PM bets big with China backing

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Shaun Turton and Mech Dara

 

Its president imprisoned on a charge of treason and its existence under threat, the Cambodia National Rescue Party this week renewed its calls for the international community to step in and stop what’s widely seen as an all out assault on the Kingdom’s democracy.

 

But with China throwing its support behind the premier, the West’s statements of condemnation and concern, which have flooded in from embassies, NGOs and the United Nations in recent days, will have little impact, particularly in the absence of concrete measures, analysts said this week.

 

Building on a statement of support from China’s Foreign Ministry, senior Chinese diplomat Wang Jiarui yesterday met with National Assembly President Heng Samrin to offer private assurances amid the mounting criticism, according to Samrin’s spokesman Sorn Sarana.

 

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