By Sorpong Peou

East Asia Forum-Aug 5

Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Cambodia is enjoying considerable success compared to its Southeast Asian neighbours despite its relatively poor healthcare system — recording just 240 cases and no deaths by early August. While critics argue that these remarkably low numbers are due to underreporting, the government’s restriction measures for public safety have genuinely succeeded in containing the pandemic. Its crackdowns on the opposition, on the other hand, remain problematic.

Read more at: https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2020/08/05/political-crackdowns-follow-cambodias-covid-19-lockdown/