PM challenges EU to follow through on threat to cut aid

Prime Minister Hun Sen on 13 June blithely brushed aside a recent threat from the European Parliament to cut hundreds of millions of dollars in aid to Cambodia over human rights abuses, challenging the body to follow through.“I am never afraid of China because Cambodia has its own independent policies, and China has never ordered Cambodia to do this or that,” he said. “I would like to tell some people not to threaten Cambodia by threatening cuts.”

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