PHNOM PENH, Nov 16 (Reuters) - Cambodia's parliament voted on Monday to remove the immunity of opposition leader Sam Rainsy, a step likely to fuel concern the government is using its power to intimidate opponents.
It was the third time this year parliament, dominated by Prime Minister Hun Sen's Cambodian People's Party (CPP), has removed the immunity of members from the biggest opposition party.
Lawmakers from the Sam Rainsy Party (SRP) boycotted the vote to lead a march of more than 300 people as the house paved the way for courts to impeach Rainsy over a controversial publicity stunt on the border with Vietnam on Oct. 25.
Rainsy, currently in Europe, is charged with misconduct when he encouraged villagers evicted from border land after a demarcation exercise to uproot wooden posts set along the newly agreed frontier with Vietnam.
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