Self-exiled Cambodian opposition figure Sam Rainsy landed in the Malaysian capit...
KUALA LUMPUR/PHNOM PENH - Self-exiled Cambodian opposition figure Sam Rainsy landed in the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur on Saturday, according to a Reuters witness, after promising to return home to rally opponents of authoritarian ruler Hun Sen.
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, whose government has arrested some 50 opposition activists inside Cambodia in recent weeks, has characterized the bid by Sam Rainsy and several colleagues to return and hold rallies as an attempted coup. “We won’t stop normal people coming in and out, we only stop rebels,” national police spokesman Chhay Kim Khoeun said.
The CNRP’s leader, Kem Sokha, is under house arrest in Cambodia after being arrested more than two years ago and charged with treason ahead of a 2018 election that was condemned by Western countries as a farce.Amnesty International denounced cooperation by Malaysia and Thailand to prevent foreign-based Cambodian opposition figures getting home.
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