Thailand hosts hundreds of thousands of Cambodian migrant workers, and Cambodia’s other neighbors are its political allies with authoritarian governments. He said Tuesday that he had already given instructions to the armed forces on how to deal with Sam Rainsy and his supporters and did not intend to talk more about the subject. Hun Sen’s government has reacted furiously to the opposition plan, thundering almost daily about its intentions to block it and threatening anyone supporting it with arrest and long prison sentences. Our political mission is peace and reconciliation, prosperity and dignity, unity and strength.”ADADSam Rainsy has been Hun Sen’s most prominent and popular foe for decades. Hun Sen’s hard line against the opposition’s return plan appears likely to erode Cambodia’s standing even further with the EU.

Source: Washington Post October 23, 2019 07:31 UTC