Thursday, August 20, 2009

US senator meets with Hun Sen, opposition


After meeting with junta leaders in Myanmar, Jim Webb comes to Cambodia to talk about free trade with Hun Sen and free speech with opposition leaders.
US Senator Jim Webb said he "listened in great detail to the concerns of the opposition leaders" during a visit to Cambodia on Tuesday, but stopped short of condemning the government's ongoing crackdown on political speech.
Fresh from negotiating the release of an American prisoner with Myanmar's ruling military junta on Saturday, Webb met with opposition leaders Sam Rainsy and Kem Sokha, as well as Prime Minister Hun Sen, during his brief stopover in the Kingdom. Click to read more...

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