Cambodia News: Mu Sochua

King Flies Out Of Country, Dodging Party Law Signing
The Cambodia Daily
The chairs of the party's working group will meet on Tuesday to discuss the changes, according to CNRP Vice President Mu Sochua. Acting Sam Rainsy Party President Teav Vannol continued to hold out hope that the king had “dropped a message” to Mr.

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Government discusses quotas for local female representation
The Phnom Penh Post
Opposition Deputy President Mu Sochua said that Yuthly's comments reflected the kind of gender discrimination that showed quotas were needed. “I am totally in favour of the increase, as long as it is a transparent process, on merits and not nepotism ...

CNRP Formally Petitions King for Help Against New Law
The Cambodia Daily
CNRP deputy president Mu Sochua, who signed the letter, said she was hopeful that the king will intervene to stop the proposal from “breaking the nation.” “We will use all mechanisms that we have, especially when it affects national unity,” she said ...

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Parties lambast legal changes
The Phnom Penh Post
The Cambodia National Rescue Party did not attend the debate, with deputy leader Mu Sochua saying her party could “not run after each event”. “A convict still has the right to speak, to enjoy some fundamental rights. The real question: Why are we ...

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Cambodia Opposition Celebrates Five-Year Anniversary
VOA Khmer (English)
Mu Sochua, a senior CNRP lawmaker, said the visit to Hong Kong was intended as a mark of respect to Rainsy ahead of the passing of amendments to the political parties law in Cambodia that will block the party from interacting with its former leader.

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Cambodia opposition fights back against Hun Sen's crackdown
Financial Times
Mu Sochua once fought to have British paedophile pop star Gary Glitter deported from Cambodia. Now she's battling to stop the opposition movement from being criminalised as Hun Sen, the prime minister of more than three decades, seeks to tighten his ...

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Prime Minister Calls Immunity Request for Past Premiers an Insult
The Cambodia Daily
Prime Minister Hun Sen called a request by a retired official of the royalist Funcinpec party to give former premiers legal immunity a “serious insult” to the ruling CPP and the dream of a “deranged old man,” according to a local media report. “A ...

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CNRP Officials Fly to Visit Rainsy as Party Turns Five
The Cambodia Daily
At least two separate CNRP delegations made an “unofficial visit,” according to CNRP Vice President Mu Sochua, who made the trip. Photographs uploaded to Facebook by Vice President Eng Chhay Eang showed what appeared to be more than 30 party ...
CNRP meeting with Rainsy in Hong Kong was to 'pay respect'The Phnom Penh Post

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Newly elected must declare assets: ACU
The Phnom Penh Post
Cambodia National Rescue Party Deputy President Mu Sochua said the opposition intends to require public declarations should they win power at the July national election. “It doesn't show accountability to the people who we're supposed to represent if ...

ASEAN Parliamentarians Voice Concern on Malaysian Immigration Crackdown
Radio Free Asia
“While Malaysia has a legitimate need to address the fact that so many migrants find themselves without proper paperwork, it must ensure that basic human rights are respected for all people at all times,” Mu Sochua said. As thousands of new detainees ...
Crackdown against undocumented migrants in MalaysiaAsian Tribune
Malaysia condemned for migrant worker crackdownABS-CBN News

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