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Cambodia's new China-style internet gateway decried as repression tool

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'Prime Minister Hun Sen struck a dangerous blow against internet freedom and e-commerce in Cambodia by expanding the government's control over the country's internet,' Phil Robertson, deputy Asia director at Human Rights Watch, said on Thursday. 'Cambodia's National Internet Gateway is the missing tool in the government's toolbox for online repression,' he said in a statement.

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