Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has announced that he will not pardon opposition party leader Kem Sokha and Cambodian-American lawyer Theary Seng, who have been imprisoned over the past year. Hun Sen cited recent foreign intervention in Cambodia as the reason for his decision, stating that those who seek foreign intervention will remain in prison. He also expressed anger towards Western diplomats who had visited Kem Sokha while he was under house arrest. Additionally, Hun Sen claimed that drones operated by "ethnic insurgents" from Vietnam have been crossing into Cambodia, and offered a reward for shooting them down.

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