Rainsy claims independence lost, government calls him ‘crazy’

Sam Rainsy “the acting president” of the Supreme Court-dissolved Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), told supporters in Australia at the weekend that the Kingdom had lost its independence to China, while outlining plans for his announced return.

But government spokesman Phay Siphan slammed his words as the statement of a “crazy politician”.

“Hun Sen has destroyed the independence that King Father Norodom Sihamoni seized back from French colonialism in 1953.

In full: https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rainsy-claims-independence-lost-government-calls-him-crazy

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