Topic - Candlelight Party

) is a liberal party in Cambodia. The party was a member of the Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats, Liberal International, and the Alliance of Democrats. It is the largest opposition party in Cambodia, and the main challenger to the ruling Cambodian People's Party. The party resumed political activity in October 2021 after being inactive since 2012. - Source: Wikipedia

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FILE - Thach Setha, foreground, a prominent vice president of the country's main opposition, Candlelight Party, talks to media members near the Vietnam Embassy in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on July 21, 2014. The Phnom Penh Municipal Court issued its verdict Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023, against Thach Setha, a vice president of the Candlelight Party, after finding that he had issued several bounced checks in 2019. Thach Setha was arrested in January this year, ahead of Cambodia’s general election in July. His arrest was seen by government critics as part of a broader campaign to ensure that the long-ruling Cambodian People’s Party would face no serious opposition in the polls.(AP Photo/Heng Sinith, File)

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Thach Setha, left, a prominent vice president of the country's main opposition of Candlelight Party, hugs a boy in front of the Prey Sar main prison outside Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on Nov. 10, 2021. Thach Setha, a prominent leader of Cambodia’s political opposition, has been detained for allegedly issuing worthless checks, but his party said Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2023, the case is politically motivated. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

Cambodian opposition politician arrested for bounced checks

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