Anti-riot police fire tear gas as clashes erupt near the riverside on Sept. 15, 2013, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. (Nicolas Axelrod/Getty Images) - Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen and opposition leader Sam Rainsy met Monday to try to end a political standoff over the results of the July 28 election.
Global Post
16 September 2013
The Prime Minister of Cambodia, Hun Sen, and opposition leader Sam Rainsy held a five-hour meeting Monday to discuss how to end a political standoff over the disputed results of the country’s July 28 election.
The meeting was prompted by clashes between police and opposition supporters in Phnom Penh on Sunday in which a 29-year-old man died and at least 10 people were injured. Some witnesses said the man was shot by a bullet fired by police, while others said a smoke canister hit him.
Tens of thousands of protesters demonstrated in the capital again on Monday and said they would remain in the city’s Freedom Park through Tuesday evening.
In the election, Hun Sen's Cambodian People's Party won 68 assembly seats – a 22 seat loss from 2008 – and the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party won 55 seats.
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