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Cambodian king pardons former opposition leader

Former Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) leader Kem Sokha leaves his house for the Phnom Penh Municipal Court for the hearing of the verdict in his treason case where he was was sentenced to 27 years in detention under house arrest after being found guilty, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on March 3, 2023. (File photo: Reuters)

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.

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