Return to Cambodia and risk getting arrested, Hun Sen warns opposition politician Sam Rainsy

The opposition figure has been living in self-imposed exile in France.

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen warned on Wednesday that a prominent opposition figure who lives in self-imposed exile abroad would risk being arrested if he dares to return to Cambodia as he recently promised.

The prime minister was referring to Sam Rainsy, a former leader of the main opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), which was dissolved by court order last year ahead of a general election in July.

In full: https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/2179538/return-cambodia-and-risk-getting-arrested-hun-sen-warns

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