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The US House of Representatives on Monday passed the Cambodia Democracy Act of 2019. The bi-partisan legislation will apply visa and asset blocking sanctions on Cambodian government, military or security officials who have undermined democracy in Cambodia or committed related human rights issues. VOA Khmer’s reporter Men Kimseng interviewed Congressman Ted Yoho (R-Fl) after the passage.
Alex Hinton is the director of the Center for the Study of Genocide and Human Rights and a professor of anthropology at Rutgers University. He has served as the president of the International Association of Genocide Scholars and the UNESCO Chair in Genocide Prevention. Hinton is a prolific author and Cambodia expert and has served as a witness at the Khmer Rouge Tribunal. He spoke to VOA’s Chetra Chap about his latest book project, The Justice Façade.
Dr. Zeb Hogan, research biologist at the University of Nevada, Reno, host of National Geographic's Monster Fish show, and principle investigator of the Wonder of the Mekong Project funded by USAID, visited Cambodia to join the celebration of National Fish Day at the Fisheries Administration on July 1, 2018. Dr. Hogan sat down with VOA Khmer's Malis Tum in Phnom Penh to talk about the importance of the Mekong river, giant fish in the Mekong and their current challenges.
American filmmaker Cheryl Miller Houser spent 17 months following six recent graduates pursuing the American Dream by building their own startup company in Detroit, Michigan. On a recent visit to Phnom Penh, she sat down for an interview with VOA Khmer's Malis Tum.