“If the government doesn’t confirm it recognizes Kem Ley as a hero … [it] would undermine the voters’ support at the upcoming elections,” Meas Ny said.
The five CNRP representatives on the permanent committee said they would end their boycott ahead of the session.
Civil society groups in Cambodia have called for an environmental impact assessment to be carried out before a highway is built leading into the at-risk Areng Valley.
Kem Sokha has spent nearly four months holed up in the party headquarters in Phnom Penh after the authorities attempted to arrest him in April.
The protesters had planned on Monday to deliver a petition claiming the ruling Cambodian People’s Party had violated the tenets of the 1991 Paris Peace Accords,
About 700,000 Cambodians, mostly women, are employed in the textile industry.
Thak Lany has been charged with defamation by Hun Sen after she allegedly made comments that connected Hun Sen with the murder of popular political analyst Kem Ley.
Parliamentary systems often operate with shadow cabinets so that an effective opposition can be seen to publicly scrutinize the work of government ministries.
Human Rights Watch and some 60 local civil society groups called for the charges against Tep Vanny and Bov Sorphea to be dropped.
A meeting has been scheduled between the two sides for August 29 to discuss the issue.
The CNRP’s president, Sam Rainsy, and its deputy leader, Kem Sokha, both face ongoing legal proceedings that could lead to imprisonment.
The demonstration saw the activists putting curses on four headless mannequins symbolizing issues such as corruption in the courts.
Campaigners on Monday told VOA Khmer that the continued detentions of activists taking part in the Black Monday protests was a reflection of deteriorating freedom of expression.
The protesters marched through Phnom Penh’s streets carrying banners, alleging that companies Phnom Penh Sugar and Kampong Speu Sugar have not provided them with proper compensation since moving onto the land.
National Assembly spokesman said the ruling Cambodian People’s Party was skeptical of the motives behind forming the commissions, when the CNRP already has members assigned to the parliamentary commissions
Un Sam An is being held under article 205 of the criminal code, which allows or detention without bail if there is a fear that releasing the defendant could endanger public order.
Hun Sen requested the court impose a symbolic fine of 100 riel (about 2 cents) in each case.
Prak Sokhon denied accusations that Cambodia was siding with China in the disputes and had blocked the issuance of yet another joint statement from Asean earlier this week.
Cambodia is reported to favor China, its largest aid and loans provider, in the dispute, despite maintaining an ostensibly neutral stance.
The Global Witness said the Huns had amassed more than $200 million in business interests.
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