Several media organisations and civic groups have been targeted by Hun Sen’s Cambodian People’s Party Samrang Pring/ReutersCambodia’s prime minister threatened to ban the main opposition party, in a crackdown on dissent which has already claimed media organisations, civic groups and Hun Sen’s leading political challenger. Kem Sokha, the leader of the CNRP, was arrested over a speech he made in 2013 Heng Sinith/APMembers of the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) promised to rally today at the remote prison where their leader, Kem Sokha, is being held incommunicado following his arrest last week on charges of treason. The party will boycott a motion before MPs to deprive Mr Kem Sokha of parliamentary immunity for allegedly plotting with American agents to overthrow the government. At a speech in Phnom Penh today, Mr Hun Sen, who has led Cambodia since 1985, warned that he would dissolve the CNRP if it supported its leader. “If the political party continues to blockade…

Source: The Times September 11, 2017 07:52 UTC