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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Sopheng Cheang and Grant Peck

Cambodian court gives an opposition leader 2-year prison term, keeping pressure on critics

Cambodia Politics - (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

A Cambodian court on Thursday convicted an opposition party leader of inciting social disorder and sentenced him to two years in prison, the latest legal assault on opponents and critics of the government of Prime Minister Hun Manet.

The Phnom Penh Municipal Court also gave Nation Power Party president Sun Chanthy a permanent ban on voting or running for office and fined him four million riels ($1,000). He was convicted in absentia as he chose not to attend Thursday’s brief trial.

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