Housewarming Party Leads to Opposition Members’ Questioning

For former members of the CNRP, even organizing a private party comes with surveillance and questions from the authorities.

Khan Lai, a resident in Poipet commune, a boom town on the Cambodia-Thailand border, celebrated a housewarming party in early January. There were some 200 guests including his neighbors and former members of the local, now-dissolved opposition party.

But the party was cut short when police spotted the festivities and intervened.

Lai, 44, an opposition activist, and other opposition officials were questioned by the police.

In full: https://www.voacambodia.com/a/housewarming-party-leads-to-opposition-members-questioning/4739064.html

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