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Cambodia PM backtracks on threat to ban Facebook amid content row

A political fiasco has unfolded for Facebook after Hun Sen is accused of inciting violence on the platform.

Al Jazeera · Jul 1, 2023

Cambodia PM Hun Sen will shut down opposition on election day – even if he can no longer threaten voters on Facebook

Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen will no longer be able to use his Facebook page to air threats of violence against opposition supporters – but that doesn’t mean he can’t still suppress their vote as the country prepares for a general election.

The Conversation · Jun 30, 2023

Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen had been a huge Facebook fan. Now he's threatening to ban it

Cambodia’s long-serving, tough-talking leader, Hun Sen, says he is considering banning Facebook in his country, largely because he is fed up with the abuse he receives on it from his political foes abroad

The Independent UK · Jun 30, 2023

Cambodian PM ditches Facebook for Telegram

PHNOM PENH: Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has stopped using Facebook to communicate with the public in favour of Telegram, switching to what he called a “better” application, as he faces a suspension from the world’s biggest social media platform.

Bangkok Post · Jun 29, 2023

Cambodian leader Hun Sen, a huge Facebook fan, says he is jumping ship to Telegram

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, a devoted and very active user of Facebook, says he will no longer upload to the platform and will instead depend on the Telegram app to get his message across

The Independent UK · Jun 28, 2023

Cambodian lawmakers approve changes to election law that disqualify candidates who don't vote

Pro-government Cambodian lawmakers have unanimously approved changes to the country’s election law that will ban anyone who fails to vote from running as a candidate in future elections

The Independent UK · Jun 23, 2023

Cambodia approves law barring non-voters from running for office

PHNOM PENH: Cambodia's parliament on Friday approved a new law banning anyone who fails to vote in an upcoming national poll from running for office in future elections, in a move that will affect exiled rivals.

Bangkok Post · Jun 23, 2023

Cambodian leader says people who don't vote will be barred from being candidates in future elections

Cambodia’s long-serving leader says his government will amend the country’s election law to bar anyone who fails to vote from running as a candidate in future elections, in his latest move to marginalize his political foes

The Independent UK · Jun 13, 2023

Hun Sen to bar vote boycotters from running in future polls

PHNOM PENH: Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has ordered an election law be amended to penalise anyone who boycotts next month's poll, which critics have said will be a sham because of the premier's moves to stamp out all opposition.

Bangkok Post · Jun 13, 2023

Work begins on 2nd Chinese-invested expressway in Cambodia

KANDAL, Cambodia: Cambodia on Wednesday broke ground on the second Chinese-invested expressway connecting the capital Phnom Penh with Bavet City of Svay Rieng province on the border with Vietnam.

Bangkok Post · Jun 8, 2023