Baker giving this bread a new #?
#19494 → #19496
Too many double numbered breads this evening.
And not enough covfefe for me to stay on top of it.
Cambodia Resumes Treason Trial of Opposition Leader Kem Sokha
Cambodia today recommenced the treason trial of Kem Sokha, the leader of the dissolved Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), after a nearly two year hiatus.
Sokha was arrested in September 2017 for allegedly colluding with foreign governments to overthrow the administration led by Prime Minister Hun Sen and the Cambodian People’s Party (CPP), the prelude to the dissolution of the CNRP two months later.
January 19, 2022
https://thediplomat.com/2022/01/cambodia-resumes-treason-trial-of-opposition-leader-kem-sokha/
Sanctions: US seeks to punish Cambodia’s government for uprooting the US-sponsored opposition Washington had hoped to replace the current Cambodian government with in a bid to cut ties between Phnom Penh and Beijing.
Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) whose senior leadership is now mainly based in the United States.
The EU had earlier stripped Cambodia of its preferential trade terms following the arrest of CNRP president Kem Sokha in September 2017 and the Supreme Court’s decision two months later to ban his party for its role in an alleged plot to topple the government.
Kem Sokha’s words in the video would be quoted:
“…the USA that has assisted me, they asked me to take the model from Yugoslavia, Serbia, where they can change the dictator [Slobodan] Milosevic,” he continues, referring to the former Serbian and Yugoslavian leader who resigned amid popular protests following disputed elections, and died while on trial for war crimes.
“I do not do anything at my own will. Their experts, professors at universities in Washington, DC, Montreal, Canada, hired by the Americans in order to advise me on the strategy to change the dictator leader in Cambodia.”
October 12, 2021
https://z3news.com/w/us-sanctions-cambodian-leaders-amid-us-china-rivalry/
CNRP founder Sam Rainsy has said he will return to Cambodia on Nov. 9, four years after fleeing to France following a conviction for criminal defamation in which he was ordered to pay $1 million in compensation. He also faces a five-year prison sentence in a separate case.
Cambodian police spokesman Chhay Kim Khoeun said 26 CNRP activists had been arrested so far this year for alleged plans to hold demonstrations and prevent authorities arresting Rainsy.
September 16, 2019
https://news.yahoo.com/cambodia-arrests-more-opposition-activists-092739185.html
H.R.526 - Cambodia Democracy Act of 2019
Rep. Yoho, Ted S. [R-FL-3] (Introduced 01/11/2019)
The United States is committed to promoting democracy, human rights, and the rule of law in Cambodia. The United States continues to urge the Government of Cambodia to immediately release Mr. Kem Sokha, reinstate the political status of the CNRP and restore its elected seats in the National Assembly, and support electoral reform efforts in Cambodia with free and fair elections monitored by international observers.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/526/text
RESIGNATIONS:
In December 2019, Yoho announced that, honoring his term-limit pledge, he would not run for re-election to Congress in 2020
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Yoho
CPP calls out foreign NGOs for stirring ‘colour revolution’
Aided by several slides, Vun accused “powerful countries” like the United States and their intelligence arms of pushing regime change through civil society actors in “small countries” that don’t follow US interests.
The lawmaker named NGOs the National Democratic Institute (NDI), the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) and Freedom House and also referred to the Open Society Institute, an apparent reference to the Open Societies Foundation (OSF), an organisation founded by billionaire investor and philanthropist George Soros.
24 May 2017
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cpp-calls-out-foreign-ngos-stirring-colour-revolution
Sam Rainsy, a French-educated former banker
MBA from France's INSEAD Business School
Worked for various banks in Paris before setting up his own accountancy firm.
Last Update December 4, 2015
https://www.foxnews.com/world/cambodian-opposition-leader-to-return-from-exile
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has urged the Cambodian government to release [13] Boeung
Clinton also reportedly praised Cambodia for not proceeding with its proposed NGO law, which has received widespread criticism, and made comments about the importance of a free and fair national election next year.
It was up to Cambodians, however, to decide whether the Sam Rainsy Party's self-exiled leader — who faces an 11-year jail sentence on incitement charges — should take part in the ballot, she said, according to the Associated Press.
2012-06-14
https://www.wikileaks.org/clinton-emails/emailid/20449