Hun Sen asks US for ‘humanitarian’ shift in deportation policy

Prime Minister Hun Sen held a bilateral meeting with US President Joe Biden on the sidelines of the recent Asean Summit in Phnom Penh. - SPM

PHNOM PENH (The Phnom Penh Post/Asia News Network): Prime Minister Hun Sen has suggested that the US consider amendments to a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on the deportation of Cambodians who committed offences in the US. He said he proposed the amendments on humanitarian grounds.

The premier raised the deportation issue – mostly involving Cambodian-Americans who were jailed in the US and repatriated to the Kingdom upon their release – during his bilateral meeting with US President Joe Biden on the sidelines of the recent Asean Summit in Phnom Penh.