Hun Sen, Former Opposition Leader in Row Over ‘Loyalty to Royals’

Prime Minister Hun Sen has renewed his long-running political row with exiled opposition leader Sam Rainsy, this time insinuating the former Cambodia National Rescue Party president is the son of a traitor to the monarchy.

The comments, made via Hun Sen’s Facebook page, while not naming Rainsy, referred to the child of “one who betrayed the king,” an apparent reference to Rainsy’s father, Sam Sary, the former Cambodian ambassador to the United Kingdom during the rule of King Sihanouk.

Sary was accused of conspiring with the United States to overthrow King Sihanouk

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