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Cambodian opposition leader Kem Sokha has been sentenced to 27 years under house arrest after being found guilty of treason following a three-year trial in which a judge deemed that his election campaigning and civil society work were designed to...

Cambodian opposition leader Kem Sokha arrived in court Friday to learn his fate in a treason trial critics say is designed to bar him from politics ahead of the country's July election.  Arrested in 2017 in a midnight swoop involving hundreds of security forces, Kem Sokha is accused of hatching a "secret plan" in collusion with foreign entities to topple the government of longtime ruler Hun Sen. 

PHNOM PENH: Cambodian opposition leader Kem Sokha was sentenced to 27 years in jail yesterday (Feb 3) for treason, a verdict that disqualified him for elections this year and was immediately denounced

PHNOM PENH—Prominent Cambodian opposition figure Kem Sokha was sentenced on Friday to 27 years of house arrest after ...

Kem Sokha found guilty of treason

Prominent Cambodian opposition figure Kem Sokha was on Friday sentenced to 27 years in detention under house arrest after being found guilty of treason, in a case condemned by the United States as politically motivated.

Top Cambodian opposition leader Kem Sokha was Friday sentenced to 27 years in jail for treason in a case denounced as a "miscarriage of justice".

Top Cambodian opposition leader Kem Sokha has been sentenced to 27 years in prison for treason. Sokha was sentenced on Friday in a case denounced as a “miscarriage of Justice”, RFI reports. He was arrested in 2017 in a midnight swoop involving hundreds of security forces after he was accused of hatching a “secret plan” in collusion with foreign entities to topple the government of longtime Prime Minister Hun Sen.

By Prak Chan Thul

Kem Sokha, co-founder of the defunct Cambodia National Rescue Party, was accused of conspiring to overthrow the government and sentenced to 27 years’ house arrest.