Indonesia Ordered Cambodia's Rainsy Barred from Flight to Jakarta

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Self-exiled Cambodian opposition party founder Sam Rainsy gestures as he leaves the Parliament House along Mu Sochua, Deputy President of the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, November 12, 2019. Malaysia Airlines said on Wednesday it had barred veteran Cambodian opposition figure Sam Rainsy from a flight from Kuala Lumpur to the Indonesian capital Jakarta on the instruction of Indonesian authorities. REUTERS/Lim Huey Teng

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Cambodia's self-exiled opposition party founder Sam Rainsy waves before he leaves Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang, Malaysia, November 9, 2019. Rainsy later said on Twitter that he had missed his flight and would try to get another Malaysia Airlines flight to Jakarta on Thursday. REUTERS/Lim Huey Teng

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Self-exiled Cambodian opposition party founder Sam Rainsy gestures as he leaves the Parliament House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, November 12, 2019. Rainsy, who lives in self-imposed exile in France, has been in Malaysia since the weekend after initially saying he planned to return home on Saturday to rally opposition to Cambodian authoritarian ruler Hun Sen. REUTERS/Lim Huey Teng

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Self-exiled Cambodian opposition party founder Sam Rainsy reacts as he speaks to members of media after a visit to Parliament House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, November 12, 2019. "Malaysia Airlines denied boarding of the said passenger under the instruction of the Indonesian authorities," Malaysia Airlines said in a statement in response to a Reuters question as to whether Rainsy had been stopped from boarding. REUTERS/Lim Huey Teng

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Self-exiled Cambodian opposition party founder Sam Rainsy speaks to members of media after a visit to Parliament House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, November 12, 2019. Asked about the Malaysia Airlines statement, Sam Fernando, the Indonesian Immigration Directorate General spokesperson, said that "from the Immigration's side, there has not been a request to deny his entry here". Denny Abdi, director of the Southeast Asia division of the Indonesian Foreign Ministry said: "We are not aware of him coming to Jakarta. REUTERS/Lim Huey Teng

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Self-exiled Cambodian opposition party founder Sam Rainsy and Mu Sochua, Deputy President of the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), speak to members of the media after leaving the Parliament House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, November 12, 2019. Rainsy had said he planned to return to Cambodia on Saturday, Independence Day, in what Prime Minister Hun Sen characterised as an attempted coup against his rule of more than three decades. REUTERS/Lim Huey Teng

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