Phnom Penh Post newspapers are see on a desk, in this picture illustration taken May 7, 2018. REUTERS/Samrang Pring/Illustration
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - As many as 13 foreign journalists have resigned en masse from a Cambodian newspaper, the Phnom Penh Post, 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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