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Cambodian PM threatens key rival with prison


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PHNOM PENH: Prime Minister Hun Sen, accused of intensifying a crackdown on dissent before Cambodia's 2018 election, threatened on Wednesday (Jun 29) to jail an opposition leader who has refused to come forward over an alleged sex scandal. Political tensions have risen in recent months, with rights groups accusing Hun Sen's government of arresting scores of critics and tying up other opponents in legal cases.

The main opposition party's deputy leader Kem Sokha has spent the past month holed up inside his party's headquarters after armed police tried to arrest him in late May. He is wanted for questioning in a prostitution investigation launched against a woman who claims to be his mistress. But the lawmaker has refused to be interviewed, arguing that the police probe is politically motivated.

"You (Kem Sokha) said Hun Sen is scared of losing an election, but I send you a message: You could be jailed without release. A prisoner! Don't be rude," Hun Sen, who has ruled Cambodia for 31 years, told an audience in Phnom Penh. "Even though you don't go to jail, still the jail could come to you. I am telling you in advance," he added.

read more http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/cambodian-pm-threatens/2915400.html

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