Cambodia army calls for opposition figure's resignation

By Lauren Crothers

PHNOM PENH

Cambodia’s army has waded in to a violent spat that erupted when two opposition MPs were beaten earlier this week, joining calls for the party’s deputy leader to step down from his position at the National Assembly.

The Cambodia Daily on Wednesday published a picture taken the day before, which showed soldiers from a Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF) brigade in the northern province of Oddar Meanchey holding up signs demanding the resignation of Kem Sokha, who is the assembly’s vice president.

According to the Daily, the signs described Sokha from the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) as an “inciter” and problem-maker.