PHNOM PENH: Cambodia’s opposition party on Monday began erecting banners nationwide calling for the release of its leader Kem Sokha, ahead of a bail ruling for the politician who was arrested three weeks ago.

The opposition leader was shunted into a remote prison on treason charges, which his allies have described as part of Premier Hun Sen’s sweeping crackdown on dissent in the run-up to 2018 elections.

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