REAKSMEY KONGKEA

Tey Neayok The Cambodia Government has banned 22 members of the Oversight Board to Meta Platforms from entering the Kingdom, and if they are in the country they are required to leave immediately within 48 hours, as of four o’clock on July 4. The statement issued on July 3, 2023 by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, stated that the recommendation by the Oversight Board to Meta Platforms, to temporarily suspend the official Facebook page belonging to Prime Minister Hun Sen, is political in nature. It intends to obstruct the freedom of the press for the citizens of Cambodia and the right to receive credible news from a leader whom they support and admire, the statement said. In the spirit of unwavering adherence to upholding the principle of sovereignty, and to prevent the interference into the internal affairs of Cambodia, the Government has decided to declare the following members of the Oversight Board to Meta Platforms, as ‘Persona Non Grata’, it sa

    Buth Reaksmey Kongkea   Starting next month, Cambodian Mines Action Centre (CMAC),  in cooperation with the Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA) and other stakeholders, will begin a nationwide survey to unearth mines and bombs dropped by US and its allies on the Cambodian soil during 1970s.   Heng Ratana, Director-general of CMAC, told Khmer Time yesterday that the government has a plan to clear all kinds of mines including anti-personnel mines and anti-tank mines in Cambodia by 2025 in accordance with the Ottawa Treaty.   As many as 164 states had ratified or acceded to the Ottawa Treaty or simply known as Mine Ban Treaty of 1977, that aims at eliminating anti-personnel landmines around the world. However, several major powers, including US, are not party to the treaty.   “I think that it could take at least 40 to 50 years or more to remove or clear all the bombs dropped by the American troops and its military alliances planes in Cambodia,” he add