Cambodia frees opposition leader from house arrest

PHNOM PENH: Cambodia freed opposition leader Kem Sokha from house arrest on Sunday, more than two years after he was arrested and charged with treason, but the charges remain and he is banned from politics and from leaving the country.

The Phnom Penh Municipal Court said in a statement that Kem Sokha could leave his house, but that he could not engage in political activity or leave the country. “This is a first step and we continue to call for the dropping of all charges against him and the reinstatement of his political rights. We hope more positive developments will be coming soon,” Kem Sokha’s daughter, Monovithya Kem, a CNRP official, told Reuters.

“This is just another cynical move by Hun Sen to try and hoodwink the international community into thinking he is lifting his grip on the political opposition,” he said. In the weeks since Sam Rainsy announced his plan to return, some 50 opposition activists have been arrested in Cambodia. Sam Rainsy fled to Paris in 2015 after a conviction for criminal defamation and faces a five-year sentence in a separate case – charges he says were politically motivated.

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