Thailand puts crimp in return plans of Cambodian opposition

Thailand has barred a top leader of Cambodia’s opposition party from entering the country, casting doubt on plans for its exiled leaders to return to their homeland against the Cambodian government’s wishes.

Mu Sochua, a former lawmaker of the court-disbanded Cambodia National Rescue Party, said she was deported Sunday after arriving at Bangkok’s international airport.

Party co-founder Sam Rainsy has declared that he and other exiled colleagues plan to return to Cambodia on Nov. 9, along with a mass of Cambodian supporters who also live outside the country. While Thailand has never been publicly specified, it is the only practical location for such a plan. Thailand hosts hundreds of thousands of Cambodian migrant workers, and Cambodia’s other neighbors are its political allies with authoritarian governments.

In full: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/thailand-puts-crimp-in-return-plans-of-cambodian-opposition/2019/10/23/d078c0ea-f566-11e9-b2d2-1f37c9d82dbb_story.html

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