Sam Rainsy enters Malaysia ahead of planned Cambodia homecoming

Hun Sen's government appears willing to allow opposition leader's return

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Cambodia's self-exiled opposition party founder Sam Rainsy hugs a supporter during his arrival at Kuala Lumpur International Airport on Saturday. © Reuters

SHAUN TURTON, Contributing writer, and ALEX FANG, Nikkei staff writer

PHNOM PENH/NEW YORK -- Self-exiled Cambodian opposition leader Sam Rainsy, who has promised to return home to lead an uprising against the three-decade rule of Prime Minister Hun Sen, has entered Malaysia.

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