Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen arrives at an event to celebrate Children's Day in Phnom Penh May 31, 2016. REUTERS/Samrang Pring
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Monday shrugged off European parliament threats to review aid if his administration continues to harass political opponents on the same day as a court jailed three more opposition activists.
The European Union has called on Hun Sen to halt "judicial harassment" of adversaries and the United Nations has also called for dialogue between the ruling party and the opposition as tension mounts in the Southeast Asian country ahead of a general election in 2018.
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