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- SRP, HRP combine for over 30 per cent of vote
- HRP chief floats union with opposition party
- Boeung Kak women visited by MPs
- Monitor scrutinises poll for irregularities
- ‘Arbitrary decision’ decried by silenced outlets
- CPP still rules Boeung Kak, Borei Keila
- Alcohol fuels post-election attack
- RCAF general’s case back in court
- Marriage mediation offers promise, perils
- Police Blotter: 5 Jun 2012
| SRP, HRP combine for over 30 per cent of vote Posted: 04 Jun 2012 10:02 PM PDT  Although the ruling Cambodian People's Party is touting a landslide win in the commune elections, support for it and junior partners Funcinpec and the Norodom Ranariddh Party actually slipped as a percentage of the popular vote. |
| HRP chief floats union with opposition party Posted: 04 Jun 2012 10:02 PM PDT  Human Rights Party president Kem Sokha announced his party's willingness to merge with the Sam Rainsy Party before next year's national elections, eliciting calls for increased co-operation between the two parties from the SRP. |
| Boeung Kak women visited by MPs Posted: 04 Jun 2012 10:02 PM PDT Thirteen Boeung Kak women locked in Prey Sar prison after a three-hour trial are threatening to go on a hunger strike in protest. |
| Monitor scrutinises poll for irregularities Posted: 04 Jun 2012 10:02 PM PDT  Cambodia's main election monitor observed a host of irregularities during commune elections, including the ruling party using civil servants and state media to campaign. |
| ‘Arbitrary decision’ decried by silenced outlets Posted: 04 Jun 2012 10:02 PM PDT Two US-backed media outlets and a local NGO's news service whose broadcasts in Khmer were yanked off the airwaves by government officials before commune elections are speaking out about against the move. |
| CPP still rules Boeung Kak, Borei Keila Posted: 04 Jun 2012 10:02 PM PDT  Critism of the Cambodian People's Party has been overt as those from Boeung Kak lake and Borei Keila have taken to the streets to vent their frustration at their housing situations. |
| Alcohol fuels post-election attack Posted: 04 Jun 2012 10:01 PM PDT A Sam Rainsy Party member attacked a member of the ruling Cambodian People's Party with a knife during a drinking session following the commune election in Kampong Cham province. |
| RCAF general’s case back in court Posted: 04 Jun 2012 10:01 PM PDT The Supreme Court conducted another hearing into the decade-old case of an RCAF general found guilty of owing more than US$50,000 for construction work. |
| Marriage mediation offers promise, perils Posted: 04 Jun 2012 10:01 PM PDT  When Seiha (not his real name) hit his wife during a quarrel last year, she didn't call police or even a divorce lawyer – she called their commune chief. |
| Posted: 04 Jun 2012 10:01 PM PDT A 31-year-old man stabbed his ex-wife three times in Banteay Meanchey province's Poipet town after the woman refused to remarry him. |
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