PHNOM PENH — Cambodia's king has pardoned former opposition leader Kem Sokha for a treason conviction, just weeks after he lost an appeal to overturn that verdict, according to a royal decree released on Monday.
Kem Sokha, 72, co-founder of the defunct Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), has been held under house arrest since he was found guilty of treason in March 2023. He was accused of conspiring with a foreign power to topple then-premier Hun Sen.