Associated Press
Cambodia's Parliament has stripped the country's outspoken opposition leader of his immunity from prosecution for uprooting border markers on the frontier with Vietnam.
Opposition leader Sam Rainsy pulled out the markers late last month seeking to dramatize his claim that Vietnam is encroaching on Cambodian territory, an issue he oftens raises to garner political support.
On Monday, all 87 members of the National Assembly present voted in a closed session to allow a lawsuit against Sam Rainsy. Sam Rainsy was in France, and the other 25 lawmakers from his party boycotted the vote.
Parliament is overwhelmingly dominated by the Cambodian People's Party of Prime Minister Hun Sen, who tolerates limited dissent. Sam Rainsy is his leading challenger.
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