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Cambodia’s Internet Clampdown: A ‘Great Firewall’, or No Worse than the West?
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“[Is there] any country which does not control the Internet? The USA and England have it … so Cambodia made this sub-decree by learning from other countries.”
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On February 16, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen signed a sub-decree to set up a National Internet Gateway (NIG).
The Cambodian government initially proposed the NIG in July 2020 with the stated goal of controlling and monitoring online traffic. The system will route all international internet traffic through a single entry point.
According to the 11-page decree released on February 17, the NIG is intended to “facilitate and manage domestic and international internet connections, to enhance national revenue collection effectively, to protect national security, and to maintain social order.
The Chinese embassy in Cambodia has urged its citizens to comply with local coronavirus control rules after an outbreak among Chinese nationals in the country. "Chinese nationals must strictly follow the pandemic control rules of the Cambodian government," the embassy said. "Anyone with relevant symptoms must go to hospital, rather than hide it. Those diagnosed must cope with the government requirement for treatment in isolation and honestly.
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If Laos fell into a Chinese debt trap, would it make a noise? Maria Siow A Laos trainee learns signalling skills from a Chinese mentor Wei Songtao as part of work on the China-Laos railway. Photo: Xinhua
Cambodia s close ties with China have often led to criticism that the Southeast Asian country is too dependent on, and even a client state of, the world s second largest economy. However, its next-door neighbour Laos - despite enjoying billions of dollars of Chinese funding - has seldom been viewed in the same light. Why not?
Analysts says this is due to the more adroit way in which Laos has handled relations with China and its other neighbours, most notably Vietnam.
Prince Ranariddh Enters Political Stage for Final Act
18 February 2021
VOA Khmer
FILE PHOTO - Cambodia s Prince Norodom Ranariddh, foreground, of royalist Funcinpec party walks after his party s congress in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Monday, Jan. 19, 2015. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)
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PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA
Funcinpec spokesperson Phan Sithy held a press conference on January 19 to make a major announcement for the royalist party. Prince Norodom Ranariddh will return as president of the near-irrelevant political party and lead it into the 2022 commune election and the 2023 national ballot.
The prince has kept a low profile after a fatal car accident in Preah Sihanouk that killed his wife, Ouk Phalla, and left the former prime minister seriously injured in June 2018. Since the accident, the prince has shuttled between Phnom Penh and Paris, France, to get treatment and recuperate.