The Phnom Penh Post newspaper on sale is pictured in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, May 8, 2018. REUTERS/Samrang Pring
(Reuters) - As many as 13 foreign journalists resigned from Cambodia's Phnom Penh Post newspaper this week in protest at what they called editorial interference following its sale to a Malaysian businessman.
The sale of the English-language newspaper, announced at the weekend, came amid increasing concern about a crackdown by long-serving Prime Minister Hun Sen against his critics ahead of a general election set for July 29.
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