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March 13, 2024
Asian news from Phnom Penh
China data leak spotlights cyber-spying across Southeast Asia
PHNOM PENH -- Hackers at a Chinese state-linked security contractor targeted government agencies across Southeast Asia for years, a major document leak shows, revealing rare details of cyberespionage in countries where Beijing has strong political and economic ties.
Vietnam property tycoon heads to trial in $40bn graft case
PHNOM PENH -- A Vietnamese real-estate tycoon is set to go on trial Tuesday over allegations that she and others fraudulently took out $40 billon in loans from a commercial bank in a high-profile graft case that could see her executed if convicted.
Cambodia's airport dreams stall as Chinese money dries up
PHNOM PENH -- For years, an airport has been slated for construction in Cambodia's Mondulkiri province, but all that exists are concrete fence posts across the razed farmlands of an indigenous community, cleared for a runway that may never get built.
France visit offers ‘margin of manoeuvre’ in Cambodia’s bid to ease reliance on China
Cambodian leader Hun Manet’s visit to France last week to discuss defence cooperation, among other issues, gives the Southeast Asian nation “a margin of manoeuvre” of counterbalancing its over-reliance on China, analysts have said.