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☆ Hun Sen's son aims to make Cambodia high-income country by 2050
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-04 | by ( Kate Lamb | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Manet attends an event to meet with garment workers on his first public appearance since taking office, on the outskirts of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, August 29, 2023. The 45-year-old last month took over power from his father Hun Sen after a lopsided general election that all opposition parties were barred from contesting. In a country once riven by decades of war, Cambodia has now evolved to a lower-middle income nation with economic growth rates of 7%, he said. Cambodia's parliament approved Hun Manet as prime minister in August. Hun Sen, one of the world's longest ruling leaders, has said he expects his son to continue his leadership style and will himself remain in politics.

Persons: Hun Manet, Cindy Liu, Monday, Hun Sen, Kate Lamb, Kanupriya Kapoor, Nick Macfie Organizations: Cambodia’s, REUTERS, Rights, Cambodian, Association of Southeast Asian Nations, ASEAN, United Nations, Thomson Locations: Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Rights JAKARTA, Cambodia's

☆ Meta rejects recommendation to suspend former Cambodia PM from Facebook
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-30 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Hun Sen speaks at a press conference at the National Assembly after a vote to confirm his son, Hun Manet, as Cambodia's prime minister in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, August 22, 2023. Meta, in a written statement, agreed to take down the video but said it would respond to the board's recommendation to suspend Hun Sen after a review. Cambodia barred the 22-member oversight board from the country, declaring the recommendation was "political" in nature. Hun Sen remains influential in Cambodia and after stepping aside vowed to stay in politics for at least another decade. Cambodia's Ministry of Post and Telecommunications on its Facebook page on Tuesday "congratulated" Facebook for its decision and reiterated that the Meta oversight board was still unwelcome.

Persons: Hun Sen, Hun Manet, Cindy Liu, Hun, Fanny Potkin, Martin Petty Organizations: National Assembly, REUTERS, Meta, Cambodian People's Party, Facebook, Cambodia's Ministry of Post, Telecommunications, Thomson Locations: Phnom Penh, Cambodia

☆ Explainer: Cambodia's new leader Hun Manet, strongman or reformer?
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-22 | by ( Martin Petty | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

Hun Manet, nominee for Cambodia's prime minister, gestures as he registers at the National Assembly on the day that parliament votes to confirm the country's next prime minister, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, August 22, 2023. The eldest of Hun Sen's five children, Hun Manet was born in 1977 in rural Cambodia. Hun Manet is married to Pich Chanmony, the daughter of a prominent Cambodian politician and has three children. In late 2021, Hun Sen declared Hun Manet his anointed successor and he was later endorsed by the CPP as "future prime minister". WHAT KIND OF LEADER WILL HUN MANET BE?

Persons: Hun Manet, Cindy Liu, Hun Sen, Will Hun Manet, Hun Sen's, Manet, Pich Chanmony, HUN MANET, Michael Perry Organizations: National Assembly, REUTERS, New York University, Britain's Bristol University, Cambodian People's Party, CPP, U.S ., ASEAN Business Council, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Cambodian, United States, Britain, China, U.S, New York

☆ New Cambodian cabinet to feature children of the powerful
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-11 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Hun Manet, son of Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen, looks on at the final Cambodian People's Party (CPP) election campaign for the upcoming general election in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, July 21, 2023. REUTERS/Cindy Liu/File PhotoAug 11 (Reuters) - Outgoing Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has unveiled a list of people expected to feature in a new cabinet, including several sons and daughters of close allies and serving ministers. The rubber-stamp parliament is set to approve the new prime minister and cabinet on Aug. 22. While giving up the job of prime minister, Hun Sen looks set to remain engaged with government. This week, Hun Sen announced that Khuon Sodary had been designated as president of the National Assembly, the first woman to hold the position.

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[1/2] Hun Manet, son of Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen is seen at a polling station on the day of Cambodia's general election, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, July 23, 2023. "We hope to host (Hun Manet). Osius said the U.S. approach to Cambodia had been "punitive" and Washington should look for opportunities for dialogue. "Better for (Hun Manet) if there if he's got some strategic options, and that could mean improving ties with us," he said. Cambodia's Washington embassy did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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☆ Cambodia's ruling party says it won a landslide victory in elections
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-24 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

"We didn't just win the election but we won it in a landslide," said CPP spokesperson Sok Eysan. Hun Sen, 70, has ruled Cambodia for nearly four decades, with an increasingly heavy hand in recent years that has all but wiped out the opposition. Last week, Hun Sen signalled that Western-educated military general Hun Manet "could be" prime minister by next month. A group of parliamentarians from across Southeast Asia said the election was a "coronation for Hun Sen and his cronies". PM Hun Sen called on them to "confess" or face legal consequences.

Persons: Hun, Hun Manet, Sok Eysan, Hun Sen, Matthew Miller, Washington, Hun Sen's, Miller, Eva Kusuma Sundari, Prak Chan Tul, Chanta Lach, Simon Lewis, Kanupriya Kapoor, Michael Perry Organizations: Cambodian People's Party, Candlelight Party, Pro, State Department, ASEAN Parliamentarians, Human Rights, Thomson Locations: PHNOM PENH, United States, Cambodia, Phnom Penh, Southeast Asia, Washington

☆ US pauses some aid, imposes visa bans after 'neither free nor fair' Cambodia election
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-24 | by ( Simon Lewis | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

WASHINGTON, July 23 (Reuters) - The United States said it was pausing some foreign assistance programs in Cambodia and imposing visa bans on individuals it says undermined democracy after the ruling Cambodian People's Party (CPP) declared a landslide victory in elections on Sunday. State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said in a statement that Washington was "troubled" that the elections, in which Prime Minister Hun Sen's CPP faced no viable opponent were "neither free nor fair." "Ahead of the elections, Cambodian authorities engaged in a pattern of threats and harassment against the political opposition, media, and civil society that undermined the spirit of the country’s constitution and Cambodia’s international obligations," Miller said. "In response, the United States has taken steps to impose visa restrictions on individuals who undermined democracy and implemented a pause of certain foreign assistance programs," he added. Reporting by Simon Lewis; Editing by Michael PerryOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

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☆ Cambodia holds lopsided election before historic transfer of power
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-22 | by ( Prak Chan Thul | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

He needs to win a National Assembly seat to become prime minister, which is likely. Analysts had expected the transition to come mid-term, giving time for Hun Manet to earn legitimacy with the public and political elite. "As long as Hun Sen is around, nobody will move against Hun Manet." [1/3]Hun Manet, son of Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen, speaks during the final Cambodian People's Party (CPP) election campaign for the upcoming general election in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, July 21, 2023. Some did that on Sunday, posting pictures on social media of spoiled ballots, some with writing that disparaged Hun Sen, calling him a coward.

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☆ Cambodia holds lopsided election ahead of historic transfer of power
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-22 | by ( Prak Chan Thul | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Hun Manet, 45, needs to win a National Assembly seat to become prime minister, which he is expected to do in Sunday's general election. Analysts had expected the transition to come mid-term, giving time for Hun Manet to earn legitimacy with the public and political elite. "The reality is that as long as Hun Sen is around, nobody will move against Hun Manet." Hun Manet has given few media interviews and no clues over his vision for Cambodia and its 16 million people. 'PEACE NOT WAR'[1/3]Hun Manet, son of Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen, speaks during the final Cambodian People's Party (CPP) election campaign for the upcoming general election in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, July 21, 2023.

Persons: Hun Sen's, Hun Sen, Hun Manet, Gordon Conochie, Cambodia's, Cindy Liu, Sam Rainsy, Conochie, Chantha Lach, Martin Petty, Robert Birsel Organizations: Hun Sen's Cambodian People's Party, Former Khmer Rouge, National Assembly, La Trobe University, New York University, University of Bristol, Cambodian People's Party, REUTERS, Candlelight Party, Thomson Locations: PHNOM PENH, Cambodia, Phnom Penh, China, United States, Som, Bangkok

☆ Like strongman, like son? Cambodia's Hun Manet makes political debut
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-20 | by ( Clare Baldwin | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

[1/2] General Hun Manet, son of Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen holds a party flag as he attends a kickoff of an election campaign rally for the upcoming national election in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, July 1, 2023. The political debut of Hun Manet, 45, marks one of the final steps in a decades-long grooming process that is expected to end with him succeeding his father as prime minister. For some, Hun Manet represents a young, fresh face who will further develop Cambodia. He recently hosted Hun Manet as an AmCham guest of honour. In 2019 and 2020, Hun Manet met three foreign leaders, the Lowy Institute think tank said.

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☆ Cambodia bars Meta oversight board over PM's Facebook account suspension
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-04 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

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

☆ Cambodia's Hun Sen kicks off campaign for virtually unopposed election
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-01 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/8] Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen and president of the ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) attends an election campaign for the upcoming national election in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, July 1, 2023. Hun Sen said his Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) has ensured peace, socio-economic development and the strengthening of democracy, adding that rights and freedoms were being respected. The main opposition party was dissolved in 2017 over an alleged coup attempt, with scores of its members imprisoned. Hun Sen also recently ordered Cambodia's parliament to revise the law so that anyone who does not vote will be barred from contesting any future elections. This week Hun Sen quit Facebook for Telegram.

Persons: Hun Sen, Cindy Liu PHNOM, Hun Manet, Sam Rainsy, Phay Siphan, Hun Sen's, Poppy McPherson, Edwina Gibbs Organizations: Cambodia’s, Cambodian People’s Party, REUTERS, Cambodian, Saturday, Facebook, Post, Telecommunications, Royal Cambodian Armed Forces, United States Military Academy, West, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Cindy Liu PHNOM PENH, U.S

☆ Cambodia PM ditches Facebook as Meta mulls case over alleged threats
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-29 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

June 29 (Reuters) - Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has stopped using Facebook to communicate with the public in favour of Telegram, switching to what he called a "better" application amid an ongoing case over whether he violated Meta Platforms' (META.O) rules. Meta's independent oversight board took on a case in March centred on allegations that Hun Sen violated Meta's community standards on violence and incitement. Hun Sen has a following of 14 million on Facebook, a figure close to the size of Cambodia's population. "It is better compared to Facebook," he said of Telegram in a post on Wednesday. Hun Sen has made no comment on the Meta case.

Persons: Hun Sen, Phay Siphan, Hun Sen's, Martin Petty, Kanupriya Kapoor Organizations: Cambodian, Facebook, Cambodian People's Party, Reuters Staff, Thomson Locations: Cambodia

☆ Meta oversight board urges Cambodia PM's suspension from Facebook
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-29 | by ( Katie Paul | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/2] Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen attends a celebrations marking the 66th anniversary of the country's independence from France, in central Phnom Penh, Cambodia, November 9, 2019. The board, which is funded by Meta but operates independently, said the company had been wrong not to remove the video after it was published in January. Meta, in a written statement, agreed to take down the video but said it would respond to the board's recommendation to suspend Hun Sen after a review. Any suspension would silence the prime minister's Facebook page less than a month before an election in Cambodia. Phil Robertson, deputy Asia director for Human Rights Watch, said Hun Sen had finally been called out for inciting violence.

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☆ Meta oversight board urges Cambodia prime minister's suspension from Facebook
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-29 | by ( Katie Paul | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/2] Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen attends a celebrations marking the 66th anniversary of the country's independence from France, in central Phnom Penh, Cambodia, November 9, 2019. REUTERS/Samrang Pring/NEW YORK, June 29 (Reuters) - Meta Platforms' (META.O) Oversight Board on Thursday called for the suspension of Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen for six months, saying a video posted on his Facebook page had violated Meta's rules against violent threats. The board, which is funded by Meta but operates independently, said the company erred in leaving up the video and ordered its removal from Facebook. Meta, in a written statement, agreed to take down the video but said it would respond to the recommendation to suspend Hun Sen after a review. A suspension would silence the prime minister's Facebook page less than a month before an election in Cambodia, although critics say the poll will be a sham due to Hun Sen's autocratic rule.

Persons: Hun Sen, Samrang, Hun, Meta's, Donald Trump, Meta, Katie Paul, Michael Perry Organizations: Cambodia's, REUTERS, Cambodian, Meta, Facebook, United States, Thomson Locations: France, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, United

☆ Ahead of election, Cambodia amends law to bar non-voters from contesting in future
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-23 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Hun Sen, who has held power in Cambodia for more than three decades, last week ordered the rubber-stamp parliament to revise the law so that anyone who does not vote in the general election on July 23 will be barred from contesting any future elections. At the last election in 2018, the Hun Sen's Cambodian People's Party (CPP) won all of the parliamentary seats, having scored 4.8 million votes out of the 6.9 million cast. Hun Sen's administration has denied targeting opponents and says it is enforcing the law. The election commission said earlier this month that anyone urging people not to vote would be fined or imprisoned. The CPP will run virtually unopposed next month, after the election commission disqualified the sole opposition Candlelight Party from running, citing improper paperwork.

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☆ Cambodia opposition figure calls upcoming election a 'sham'
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-19 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/3] Cambodian opposition figure Sam Rainsy speaks during a press freedom event at the Gran Melia Hotel in Jakarta, Indonesia, May 19, 2023. REUTERS/Ajeng Dinar UlfianaJAKARTA, May 19 (Reuters) - Prominent Cambodian opposition figure Sam Rainsy on Friday denounced the upcoming general election as a "fake and sham" after the country's the sole opposition party was disqualified from the race this week. July's poll will be a "fake and sham election for the simple reason that there will be no opposition," said Rainsy, the self-exiled former opposition leader, adding Cambodia was "in effect a one-party system". Rainsy urged democratic countries not to recognise the legitimacy of the Cambodian election and long-serving Prime Minister Hun Sen.A Cambodian government spokesperson could not immediately be reached for comment. The Candlelight Party is a reincarnation of the now-disbanded opposition Cambodian National Rescue Party, which Rainsy co-founded.

☆ Cambodia poll body disqualifies sole opposition party from July election
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-15 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

PHNOM PENH, May 15 (Reuters) - Cambodia's election commission on Monday disqualified the sole opposition Candlelight Party from contesting elections in July over its failure to submit proper registration documents. Other parties have signed up to contest the general election, but Candlelight's disqualification means the ruling Cambodian People's Party (CPP) looks set to run virtually unopposed. Hun Sen has previously said the CPP will dominate politics for up to 100 years. Scores of former CNRP members have been detained or convicted of crimes, many in absentia having fled into exile amid Hun Sen's sweeping crackdown on critics. It took aim at Hun Sen for what it said were warnings against criticising his government ahead of the election.

☆ Two Cambodians held on rare royal insults charge after Facebook posts
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-23 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

They were arrested on Tuesday over their posts about a photograph of King Sihamoni and Hun Sen standing together at a torch relay ceremony for the upcoming Southeast Asian Games. Neither Yim Sinorn or Hun Kosal nor their legal representatives could immediately be reached for comment. Yim Sinorn later posted on Facebook that he had deleted what he wrote about the king and Hun Kosal said he respected the king and would promote the royal family. Hun Sen in comments on his official Facebook page about the arrests and before the men were charged said: "This is an insulting act that cannot be tolerated or excused." He had denied the charges he was conspiring with the United States to overthrow Hun Sen, who has ruled Cambodia for nearly four decades.

☆ Cambodian PM to give luxury watches as ASEAN summit souvenirs
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-10 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/3] A view of the mechanism of a wristwatch intended as a souvenir for world leaders gathering at the ASEAN Cambodia 2022 summit, in this undated image obtained from social media on November 10, 2022. Hun Sen official Facebook page/via REUTERSPHNOM PENH, Nov 10 (Reuters) - Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, an aficionado of luxury watches, will hand out intricate, locally made timepieces as souvenirs for world leaders at an international summit he is hosting this week. "These watches have been prepared and assembled by pure Cambodian technicians, which is part of scientific and technology and developments of Cambodia," Hun Sen wrote of the 25 limited-edition watches. While some Cambodians criticised the extravagance of the high-end gift, others praised Hun Sen for promoting the country's fledgling watchmaking ambitions. Sok Eysan, a spokesperson for Hun Sen's ruling Cambodian People's Party, said there was "nothing political or strange" about the watches.

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