International powers should stay out of Cambodian domestic politics warned Prime Minister of Cambodia, Hun Sen on Tuesday, as tensions run high between the Prime Minister's ruling party and the opposition.
Hun Sen's party is accused by foreign governments of intimidating and harassing his political opponents. Last month, the European Parliament threatened to review about a half billion dollars of aid to the country if such harassment continued.
Currently, opposition leaders face domestic legal charges which they say have been trumped up by a judiciary under Hun Sen's direction. One of the leaders, Kem Sokha has remained holed up in party headquarters to avoid arrest while the other, Sam Rainsy, has been in self-imposed exile.
An opposition win in an expected 2018 election could re-start a civil war, said a Cambodian strong man to the Associated Press.
