FILE PHOTO - Kem Sokha, leader of the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), greets his supporters at headquarters before he goes to register for next year's local elections, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia October 5, 2016. REUTERS/Samrang Pring/File Photo
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - The leader of Cambodia's opposition party returned to parliament on Wednesday after receiving a royal pardon, a move that could ease a year of political tension in the Southeast Asian country.
The opposition complains that Prime Minister Hun Sen's ruling party has launched a crackdown in a bid to intimidate critics before a general election due in 2018.
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