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Malaysia’s PM Urged To Quit After Royal Rebuke

Malaysia's embattled leader was accused of treason and urged to quit Thursday after the king denounced his crisis-hit government for misleading parliament, a rare public rebuke from the revered monarch.Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin leads a scandal-plagued coalition that seized power last year without an election, but his government is on the verge of collapse after allies withdrew support.Parliament convened this week after a months-long suspension under a coronavirus state of emergenc

29 July 2021
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Rakhine leader jailed for 20 years

A Myanmar court on Tuesday sentenced a prominent ethnic Rakhine leader to 20 years in jail for treason, a verdict likely to intensify anger amid fighting between the ethnic group and the army.Security forces tried to calm hundreds of supporters outside the court in Rakhine state capital Sittwe as Aye Maung was escorted to a waiting police van following the verdict.Aye Maung, the former chairman of the Arakan National Party – which is renowned for hard-line views against the Rohingya Muslim mi

20 March 2019
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Cambodian opposition leader charged with treason, espionage

A Cambodian court on Tuesday charged opposition leader Kem Sokha with treason and espionage over an alleged conspiracy with unnamed foreigners, as strongman premier Hun Sen intensifies his assault on his political enemies.Opponents of Hun Sen, as well as NGOs (Non-governmental organisations) and the critical press, have increasingly been smothered by court cases and threats before a crucial general election next year.Kem Sokha, 64, a veteran opposition politician who has formally led the CNRP

5 September 2017
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'Sayonara' to The Cambodia Daily

"A @cambodiadaily friend says: I can't find a single paper in the city. Seller said, not only you who are looking for it but hundreds others," reads one of Jodie DeJonge's recent tweets on popular social media platform, Twitter. Following a recent crackdown on independent media by the Cambodian government, she will now be remembered as "the last editor" of The Cambodia Daily.

5 September 2017
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