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French-exiled Cambodian opposition leader sentenced to ten years in prison

Cambodian exiled opposition leader Sam Rainsy, who has been living in France since 2015, attempted to return to Cambodia in 2019. © Tatan Syuflana/AP

The exiled Cambodian opposition leader Sam Rainsy has been sentenced to ten years in prison by a Cambodian court for his role in an alleged plot to overturn ruler Hun Sen.

Rainsy, the co-founder of the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), has lived in France since 2015 to avoid jail on a number of convictions, which he says are politically motivated.

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