Phnom Penh, Cambodia – A Cambodian court on Thursday commenced the first of two mass trials against members and supporters of the country’s outlawed opposition party for allegedly plotting an attack against the government in 2019.
Sixty people linked to the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) were on trial on Thursday and another 77 individuals will face the same charges at a March 4 hearing.
They are all charged with “plotting” and “incitement”, and face a maximum of 12 years in prison if found guilty.
The charges are linked to former CNRP president Sam Rainsy’s unsuccessful attempt to return to the country in 2019. Rainsy, who has been in exile since 2015, was blocked from returning to Cambodia after the government issued a travel ban against him and asked its ASEAN neighbours to prevent him from boarding a flight.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Another U.S.-built facility at a naval base in Cambodia has been demolished, U.S. researchers said on Monday, citing recent satellite imagery.
The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) published images showing a Rigid-Hulled Inflatable Boat maintenance facility at Cambodia’s Ream Naval Base still standing on Oct. 1 and the same site without it on Nov. 4.
The news comes after the Pentagon said last month it was concerned about reports that the U.S.-funded Cambodian Navy tactical headquarters facility at Ream just south of the maintenance facility had been demolished.
A returning migrant worker receiving supplies from city hall officers at a quarantine centre at the Serei Sophoan town hall in Banteay Meanchey province. - Phnom Penh Post/Asian News Network PHNOM PENH, Jan 11 (dpa): Cambodian authorities remain on alert as Covid-19 cases from Thailand continue to climb among returning migrant workers.
Cambodia s Ministry of Health on Monday reported that 27 of the country’s 392 cases were linked to the outbreak in Thailand.
The most recent was identified as a woman who arrived home from the country s northern neighbour on Friday.
The woman is among at least 12,000 migrant workers that have returned to Cambodia since December 20, a Health Ministry spokesperson told local newspaper the Khmer Times on Monday.