Prime Minister Hun Sen asks ASEAN to help arrest former CNRP opposition leader Sam Rainsy
The Khmer Times on September 13 quoted Prime Minister Hun Sen as saying he would ask ASEAN countries to help arrest and extradite former opposition leader of the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), Sam Rainsy, and his supporters.
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| Former leader of the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) Sam Rainsy |
Mr Hun Sen said he had sent a court-issued arrest warrant for Mr Rainsy to Laos and Thailand. In 2017, a Cambodian court dissolved the CNRP and banned a number of senior members from politics for five years, accusing the party of “plotting to overthrow the government”.
In March, the Phnom Penh court ordered the arrest of Mr. Rainsy and several former CNRP members on charges of plotting treason and incitement.