to protest. In February 2022, officials of the Government of Cambodia arrested 6 workers of the casino after leaving a COVID–19 testing center, claiming that they had obstructed testing. (15) In 2019, the Wall Street Journal reported that Cambodia had signed a deal with the Government of the People’s Republic of China to allow that Government access to and use of the Ream Naval Base on the Gulf of Thailand, even though the Constitution of Cambodia prohibits the establishment of foreign military bases. (16) In 2019, the New York Times reported that a company described by the Department of the Treasury as being a state-owned company of the People’s Republic of China had secured a 99-year lease to build an airport capable of supporting military aircraft at Dara Sakor, raising concerns that Beijing intends to use this facility for its military, despite the prohibition against the establishment of foreign military bases contained in the Constitution of Cambodia. (17) In section 401 of the Asia Reassurance Initiative Act of 2018 ( Public Law 115–409