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Fair trial doubts as Kem Sokha treason case resumes in Cambodia

Cambodian opposition leader Kem Sokha is due back in court on Wednesday as a long-delayed trial on charges of treason resumes [File: Samrang Pring/Reuters]

Phnom Penh, Cambodia – A Cambodian court on Wednesday resumes a treason case against main opposition leader Kem Sokha after an almost two-year delay blamed on the COVID-19 pandemic.

Kem Sokha, the former leader of the now-outlawed Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), was arrested and charged with treason in 2017, a year before Cambodia held its 2018 national election.

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