Phnom Penh - The leader of Cambodia's main opposition party lost his legal immunity for the second time this year following a vote Monday in parliament that was boycotted by the opposition. Sam Rainsy, who leads the Sam Rainsy Party (SRP), is accused of involvement in uprooting boundary markers along the country's eastern border with Vietnam. A provincial court had requested that his immunity be stripped so it could investigate the alleged offence.
The vote was boycotted by the SRP and its ally, the Human Rights Party, which together hold 29 seats in the 123-seat assembly. The vote required two-thirds of the legislators vote in favour, an easy task for the ruling Cambodian People's Party (CPP), which holds more than two-thirds of the seats.
Opposition legislator Son Chhay, who stayed away from the vote, told the German Press Agency
