The National Assembly unanimously passed amendments to the Constitution and Criminal Code today that will impose restrictions on the freedom of assembly and make it illegal to disrespect the king – and potentially other government leaders – provisions human rights advocates had opposed.

 

In a full plenary session, the 123 parliamentarians of ruling Cambodian People’s Party and Funcinpec, a nominal opposition party, approved the amendments that had been drafted last month. Additions to the criminal code, as drafted in a statement by Prime Minister Hun Sen on February 2, create penalties for violation of the new lèse majesté law of between one and five years in prison and fines of 2 million riel to 10 million riel (about $500 to $2,500).

 

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cant blame them, after all its worked out so well in thailand