Tag: #KemSokha
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Cambodian opposition leader still to face treason trial: PM
Phnom Penh, Nov 18 (AFP/APP): Cambodian opposition figure Kem Sokha, freshly freed from house arrest, will still stand trial for treason, strongman premier Hun Sen said Monday. Kem Sokha, 66, is the co-founder of the banned Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), which was dissolved ahead of widely criticised elections last year. Arrested in 2017 and…
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Cambodia lifts house arrest restrictions on opposition figure
Phnom Penh, Nov 10 (AFP/APP): Cambodia has freed a prominent opposition figure from house arrest more than two years after he was charged with treason, a court spokesperson told AFP on Sunday, after attempts by his colleagues to return to the country were thwarted. Kem Sokha was arrested in 2017 and accused of plotting to…