EU Calls for International Probe Into Election [The U.S Congress had just passed a Resolution to call for probe into election frauds and to cut aid to Cambodia]

Post by Roth Chan Dany.

By Denise Hruby -The Cambodia Daily, January 18, 2014

In the strongest international reaction to the contested result of July’s national election yet, the European Parliament passed a resolution on Thursday calling on Prime Minister Hun Sen’s government to conduct an independent, internationally led investigation of the election and the killing of five garment factory protesters earlier this month.

The resolution by the parliament of the European Union (E.U.)—Cambodia’s single largest aid donor—comes after the U.S. House of Representatives passed a draft spending bill on Wednesday that would cut some aid to Cambodia unless similar demands regarding the flawed election are met.