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Report points finger at police officer for helping Yingluck flee into Cambodia
The Nation
... the deputy national police chief, Pol Colonel Chairit Anurit, a deputy chief of the Bangkok Metropolitan Police, was instrumental in helping Yingluck to leave the country via the Thai-Cambodian border last month. Chairit told investigators that on ...
Thai junta says police helped Yingluck escapeThe Straits Times
Thai police say they have car ex-prime minister used to fleeNew Jersey Herald
Cop in 'great escape' link | Bangkok Post: newsBangkok Post

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Jolie Imbues Cambodia Drama With Skill and Intelligence
The Epoch Times
By now, there should be no debating that Angelina Jolie is a talented director, capable of handling the most challenging subject matter with assurance and sensitivity. Those who continue to denigrate her skills because she's also a movie star and ...

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Alarm as 'super malaria' spreads in South East Asia
BBC News
The rapid spread of "super malaria" in South East Asia is an alarming global threat, scientists are warning. This dangerous form of the malaria parasite cannot be killed with the main anti-malaria drugs. It emerged in Cambodia but has since spread ...
'Super malaria' spreading through SE Asia, poses global threatThe Straits Times
Malaria warning as resistant strain spreads to VietnamChannel NewsAsia
A Mutated Strain Of 'Super Malaria' Is Spreading At An Alarming RateGizmodo Australia
Netralnews -NDTV -MedPage Today
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Cambodia: Switching off independent radio stations
Aljazeera.com
Phnom Penh, Cambodia - Each morning, Chab Vanna started his day with the radio. Each night, he'd end it the same way. For the past 15 years, radio served as Vanna's primary source of news - the rare reliable, Khmer-language reporting available in the ...
Cambodia's Crackdown: What Happens When an Autocrat Shutters a NewspaperThe Nation.
While Cambodian Democracy Withers, Washington Stands AloofForeign Policy (blog)
Is Cambodia Really Becoming a Dictatorship?The Diplomat
Bangkok Post -Stuff.co.nz -Radio Free Asia
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Australia urged to stop Cambodia returning persecuted refugees to Vietnam
The Guardian
Scott Morrison, the then immigration minister, and Cambodia's interior minister, Sar Kheng, sharing a toast in Phnom Penh. The Australian government has been asked to intervene to prevent the deportation of refugees from Cambodia. Photograph: Tang ...

US Congressmen, Asean MPs, Express Concern Over Cambodia Crackdown
VOA Khmer
A group of eight U.S. congressmen has called on the State Department to continue its public condemnation of the continuing crackdown on dissent and arrest of the leader of the opposition in Cambodia. In the letter, sent to Secretary of State Rex ...
Cambodian Officials Ramp Up Anti-US ThreatsVoice of America
What's driving the crackdown in Cambodia?East Asia Forum
Cambodia's anti-US stancePress TV
Myanmar Times -Xinhua
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Cambodia, Laos eliminate leading cause of blindness
Devex
MANILA — Trachoma, an eye infection that has been the leading cause of blindness worldwide, is no longer a public health threat in Cambodia and Laos, the World Health Organization announced Tuesday. The two countries are the first in Western Pacific's ...

Brit backpacker died after Cambodian cops didn't bother looking for vital insurance papers he had on him after ...
The Sun
A BRITISH backpacker died of pneumonia after Cambodian police didn't bother looking for vital insurance papers he had in his bag when he collapsed. Kit Mallinson, 18, was found unconscious on a night bus but could have been saved if police found ...
Bridport teenager 'died after treatment delays' in CambodiaBBC News
Parents of gap year Briton, 18, who died backpacking in Cambodia accuse authorites of 'cover-up'Evening Standard
Gap year Briton, 18, died from pneumonia in Cambodia because local medics failed to check his backpack to see if he ...Daily Mail
Dorset Echo -The Times
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Hun Sen tightens grip on power as Cambodia pivots to China
Financial Times
“Democracy is in danger, my life is in danger,” she says, speaking in the office of the Cambodia National Rescue party (CNRP) in a suburb of Phnom Penh, the Cambodian capital, during an interview in which she breaks into tears twice. “I could go to ...
Cambodia's Hun Sen a master of manipulative, ruthless ruleAsia Times
Cambodians in Long Beach protest arrestThe Phnom Penh Post

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The Guardian view on Cambodia: a local crisis and a regional shift
The Guardian
Voters seem less keen on his unending tenure – and the Cambodian People's Party knows it. A gradual expansion of space for civil society, activism and political activity went into reverse after the opposition united and did better than expected in 2013 ...
Cambodia's Crumbling DemocracyForeign Affairs
What the Latest Crackdown in Cambodia MeansNew York Times
Cambodia suspending US MIA searches over visa banThe Spokesman-Review
Channel NewsAsia -Forbes
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