e decision to remain abroad was made after a meeting between Sam Rainsy and other senior officials from the Cambodia National Rescue Party in Manila on Friday.
Sam Rainsy has been removed from parliament by a committee dominated by the ruling Cambodian People’s Party, and his party’s vice president, Kem Sokha, lost a senior seat at the National Assembly. Two more lawmakers are still recovering from severe beatings by anti-opposition t hugs, following demonstrations promoted by the ruling Cambodian People’s Party.
All of those issues need to...
Monday, November 30, 2015
“Russia will never give up its loan without some exchange,”
Cambodia and Russia prepare to mark the 60th anniversary of their diplomatic relations, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev is visiting Cambodia. Despite close ties in the past, prior to the fall of the Soviet Union, Russia has not been deeply involved in Cambodian affairs.
“There has been a significant decline of relations with Cambodia,” Deth Sok Udom, dean of Zaman University in Phnom Penh and a historian, told VOA Khmer. “But Cambodia wasn’t alone, since [Russia] applied the same to the whole region … Russia didn’t really want...
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