Beaten CNRP lawmakers eye US trip

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Shaun Turton and Meas Sokchea

Cambodia National Rescue Party lawmakers Nhay Chamroeun and Kong Sakphea, viciously beaten outside parliament last month, plan to travel to the US as part of the opposition party’s efforts to drum up diplomatic pressure on Cambodia’s government amid the continuing political crisis.

Since the October 26 attack, tensions between the CNRP and ruling Cambodian People’s Party have soared, peaking on November 13 with the issuance of an arrest warrant for CNRP president Sam Rainsy, who has not stepped foot in the country since.

In an interview at his home yesterday, Chamroeun, who on Tuesday returned from Bangkok where he underwent surgery for a broken arm and fractured eye socket, said continuing pain and complications from his injuries, including numbness in his arm and face, would not deter his work for the CNRP.

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