Sam Rainsy to Visit Singapore, Malaysia and Burma

SAM RAINSY TO VISIT SINGAPORE, MALAYSIA AND BURMA

After visiting recently the Philippines, Indonesia and Thailand, opposition leader Sam Rainsy is to attend a number of events taking place next month in three other Southeast Asian countries, all members of ASEAN:

- SINGAPORE: From March 1 to 3, the Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats (www.cald.org), which is currently presided over by Sam Rainsy, will host a conference on “Challenges to Fundamental Freedoms” and a seminar on “Forging Ties Among Women Leaders.”

- MALAYSIA: On March 4-5, there will be an “International Conference on Malaysia 13th General Elections” organized in Kuala Lumpur by the national opposition movement led by Datuk Anwar Ibrahim. Sam Rainsy is invited to share his experience in the fight for free and fair elections and democratic reforms, a challenge common to several Asian countries.

- BURMA (MYANMAR): Sam Rainsy, as Cambodia’s opposition leader and CALD chair, is invited at the historic First Congress of the opposition National League for Democracy (NLD) led by Daw Aung San Suu Kyi. The Congress, which will be closely watched by the international community, will take place in Rangoon (Yangon) on March 9-10.

When he takes the floor as CALD chair, Sam Rainsy speaks on behalf of eleven member parties or organisations, in government or in opposition, from Burma, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mongolia, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan and Thailand. The Sam Rainsy Party is also a full member of Liberal International, a world grouping of liberal and democratic parties (www.liberal-international.org), which gave Sam Rainsy its Prize for Freedom in 2006.

Secretariat of the Cambodia National Rescue Party