Cambodia's exiled opposition leader vows to return home for fight

Rainsy calls for challenge to Hun Sen regime despite doubts over his homecoming

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Sam Rainsy is almost certain to be jailed if he sets foot in Cambodia, but many doubt he is serious about his latest claim to return home. © Reuters

GEORGE WRIGHT, Contributing writer

PHNOM PENH -- Cambodia's exiled opposition leader, Sam Rainsy, a longtime foe of Prime Minister Hun Sen, has vowed to return to the country next year. If realized, the move would be seen as posing a predicament to the rule of a one-party state that is under threat of trade sanctions by the European Union.

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