phnom penh sweden say tuesday stop new aid cambodia except education research would long support reform programme main opposition party outlaw supreme court government request announcement mark first concrete action european union country protest political crackdown veteran prime minister hun sen main rival also arrest civil right group independent media attack unite state cut election fund say would take punitive step last week ban cambodia national rescue party cnrp european union also threaten action sweden embassy phnom penh say country review engagement cambodia initiate new government-to-government development cooperation agreements except areas education research say statement consequence would unable support decentralisation reform current form reform aim strengthen low level government local commune cnrp control 40 percent commune elections june give rule cambodian people party cpp cnrp ban leader kem sokha arrest allege treason government say seek take power american help reject allegation politically motivate allow hun sen extend three decades power next year general election respond swedish statement senior official say cambodia welcome friendship sweden countries say must understand cnrp ban court find commit treason people respect cambodian people decision accordance principle democracy rule law say huy vannak undersecretary state interior ministry sweden give cambodia estimate 100 million aid five years rank third among individual eu member state cambodia database donors last year france germany swedish fashion group also key buyer cambodia garment factories country main export earner western donors less sway since china emerge cambodia big aid donor investor meet monday sideline meet asia-europe foreign minister myanmar chinese foreign minister wang yi tell cambodian counterpart prak sokhon china support government action china repeatedly express support cambodia make criticism government lead hun sen former khmer rouge commander one beijing important ally southeast asia story add drop word paragraph sweden stop new aid cambodia protest crackdown