Cambodia to resume treason trial of opposition leader

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PHNOM PENH - Cambodia is set to resume the treason trial on Wednesday of banned opposition party leader Kem Sokha afterin a case condemned by the United States as politically motivated.

Kem Sokha was arrested in 2017 and his opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party was banned ahead of a 2018 election that was swept by the Cambodian People's Party of Prime Minister Hun Sen.

"He will go to court to fight the charges," Kem Sokha's lawyer Pheng Heng told Reuters, confirming his attendance."It's overdue. The trial should move swiftly, for Cambodia's sake," Monovithya Kem told Reuters.The treason charges stem from accusations he was conspiring with the United States to overthrow self-style strongman Hun Sen, who has ruled Cambodia for nearly four decades.

The US embassy in Phnom Penh urged authorities to stop"politically motivated trials", including that of Kem Sokha and other members of the political opposition, journalists, and labour and environmental activists.

 

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