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US Embassy under fire
Government officials reacted strongly yesterday after the US Embassy questioned Cambodia’s commitment to democracy. ...
May Titthara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5079943/us-embassy-fire/
US criticises ‘troubling’ steps against press, NGOs
The US State Department has expressed deep concern over Cambodia’s spiralling democratic climate following the government’s diktat to shutter the USAID-funded National Democratic Institute (NDI), ostensibly for violating the highly contentious NGO Law. ...
Ananth Baliga and Mech Dara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/us-criticises-troubling-steps-against-press-ngos
Ministry shutters NDI for Lango violations as US Embassy hits back
The Cambodian Foreign Ministry yesterday announced that it was halting the operations of the US State Department-funded National Democratic Institute (NDI) and expelling all its foreign staff from the Kingdom in the next week – a move that prompted the US Embassy to fire back ...
Ananth Baliga
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-shutters-ndi-lango-violations-us-embassy-hits-back
US-funded National Democratic Institute accused of colluding with CNRP
Leaked materials from the United States-funded NGO National Democratic Institute (NDI) have been portrayed on Facebook and in local media as being part of an “ill intended” strategy to help the opposition party win next year’s national election, with government officials yesterday publicly questioning the ...
Niem Chheng and Ananth Baliga
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/us-funded-national-democratic-institute-accused-colluding-cnrp
NEC pledges to allow vetting of voter lists
National Election Committee (NEC) spokesman Hang Puthea yesterday promised the body would release electoral lists for vetting after it finished registering voters, but conceded the process faced a tight deadline. ...
Bun Sengkong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/nec-pledges-allow-vetting-voter-lists