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Germany puts pressure on Cambodia, ending preferential visa treatment for Hun family


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In a response to a parliamentary inquiry, the German government on Wednesday laid out a number of measures it has quietly taken over recent months to pressure the Cambodian government following its crackdown on media outlets, NGOs and the political opposition.

 

The response – which has not yet been made public, but was sent to the German parliament on Wednesday and obtained by The Post on Friday – reveals that the German government suspended preferential visa treatment for private travel by Cambodian government members, “including by Prime Minister Hun Sen and his family, by high-ranking military officials and the presidents of the highest Cambodian court”.

 

read more http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/germany-puts-pressure-cambodia-ending-preferential-visa-treatment-hun-family-and

 

 
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I think the US imposed sanctions on senior Cambodian govt. figures over Cambodia's unwillingness to receive back deportees.

 

Looks to me like when you have no rule of law, mess big Western countries around and position yourself within China's sphere of influence, sanctions ensue.

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