Jailings linked to border campaign, Rainsy says
Cambodian opposition leader Sam Rainsy said Sunday that the imprisonment of 11 CNRP activists for “insurrection” last week was a message from Prime Minister Hun Sen that the party must end its campaign to highlight encroachments along the Vietnamese border.
Mr. Rainsy’s comments came after the government announced that Mr. Hun Sen used a meeting with the commanders of the armed forces on Thursday to order them to eliminate any “color revolution” in Cambodia following the opposition party’s stoking of border tensions with Vietnam.
Over the past two months, CNRP lawmakers have led trips to four provinces along the eastern border to highlight alleged territorial incursions, culminating in some 2,500 activists heading to a disputed area in Svay Rieng province on 19 July.
