Cambodia's Hun Sen challenges EU and U.S. to freeze assets
Hun Sen
PHNOM PENH (Reuters)  - Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen  encouraged the United States and European Union on Friday to freeze the assets of Cambodian leaders abroad in response to  his  government’s crackdown on the opposition and civil society.
 Hun Sen   the strongman who has ruled Cambodia for more than three decades  has taken a strident anti-Western line ahead of a 2018 election and has dismissed donor criticism of the dissolution of the main opposition party.
“I encourage the European Union and United States to freeze the wealth of Cambodian leaders abroad ”  Hun Sen  told a group of athletes in Phnom Penh  the capital.
 Hun Sen  said  he  has no money abroad and any actions by the EU and the U.S. would not hurt  him .
Hun Sen accused Kem Sokha  the leader of the CNRP of a U.S.-backed anti-government plot. The opposition leader and the United States denied that.
China  Cambodia’s largest aid donor  has leant its support to Hun Sen  saying it respects Cambodia’s right to defend its national security.
[TGT]encouraged the United States and European Union on Friday to freeze the assets of Cambodian leaders abroad in response to  [TGT]  government’s crackdown on the opposition and civil society.
 [TGT]has taken a strident anti-Western line ahead of a 2018 election and has dismissed donor criticism of the dissolution of the main opposition party.
“I encourage the European Union and United States to freeze the wealth of Cambodian leaders abroad ”  [TGT]told a group of athletes in Phnom Penh  the capital.
 [TGT]said  [TGT]  has no money abroad and any actions by the EU and the U.S. would not hurt  [TGT] .
[TGT] accused Kem Sokha  the leader of the CNRP of a U.S.-backed anti-government plot. The opposition leader and the United States denied that.
China  Cambodia’s largest aid donor  has leant its support to [TGT]saying it respects Cambodia’s right to defend its national security.