Cambodian authorities have extended abroad their long-running crackdown on dissent with a former maid facing a potential five-year jail term for criticizing the government of Prime Minister Hun Manet while working in Malaysia.
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Nuon Toeun, 36, had worked in Malaysia for several years but was arrested by Malaysian authorities last week after a request from the Cambodian government prompting an outcry from human rights groups who are accusing some Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries of collusion.
The Khmer Movement for Democracy, formed by exiled opposition leaders, said she was working legally in Malaysia, had simply expressed her opinions and her deportation without due process was a “blatant violation of international law and a grave assault on human rights.”
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