July 4 (Reuters) - Cambodia said on Tuesday Meta Platforms Inc's (META.O) 22-member oversight board was unwelcome in the country, days after the panel recommended suspending Prime Minister Hun Sen's Facebook account over content violations.
The board's recommendation was "political in nature", Cambodia's foreign affairs ministry said.
Hun Sen's Facebook account went offline last week after the Oversight Board, which is funded by Meta but operates independently, said the platform had been wrong not to remove a video he published in January that breached rules against violent threats.
Hun Sen, one of the world's longest-serving leaders with nearly four decades in power, last week declared ahead of his account suspension that he would switch to communicating with his people via Telegram.
One Oversight Board member, veteran Indonesian journalist Endy Bayuni, said he was not aware if any colleagues were in Cambodia or had to leave.
Persons:
Hun, Meta, Hun Sen, Endy Bayuni, Kanupriya Kapoor, Fanny Potkin, Devika
Organizations:
Facebook, Meta, Cambodian People's Party, Reuters, Thomson
Locations:
Cambodia, Indonesian