Sam Rainsy left Cambodia in 2016 facing a number of lawsuits filed by senior officials.
Long Beach is the second-busiest port in the United States after Los Angeles and is home to more than 20,000 Cambodian-Americans.
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U.S. Vice President Mike Pence expressed concern over the report in a letter to Prime Minister Hun Sen, whose government denied the allegation.
Army chief Apirat Kongsompong arrived on Tuesday and met with Cambodian army commander Hun Manet and Defense Minister Tea Banh.
The bill aims to apply travel and economic sanctions on individuals who have “undermined democracy” in Cambodia and violated human rights.
Sam Rainsy says he will return to Cambodia some time this year from France, where he has lived since fleeing in 2015 after conviction for defamation.
Populist forces returned with a vengeance to Europe in 2018, seizing power in Italy and extending their grip in countries like Hungary and Poland. VOA Khmer's Phy Sopheada narrates.
Interior Minister Sar Kheng said journalists using these terms “do not respect the will of the Cambodian people, who turned out to vote”.
The comments came after US Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Joseph Felter urged Cambodia to drop treason charges against Kem Sokha, during a meeting with Cambodian military officials last week.
In a post on his official Facebook page, Hun Sen said Cambodia was looking to “expand and reinforce its market besides the US”, saying trade between China and Cambodia had reached $5.6 billion.
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