Cambodias main opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party president Sam Rainsy (R) speaks to the press as deputy president Kem Sokha (L) looks on in Tokyo on November 10, 2015. The leader of Cambodias main opposition on Tuesday called for a peaceful transfer of power in elections in 2018, encouraged by a historic vote in nearby Myanmar. Cambodia has been ruled for three decades by Hun Sen, frequently accused by rights groups of stamping out dissent and ignoring human rights abuses. AFP PHOTO / Yoshikazu TSUNO
PHNOM PENH: A Cambodian court has issued an arrest warrant for opposition leader Sam Rainsy (pic) over an old, unserved defamation sentence amid a surge of political tension between him and strongman premier Hun Sen.
The order comes a day after Hun Sen threatened Rainsy with legal action for calling on the international community to pressure him to move towards a peaceful exit from office, which he has held for more than three decades.
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