New opposition party launched in Cambodia

A former top Cambodian communist leader, Pen Sovvan, has launched a new opposition party ahead of forthcoming elections in Cambodia.

Mr Sovann said the priority for his Cambodian National Sustaining Party would be national reconciliation.

Mr Sovann was a member of the Vietnamese backed government installed in 1979 but was later jailed in Vietnam.

He returned to Cambodia last month.

From the newsroom of the BBC World Service