Cambodian opposition stages new rally in capital amid post-election deadlock

Cambodia’s main opposition party staged another mass rally in the capital on Sunday, vowing to keep up its political fight in the aftermath of national elections they say were rigged. Around 10,000 people turned out for the protest in Phnom Penh. The demonstration was part of a more than two-month opposition push to demand an independent probe be set up to investigate alleged cheating during the July vote. … Sam Rainsy’s Cambodia National Rescue Party issued a statement later Sunday reiterating much of a strategy that has so far proven unsuccessful. It said the party would hold more protests nationwide, call a general strike, lobby foreign governments and gather support for a petition asking the U.N. to support the party’s election claims. ….

 The Washington Post Staff
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