KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian lawmakers have shown their support for democracy in Cambodia, says Sam Rainsy, the acting president of the Cambodian National Rescue Party (CNRP).
Cambodian National Rescue Party president Sam Rainsy and party vice president Mu Sochua speak to reporters after their visit to Parliament on Nov 12, 2019. - KAMARUL ARIFFIN/The StarMalaysian lawmakers have shown their support for democracy in Cambodia, says Sam Rainsy, the acting president of the Cambodian National Rescue Party .
"The Cambodian people must be happy today, they must be very grateful to the Malaysian people and MPs," Rainsy told reporters outside Parliament on Tuesday . "My first words are my deep gratitude to the Malaysian government, the Malaysian authorities, the Malaysian people and MPs who have allowed us to come to this beautiful country and to respect our human rights.PKR's Permatang Pauh MP Nurul Izzah Anwar said she was informed by the Speaker Tan Sri Mohamad Ariff Md Yusof that it was a closed-door meeting and Rainsy would issue his own statement.
However, Opposition leader Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob said he was not aware that Rainsy was in Parliament nor of the meeting with lawmakers. Rainsy, who fled to France in 2015 after he was convicted of criminal defamation, says he was barred from checking in for a flight from Paris when he attempted to return to Cambodia on Saturday .
On Sunday , Cambodia freed CNRP leader Kem Sokha from house arrest more than two years after he was charged with treason after attempts by his colleagues to return to the country were thwarted.
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