Cambodia's political rivals are set to hold crisis talks as crowds massed for a second day to protest a disputed election, following violence that left one demonstrator dead and several wounded.
Prime Minister Hun Sen and opposition leader Sam Rainsy were due to meet at 9am (1200 AEST) on Monday at the National Assembly in search of a way out of the political stand-off triggered by July polls marred by allegations of electoral fraud.
The talks follow violent clashes in the capital Phnom Penh on Sunday on the fringes of a mass demonstration that drew an estimated 20,000 opposition supporters demanding an independent probe into the vote.
Security forces fired smoke grenades, tear gas and water cannon at rock-throwing protesters.
One demonstrator was killed, according to several witnesses including prominent activist Ou Virak, president of the Cambodian Centre for Human Rights.
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"I saw with my own eyes he is dead. He was shot in the head," Ou Virak told AFP, adding that while military police had fired "many shots" into the air, the circumstances of the man's death remained unclear.
At least 10 other protesters were injured, Ou Virak said.
