Cambodia, under the direction of the increasingly fascist Prime Minister Hun Sen, has charged the leader of the political opposition with treason, based on video of a public speech he gave in Australia promoting international grassroots cooperation on the issue of democracy. Australia has lodged a formal objection. Expect a nod of approval from DJT.
Hun Sen has already started a Duterte-type War on Drugs. One assumes Sessions approves.
https://www.voacambodia.com/a/cambodian ... 17711.html
Quote:
In a statement on Monday, Australia and the United Kingdom joined the United States and the European Union in condemning the arrest.
The Australian Embassy said: “As a longstanding friend of Cambodia, Australia urges Cambodia to fully implement the principles of democracy as affirmed in the ASEAN Charter, and to respect freedom of expression, and peaceful assembly and association.”
In a separate statement, Mark Field, U.K. foreign and Commonwealth minister, said he was “greatly concerned” by the Cambodian government’s actions and urged Phnom Penh to take “immediate steps to restore prospects for a free and fair election in 2018”.
Suos Yara, the ruling party spokesman, claimed the case against Sokha was not a political issue. “This is the implementation of the law by the government and by the court, so the party didn’t interfere with this issue,” he said.
However, Sam Rainsy, a former Cambodia National Rescue Party president, said the “dictatorship” of Prime Minister Hun Sen would be brought down by ordinary Cambodians.
According to the story, the US did issue a statement. Interestingly though, the State Department funded Voice of America only quoted the statements of other world leaders. No direct quotes from T or even T.
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08 Sep 2017, 11:42 am
