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US Suspends Delivery of Military Trucks to Cambodia
1 April 2010. The United States suspended shipments of military trucks and trailers to Cambodia to protest of the deportation of 20 Uighur asylum seekers to China in December 2009. The ethnic minority group of Uighurs had made the journey from China's far west through to Vietnam and then Cambodia after China accused them of being involved in ethnic rioting in July that pitted the minority group against the majority Han Chinese. China announced a $1.2 billion aid package to Cambodia shortly after the deportations.

Jailed Journalist Receives Royal Pardon
13 April 2010. Hang Chakra, director of the opposition aligned Khmer Machas Srok newspaper was released from prison on 13 April 2010 following a royal pardon from the King. Hang Chakra was jailed in June 2009 after his newspaper published stories alleging corrupt activities within the office of Deputy Prime Minister Sok An. Following his release from prison Khmer Machas Srok went back in publication on 1 May 2010 after suspending publication a month earlier due to financial reasons.