Fresh summons for Rainsy

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Phak Seangly and Stuart White

Senior opposition officials met with party president Sam Rainsy in Manila yesterday, even as the Phnom Penh Municipal Court issued a fresh summons to the embattled opposition leader calling him for questioning in apparent connection with the case of jailed Sam Rainsy Party Senator Hong Sok Hour.

Cambodia National Rescue Party spokesman Ou Chanrith said yesterday that the top officials had left for Manila last night and had “decided on a few points” regarding the ongoing legal drama in Cambodia that has seen a warrant issued for Rainsy’s arrest over a years-old defamation case brought by Foreign Minister Hor Namhong.

“One [point] is what the MPs will do while this issue is still very hot, very tense,” Chanrith said, adding that the party would meet on Monday to discuss the situation, while declining to comment in greater detail on the outcome of yesterday’s meeting.

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