Cambodia election crisis deepens as opposition rejects results


  • World
  • Monday, 12 Aug 2013

Kem Sokha, vice president of the Cambodian National Rescue Party (CNRP), gestures during a news conference at the CNRP headquarter in Phnom Penh August 12, 2013. REUTERS/Samrang Pring

PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - A deadlock over Cambodia's disputed election hardened on Monday as the opposition rejected official results confirming a victory for Prime Minister Hun Sen's long-ruling party and raised the prospect of further street protests.

The Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) said it would not accept the latest results because the government had failed to address its allegations of widespread cheating, and called on the international community not to recognize the outcome.

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