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Malaysia expels Cambodian ex-opposition leader Sam Rainsy

31 May 2023 06:07pm
Cambodian opposition leader Sam Rainsy was deported from Malaysia this morning after entering the country with a foreign passport on a private flight - Photo from Khmer Times
Cambodian opposition leader Sam Rainsy was deported from Malaysia this morning after entering the country with a foreign passport on a private flight - Photo from Khmer Times
SHAH ALAM - Cambodian opposition leader Sam Rainsy was deported from Malaysia this morning after entering the country with a foreign passport on a private flight, reported Khmer Times.

It said Rainsy and several members of his group had travelled to Kuala Lumpar to hold a meeting.

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen was reported as saying that the trip was shortened after Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim ordered their deported at 9 am (Malaysian time), today.

Han Sen said Anwar had promised him that Rainsy would “never be allowed to step on Malaysian soil” however the former leader has entered Malaysia using a French passport.

“He (Anwar) did not know about his (Rainsy’s) arrival because he flew in on a private flight using a French passport,” Hun Sen was quoted as saying.
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“Now he is at the airport, getting ready to leave. Yesterday, he was attempting to have a meeting in KL but was not allowed to.”

Hun Sen thanked Anwar for "promising me four times not to let this [Sam Rainsy] come. He does not know, they come from the private sector and use French passports.”

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