Cambodian government denies PM has Cyprus passport
The Cambodian government has rejected reports that Prime Minister Hun Sen has a Cypriot passport, as he ordered the justice ministry to amend the constitution...
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Hasikos: no reason in 2016 to deny passport to Cambodian police chief’s wife
The government saw no reason to deny a Cypriot passport to the niece of Cambodia’s authoritarian leader and wife of the country’s deputy police chief...
Names of those on passports to be revoked made public
Reports on Wednesday confirmed Malaysian Jho Taek Low and eight Cambodians closely connected to the country’s authoritarian regime are among the holders of the 26...
Cabinet convenes to discuss revocation of citizenships
The cabinet was convening on Wednesday in the wake of reports detailing the process by which the government granted citizenship to Malaysian businessman Jho Taek...
Passports probe being expanded, president’s law firm handled 41 cases from 4,000 (Updated)
By Elias Hazou and George Psyllides THE government said on Thursday an additional investigation will be carried out by the interior minister into other cases...
Cabinet orders probe into golden passports for Cambodian elites (Updated)
The cabinet on Wednesday said an investigation was being launched into how relatives and friends of Cambodia’s authoritarian prime minister were granted Cypriot passports. In...
State oversight board pulls back from discussing sale of passports to Cambodian officials (Updated, corrected)
State treasurer Rea Georgiou told the Cyprus Mail on Monday that a public oversight body she chairs would not after all be looking into recent...
Akel slams government over passport scheme
Opposition Akel spokesman and MP Stefanos Stefanou on Friday harshly criticised the government for “hiding instead of answering legitimate questions” on the citizenship scheme as...
Ministry sticks to ‘no comment’ in Cambodia investment for passport scheme
THE government said on Thursday it does not comment on isolated cases concerning the investment-for-citizenship programme after it emerged that close relatives of Cambodia’s leader...
MP Charalambidou demands answers for passports to Cambodian elite
Opposition Akel MP Irini Charalambidou on Thursday called on the government to explain itself after Reuters disclosed relatives and allies of Cambodia’s leader acquired Cypriot...
