1 | PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) - Cambodia's prime minister has demanded the arrest of an opposition senator, accusing him of treason for comments posted on Facebook criticizing a border agreement with neighboring Vietnam. |
2 | Hun Sen called for the arrest of Hong Sok Hour in a speech Thursday in Phnom Penh. |
3 | The opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party has been seeking political benefit by saying Vietnam has been encroaching on Cambodian soil. |
4 | Police said Hong Sok Hour has not yet been taken into custody, while Cambodian media cited his associates as saying he is in a safe place. |
5 | The opposition charges that the courts, under Hun Sen's influence, are pressuring them to drop the border issue by jailing their activists on insurrection charges in connection with a violent protest last year. |