NGO in Cambodia closed “because they follow foreigners”

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In Cambodia:-

 

Prime Minister Hun Sen has instructed the Interior Ministry to investigate the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR) and potentially close it “because they follow foreigners”, appearing to link the rights group to the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party's purported “revolution”.

The CNRP - the country's largest opposition party - was dissolved by the Supreme Court in a widely condemned decision earlier this month over accusations it was engaging in a foreign-backed “lotus revolution”. The party's former president, Kem Sokha, is currently jailed awaiting trial on “treason” charges after telling supporters he received advice from the US.

Sokha founded CCHR in 2002, and Hun Sen this morning suggested that he had attempted to conceal foreign influence in the NGO, telling a gathering of garment workers that CCHR “must close because they follow foreigners”.

 

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/breaking-pm-says-prominent-human-rights-ngo-must-close

 

How long will it be before the the NGO's that follow foreigners in Thailand are also closed?

 

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This article is from November last year and is mostly about Cambodia but in any event Political topics are not allowed in General Forum.

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