development partner representatives met here on Tuesday to discuss reform measures to improve educational system in Cambodia. Hang Chuon Naron said Cambodia now has more than 7,000 primary schools with about 2 million students, 5,750 secondary schools ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://bit.ly/1Cscxiv
Kem Sokha says judicial laws need changing
Deputy opposition leader Kem Sokha told supporters Monday that the CNRP’s 55 lawmakers will soon ask to revisit the three controversial judicial reform laws passed by the National Assembly last year during the opposition party’s post-election parliamentary boycott. ...
Hul Reaksmey and Alex Willemyns
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/kem-sokha-says-judicial-laws-need-changing-81065/
Senior Cambodian opposition official summoned to court
Kem Sokha, the vice president of the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party, has been summoned to appear in Phnom Penh Municipal Court a week after being threatened with a lawsuit by Prime Minister Hun Sen. ...
Sok Khemara
http://bit.ly/1Ih8tD6
Sokha ‘not interested’ in Hun Sen’s threats
Deputy opposition leader Kem Sokha marked his arrival back in the Kingdom from a trip to the US on Wednesday by saying he was not afraid of Prime Minister Hun Sen’s threats to have him prosecuted for allegedly attempting to lead a revolution. ...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/sokha-not-interested-hun-sens-threats
CNRP will not protest at Meach Sovannara trial
The opposition CNRP will neither protest at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Friday nor send any senior officials there to oppose the scheduled hearing of 11 of its members who stand charged with “insurrection,” opposition spokesman Yem Ponhearith said Thursday. ...
Kuch Naren and Mech Dara
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cnrp-will-not-protest-at-meach-sovannara-trial-80829/
Prime minister ramps up threat against Kem Sokha
Prime Minister Hun Sen continued his attack on CNRP Vice President Kem Sokha on Thursday, threatening to arrest him and deploy the military if he leads a protest to demand the release of jailed opposition official Meach Sovannara. ...
Hul Reaksmey and Mech Dara
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/prime-minister-ramps-up-threat-against-kem-sokha-80207/
Change means overthrow, says Hun Sen
Prime Minister has said publicly on Thursday that the word ‘change’ means ‘overthrow’, hitting back at Kem Sokha who has denied that he tried to topple the government after elections in 2013. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/change-means-overthrow-says-hun-sen-8326
Kem Sokha denies trying to topple the government
Kem Sokha, Deputy President of opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), has denied that he tried to topple the Cambodian government after election dispute in 2013. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/kem-sokha-denies-trying-to-topple-the-government-8323
Prime minister warns of legal action against Kem Sokha
On the 45th anniversary of Lon Nol’s U.S.-backed 1970 ouster of Prince Norodom Sihanouk, Prime Minister Hun Sen on Wednesday publicly accused the opposition CNRP of working to illicitly overthrow his CPP government. ...
Hul Reaksmey and Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/prime-minister-warns-of-legal-action-against-kem-sokha-80076/
Kem Sokha was unhappy with July 22 political deal
CNRP Vice President Kem Sokha said in a speech in the U.S. last week that he was unhappy with the opposition party’s decision to end its boycott of the National Assembly last year but was prepared to “swallow gravel and rocks” to maintain unity with ...
Mech Dara and Alex Willemyns
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/kem-sokha-was-unhappy-with-july-22-political-deal-79855/
National Assembly to pass two new election laws next week
Deputy opposition leader Kem Sokha said on Thursday that the National Assembly will meet next week to debate and pass the country’s two new election laws in order for the new National Election Committee (NEC) to be established before the Khmer New Year. ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/national-assembly-to-pass-two-new-election-laws-next-week-79676/
Racial incitement clause in law worries CNRP
The ruling CPP has denied that an article in the new election law that lays down strict penalties for politicians that incite racial discrimination during election campaigning is targeted at the opposition party. However, a CPP source familiar with election reform negotiations has disclosed that ...
Kevin Ponniah and Vong Sokheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/racial-incitement-clause-law-worries-cnrp
Shortfalls noted for women in politics
At a celebration of International Women’s Day yesterday, Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) vice president Kem Sokha said women play key roles in the Kingdom’s development, but noted that women in his own party still lack total equality. About 200 people came to LyLa restaurant in ...
Taing Vida
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/shortfalls-noted-women-politics