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2009 in Cambodia

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The following lists events that happened during 2009 in Cambodia.

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Incumbents

  • Monarch: Norodom Sihamoni
  • Prime Minister: Hun Sen

    • February

  • February 17 - Former Khmer Rouge leader Kang Kek Iew stands trial before the Extraordinary Chambers in Cambodia.

    • April

  • April 3 - Four soldiers die as Thailand's Army and Cambodia's Army exchange gunfire near the Preah Vihear Temple.

    • July

  • July 28 - AIDS campaigners and human rights groups accuse the Cambodian government of herding HIV-affected families into an "Aids colony" outside Phnom Penh.

    • September

  • September 19 - Pro and anti government protestors demonstrate in the Thai capital Bangkok and near the Preah Vihear Temple along the border with Cambodia.

    • October

  • October 11 - At least 10 people die and seven are declared missing in a river ferry sinking on the Mekong in Kratié Province.

    • November

  • November 4 - The Cambodian government announces that ousted Prime Minister of Thailand Thaksin Shinawatra has been appointed as a government adviser.
  • November 5 - Thailand and Cambodia recall their ambassadors over the Cambodian government appointment of former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.
  • November 10 - Thailand's ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra arrives in Cambodia to take up his new appointment as economic adviser to the Cambodian government.
  • November 11 - Cambodia rejects a request by Thailand to extradite ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.
  • November 13 - Cambodia detains a Thai man on charges of spying for Thailand.
  • November 19 - Cambodia takes control of a Thai-owned air traffic control firm in a deepening diplomatic row between the two countries.
  • November 23 - The war crimes trial of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia hears its final arguments.

    • December

  • December 19 - The Cambodian government expels 22 Chinese Muslim Uyghurs who arrived in the country back to China, despite criticism from the UN.

    • References

    2009 in Cambodia Wikipedia
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