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Cambodian Opposition Figure Sam Rainsy Lands in Malaysia

Reuters

   KUALA LUMPUR/PHNOM PENH - Self-exiled Cambodian opposition figure Sam
   Rainsy landed in the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur on Saturday
   after promising to return home to rally opponents of authoritarian
   ruler Hun Sen.

   "Keep up the hope. We are on the right track," Rainsy said on arrival
   at Kuala Lumpur International Airport in a message to supporters.
   "Democracy will prevail. Democracy has prevailed in Malaysia. Democracy
   will prevail in Cambodia."

   Asked whether he planned to return to Cambodia he said: "I cannot say
   anything. I do not deny, I do not confirm."

   The veteran opposition figure had planned to return to Cambodia on
   Saturday, Independence Day, in what Prime Minister Hun Sen
   characterized as an attempted coup against his rule of more than three
   decades.

   But Sam Rainsy was blocked from boarding a Thai Airways flight to
   Bangkok in Paris on Thursday. He and other leaders of his banned
   opposition party have said they want to return to Cambodia by crossing
   the land border with Thailand.

   Malaysia has no border with Cambodia.
   

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