‘Undo’ ban on opposition party, US calls on Cambodia

WASHINGTON, D.C.: The United States on Thursday (Friday in Manila) demanded Cambodia reverse its ban on the country’s main opposition as it warned the dissolution of the party would strip 2018 elections of legitimacy.

Washington hit out after Cambodia’s Supreme Court—effectively controlled by strongman premier Hun Sen—outlawed the Cambodia National Rescue Party and banned more than 100 of its politicians in a ruling blasted by a rights groups as the “death” of the nation’s democracy.