CNRP ‘behind’ US protests, says PM's son

Prime Minister Hun Sen’s second-eldest son, Hun Manith, has thrown cold water over the opposition’s attempts to distance itself from pending anti-government protests in the US next week when the prime minister attends a US-ASEAN summit in California.

The US-based Cambodia-America Alliance said last month that they expected up to 1,000 members to attend anti-Hun Sen demonstrations in California on February 15 – an event that marks the first time the prime minister has been invited by a US president to visit the country.

Hun Sen has warned, however, that US protests would spark ruling-party demonstrations against opposition leaders in Cambodia. The premier made similar threats when he was greeted by anti-ruling party protesters on a trip to Paris in October. The pro-government protests that followed ended with two opposition lawmakers savagely beaten outside the National Assembly.

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