Rainsy Takes to Tuk-Tuk for Latest Opposition Protest Rally

CNRP President Sam Rainsy nearly exhausted all manner of wheeled, motorized transport during his opposition party’s latest protest procession through Phnom Penh on Wednesday, at one point even getting behind the handlebars of a tuk-tuk. It was the fourth straight day of what the CNRP says will be daily protests against Prime Minister Hun Sen’s government until he either steps down or agrees to a do-over of July’s national election, which the opposition accuses the CPP of stealing through fraud. With CNRP Vice President Kem Sokha at Mr. Rainsy’s side, the two men started out Wednesday’s procession from Freedom Park riding slowly down Street 51, each standing on the back of a motorbike and waving a Cambodian flag. After turning west on Sihanouk Boulevard, the men started to walk for a few hundred meters before Mr. Rainsy abruptly hopped into the driver’s seat of a tuk-tuk to give two lucky monks a ride. The opposition leader looked a little uncertain of his driving skills, and his security detail kept a careful eye and an occasional hand on the brakes, but he managed to maintain a steady pace. …

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