PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - Cambodia ordered the U.S.-funded National Democratic Institute to stop activities and remove foreign staff on Wednesday in the latest move by Prime Minister Hun Sen's government against American interests ahead of elections next year.
In response to the order against the pro-democracy group and a day after a government threat to close a newspaper founded by an American journalist, the U.S. Embassy in Phnom Penh issued a statement titled: "Is Cambodia Committed to Democracy?"
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