Advertisement Cambodia’s Hun Sen has been his country’s autocratic prime minister for nearly four decades, during which the opposition has been stifled and the country has grown increasingly close to China. With his Cambodian People’s Party virtually guaranteed another landslide victory in this Sunday’s election, it’s hard to imagine dramatic change on the horizon. But … Read more
ASEAN Beat | Politics | Southeast Asia This Sunday’s national election will function as a prelude to the expected handover of power from Prime Minister Hun Sen to his eldest son. Advertisement Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen is ramping up the pressure on the country’s beleaguered opposition forces as the country moves to a national election on Sunday, despite … Read more
Advertisement Cambodia’s long-time head of government had not seen this coming. At the end of June, a good three weeks before the parliamentary elections, Facebook announced that it would suspend the account of Prime Minister Hun Sen, who has 14 million followers, for six months. The reason for this was a speech by Hun Sen … Read more
The Debate | Opinion Without any meaningful opposition alternative to Hun Sen’s CPP, expect a large number of spoiled and empty ballots on July 23. Hun Manet, center right, son of Cambodia Prime Minister Hun Sen, also army chief, participates together with his wife, Pich Chanmony, center left, in the election campaign of Cambodian People’s Party, in … Read more
Supporters of Cambodia’s Funcinpec party hold a campaign rally in Battambang, Cambodia, July 9, 2023. Credit: Facebook/Norodom Chakravuth Advertisement Cambodians go to the polls on July 23 for an election that only Prime Minister Hun Sen and his Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) can win. But one outstanding question remains: Can the royalist Funcinpec party win … Read more
Advertisement Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen redeployed his military forces to the northeast frontier this week, ordering troops to shoot down unidentified drones seen flying over Ratanakkiri province that were apparently being used to make contact with “defectors” fleeing Vietnam. Additionally Hun Sen offered a $200,000 bounty for any military unit that shoots down a … Read more
Advertisement On June 23, Cambodia’s National Assembly approved a hastily-drafted amendment to the country’s election law that will prohibit anyone who doesn’t vote in next month’s general election from running as a candidate in future elections. Prospective candidates, the amendment says, must have voted in at least the two elections immediately prior to running for … Read more
Advertisement On June 13, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, in one of his now-daily streams of consciousness that dictate government policy, announced that he wants to amend existing election laws so that anyone who doesn’t vote in July’s general election will never be able to stand as a candidate in any future ballot. Like much … Read more
Exiled Cambodian opposition leader Sam Rainsy meets Cambodian Muslims in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in a photo posted on his Facebook page on May 31, 2023. Credit: Facebook/ Sam Rainsy Advertisement Malaysia’s government yesterday expelled a group of exiled Cambodian opposition politicians, amid an intensifying crackdown in Cambodia ahead of next month’s national election. According to … Read more
Advertisement In 2017, it was a tragedy when the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) was forcibly dissolved on the laughably fictitious claim that it was plotting a coup. Had it not been expunged, the CNRP stood a good chance of winning the following year’s general election. This month, it was the turn of farce (to … Read more