Rainsy’s speech under fire [When Hun Sen belittled Mu Sochua with his "Cheung Klang" comment and sued her when she accused him of degrading women, where were the so-called "champions of women's rights?"

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Kevin Ponniah and Thik Kaliyann

The Phnom Penh Post, 12 December 2013



Opposition leader Sam Rainsy has landed in hot water with women’s rights activists after publicly questioning whether Prime Minister Hun Sen was being “weaker than a woman” by not calling for a new election like Thai leader Yingluck Shinawatra in the face of popular protests.



Speaking to a crowd