On Tuesday 39 opposition MPs ended their boycott and joined the parliamentary debate on a $5 billion budget for 2017. He denied his party had caved in to Hun Sen's pressure tactics but said his party "are the victims of political crackdown." "This (end of boycott) is also a gesture to show that we want a resolution" to the political crisis, he said. His deputy Kem Sokha has since May been holed up inside party headquarters in Phnom Penh. Last week an opposition senator was handed a 18-month jail sentence over a defamation case filed by Hun Sen.

Source: Bangkok Post November 22, 2016 09:47 UTC