Opening statements were yesterday in Long Beach accountant Yasith Chhun’s trial on charges of allegedly spearheading a coup attempt in Cambodia, and jurors got a chance–so the Assistant U.S. Attorney said–to go inside Operation Volcano.
The Press-Telegram’s story today is from Greg Risling of The Associated Press.
Operation Volcano is reportedly the name of the group Chhun [...]

With this year’s fourth-ever Cambodian New Year Parade just four days away, the Press-Telegram’s Greg Mellen notes that Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister Sok An–invited to the parade in December, by a delegation of Long Beach notables which included former councilman Evan Anderson Braude–will not attend.
This is welcome news to protestors in the Cambodian community, whose [...]