Kem Sokha headed to National Assembly

CNRP vice president Kem Sokha will next week leave the safety of the opposition’s headquarters in Phnom Penh for only the second time since police attempted to arrest him six months ago, with a party official saying he plans to attend Tuesday’s sitting of parliament.

Sokha has been living in the CNRP’s offices since May 26, when armed police unsuccessfully tried to arrest him for failing to show in court for questioning over an alleged love affair. His only departure since then came on October 5, and lasted less than an hour.

That brief trip, to register to vote, came only after he was finally sentenced to five months in prison for failing to honour a court summons and he received public assurances that no more attempts to arrest him would be made until he had exhausted the appeals process.

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