Sen David

An opposition mission to garner grassroots support in Oddar Meanchey province literally hit a road block yesterday when an ex-Cambodia National Rescue Party official rallied some 350 villagers to prevent party president Sam Rainsy from entering a pagoda.

The group used 27 homemade tractors to block the pagoda in Samroang town at about 8am, forcing the CNRP delegation to visit a nearby wat as part of their provincial tour to hold public forums and mark the religious Pchum Ben holiday.

Protest leader, Ken Kosal, a former CNRP councillor for Samroang town who defected to the ruling Cambodian People’s Party in June, said the group was unhappy with Rainsy and other opposition officials for breaking promises to help villagers.

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‘Can Rainsy even write Khmer?’ minister muses

Thu, 8 October 2015

Taing Vida

Responding to shots taken at Cambodia’s education system by opposition leader Sam Rainsy, the Minister of Education yesterday questioned the long-term expat’s Khmer literacy.

In the video, Rainsy promised to make educational reform a high priority if elected and slammed the value of degrees awarded in the Kingdom.

“Cambodian degrees are given left and right, what use are they if they have no quality? To stick on a wall?” he asked rhetorically, characterising the education system as “very weak”.

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