Jubilant return for exiled Cambodian opposition leader


  • World
  • Friday, 19 Jul 2013

PHNOM PENH: Tens of thousands of jubilant supporters welcomed Cambodia's newly pardoned opposition leader home from exile Friday as his party fights to end Prime Minister Hun Sen's nearly three decades in power. 

Huge crowds gathered outside Phnom Penh's airport and lined the road to the city centre to welcome Sam Rainsy, waving flags and shouting "change, change!" 

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