Cambodian opposition blocked from holding memorial servicePHNOM PENH (Reuters) - Cambodia s main opposition party was blocked from holding a memorial ceremony on Wednesday for victims of a 1997 grenade attack on a political rally, with tension running high after the arrest of its leader last week. The U.S. embassy urged its citizens to exercise caution after Prime Minister Hun Sen s government accused the United States of conspiring with opposition leader Kem Sokha, who has been charged with treason. Potentially further fanning anti-American sentiment, the embassy announced it had stopped issuing visas for some Cambodian foreign ministry officials. Kem Sokha s Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) had planned to hold a ceremony at a memorial in the capital, Phnom Penh, to mark an attack in which at least 16 people were killed at a rally on March 30, 1997 organized by former opposition leader Sam Rainsy. Similar memorials have been permitted in previous years around the Pchum Ben festival, when Cambodians pay respects to deceased ancestors.  We tried to hold the ceremony at the memorial and we were stopped,  Mu Sochua, one of the CNRP s deputy presidents, told Reuters.  We don t want to confront the authorities but we want to show that these are signs of intimidation,  she said, adding that the ceremony was then moved to a nearby pagoda. Phnom Penh s city hall spokesman Met Measpheakdey said the pagoda was the right place for the ceremony and the party s request to do it at the monument had been denied. Opponents of Hun Sen accuse him of arresting Kem Sokha and cracking down on independent media and other critics ahead of a general election next year in which he could face the toughest electoral challenge of more than 30 years in power. The United States and Western countries have called for Kem Sokha s release, drawing further anti-American rhetoric from the government. The U.S. embassy said it had no specific warnings of security issues but urged U.S. citizens to show caution. The embassy announced it had stopped issuing visas to some senior foreign ministry officials in a separate dispute over Cambodia s refusal to continue accepting Cambodian citizens the United States wants to deport China, Cambodia s biggest donor and investor by far, has stood by Hun Sen s government.   Chinese friends are like a strong back that continues to help Cambodia in every circumstance so that no foreign country can break it up,  Hun Sen said on his Facebook page on Wednesday after returning from a trip to China. worldnews
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Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: Cambodian opposition blocked from holding memorial servicePHNOM PENH (Reuters) - Cambodia s main opposition party was blocked from holding a memorial ceremony on Wednesday for victims of a 1997 grenade attack on a political rally, with tension running high after the arrest of its leader last week. The U.S. embassy urged its citizens to exercise caution after Prime Minister Hun Sen s government accused the United States of conspiring with opposition leader Kem Sokha, who has been charged with treason. Potentially further fanning anti-American sentiment, the embassy announced it had stopped issuing visas for some Cambodian foreign ministry officials. Kem Sokha s Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) had planned to hold a ceremony at a memorial in the capital, Phnom Penh, to mark an attack in which at least 16 people were killed at a rally on March 30, 1997 organized by former opposition leader Sam Rainsy. Similar memorials have been permitted in previous years around the Pchum Ben festival, when Cambodians pay respects to deceased ancestors.  We tried to hold the ceremony at the memorial and we were stopped,  Mu Sochua, one of the CNRP s deputy presidents, told Reuters.  We don t want to confront the authorities but we want to show that these are signs of intimidation,  she said, adding that the ceremony was then moved to a nearby pagoda. Phnom Penh s city hall spokesman Met Measpheakdey said the pagoda was the right place for the ceremony and the party s request to do it at the monument had been denied. Opponents of Hun Sen accuse him of arresting Kem Sokha and cracking down on independent media and other critics ahead of a general election next year in which he could face the toughest electoral challenge of more than 30 years in power. The United States and Western countries have called for Kem Sokha s release, drawing further anti-American rhetoric from the government. The U.S. embassy said it had no specific warnings of security issues but urged U.S. citizens to show caution. The embassy announced it had stopped issuing visas to some senior foreign ministry officials in a separate dispute over Cambodia s refusal to continue accepting Cambodian citizens the United States wants to deport China, Cambodia s biggest donor and investor by far, has stood by Hun Sen s government.   Chinese friends are like a strong back that continues to help Cambodia in every circumstance so that no foreign country can break it up,  Hun Sen said on his Facebook page on Wednesday after returning from a trip to China. worldnews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: cambodia opposition blocked holding memorial servicephnom pen reuters cambodia main opposition party blocked holding memorial ceremony wednesday victims grenade attack political rally tension running high arrest leader last week the embassy urged citizens exercise caution prime minister hun sen government accused united states conspiring opposition leader kem sha charged treason potentially banning sentiment embassy announced stopped issuing visas cambodia foreign ministry officials kem sha cambodia national rescue party corp planned hold ceremony memorial capital whom pen mark attack least people killed rally march organized former opposition leader sam rains similar memorials permitted previous years around cum ben festival cambodia pay respects deceased ancestors we tried hold ceremony memorial stopped mu joshua one corp deputy presidents told reuters we want confront authorities want show signs intimidation said adding ceremony moved nearby pagoda whom pen city hall spokesman met measpheakdey said pagoda right place ceremony party request monument denied opponents hun sen accuse arresting kem sha cracking independent media critics ahead general election next year could face toughest electoral challenge years power the united states western countries called kem sha release drawing rhetoric government the embassy said specific warnings security issues urged citizens show caution the embassy announced stopped issuing visas senior foreign ministry officials separate dispute cambodia refusal continue accepting cambodia citizens united states wants deport china cambodia biggest donor investor far stood hun sen government chinese friends like strong back continues help cambodia every circumstance foreign country break hun sen said facebook page wednesday returning trip china worldnews