Cambodia News: Hor Namhong

Facing Jail, Former Opposition Leader Vows to Return to Cambodia Ahead of Election
VOA Khmer (English)
Rainsy faces prison if he returns after being convicted several years ago over a defamation case brought by the then-foreign minister, Hor Namhong, who he alleged was responsible for killings at a Khmer Rouge prison. Rainsy met with party officials in ...

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CPP ties to controversial election monitor deepen
The Phnom Penh Post
Against a backdrop of government criticism of local election watchdogs, Deputy Prime Minister Hor Namhong has been elected vice president of the standing committee of the election monitor ICAPP, which has frequently been criticised for indiscriminately ...

Myanmar, Cambodia see enhanced bilateral cooperation in multi-sectors
Xinhua
Later in the same month when Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister Hor Namhong visited Myanmar, the two countries signed an agreement on education cooperation for 2017-2021. In June, tourism authorities of the two countries started planning a joint action ...

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Incitement: Cambodia's 'Catchall' Political Crime
The Cambodia Daily
... was issued over convictions for public defamation and incitement to discrimination four years earlier over comments he had made in 2008 alleging that then-Foreign Affairs Minister Hor Namhong was implicated in crimes at a Khmer Rouge prison camp.

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Members of Parliament Call for Further Changes to Political Parties Law
VOA Khmer (English)
Rainsy was convicted in a defamation case in 2008 filed by the then-foreign minister, Hor Namhong. Pol Ham, CNRP deputy president, and Yim Sovann, a party spokesman, could not be reached. International observers labeled the amendments to the ...

Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Geng Shuang's Regular Press Conference on April 24, 2017
MFA China
At the invitation of Deputy Prime Minister Hor Nam Hong of the Kingdom of Cambodia, State Councilor Yang Jiechi will visit Cambodia and chair the fourth meeting of the China-Cambodia Intergovernmental Coordination Committee from 27 to 28 April.

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Yang Jiechi Meets with Deputy Prime Minister Hor Namhong of Cambodia
MFA China
On December 15, 2016, State Councilor Yang Jiechi met with Deputy Prime Minister Hor Namhong of Cambodia. Yang Jiechi said that China-Cambodia relations have achieved substantial development this year. In particular, President Xi Jinping's visit to ...

Foreign Minister Wang Yi Meets with Deputy Prime Minister Hor Namhong of Cambodia
MFA China
On December 13, 2016, Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with Deputy Prime Minister Hor Namhong of Cambodia, who was in China for a working visit. Both sides exchanged views on developing bilateral relations and regional cooperation. Wang Yi said that ...

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Hor Namhong Was Khmer Rouge Prison Chief, Tribunal Told
The Cambodia Daily
Former Foreign Minister Hor Namhong was chief of the Boeng Trabek prison camp during the Pol Pot regime, not an inmate, a former prisoner whose husband disappeared at the camp told the Khmer Rouge tribunal on Thursday. Ros Chuor Siy, 77, told the ...

Chinese Money Instrumental to Progress, Hor Namhong Says
The Cambodia Daily
Cambodia's development “could not be detached” from Chinese aid, Deputy Prime Minister Hor Namhong said on Monday, joining a chorus of officials from both parties praising a relationship that appears to be deepening over similar stances on the South ...

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