Government supporters scuffle with the police as they try to block an opposition march from the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) to deliver a petition to the parliament and King Norodom Sihamoni to intervene in ther country's current political crisis in Phnom Penh, Cambodia May 30, 2016. REUTERS/Samrang Pring
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - Cambodia's parliament voted on Monday to allow a court investigation into an opposition leader accused of procuring a prostitute, a vote that could push the country closer to political turmoil.
The case of the opposition leader, Kem Sokha, and his alleged assignation has dominated politics for weeks and has raised tension in the run-up to a 2018 election that could prove to be veteran Prime Minister Hun Sen's most serious test at the ballot box.
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