THE country’s exiled opposition figurehead Sam Rainsy was sentenced in absentia to 25 years in jail over an alleged plot to overthrow strongman Hun Sen’s government, a court official said.
Former CNRP leader
Sam Rainsy at Roissy-Charles de Gaulle Airport of France on November 7, 2019 (Photo: AFP/VNA)
Phnom Penh (VNA) – The Phnom Penh
Municipal Court on March 1 decided to sentence Sam Rainsy, former leader of the
dissolved opposition
Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), to 25 years in
prison, and deprive him of the right to vote and stand as candidate in
elections, Fresh News reported.
Rainsy’s entourages, Mu Sochua and Eng Chhay
Eang, were also given jail terms of 22 years.
Besides, Rainsy’s spouse Tioulong Saumura and
other former
CNRP senior officials, namely Men Sothavarin, Ou Chanrith, Ho
Vann, Long Ry and Nuth Romduol, were sentenced to 20 years behind bars.
Medical workers disinfect a market in Samut Sakhon, Thailand (Photo: Xinhua/VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Southeast Asian nations continued to confirm new
COVID-19 cases on March 2.
With 42 new cases, mostly local infections,
Thailand has so far logged 26,073 cases, 2,789 of them are imported and there
are 84 deaths, reported the Centre for COVID-19 Situation
Administration (CCSA).
Cambodia also reported 24 more cases, bringing the total local
transmission cases in the third outbreak to 340. The country has so far recorded 844 cases, 478 of
them have recovered and there are no deaths.
Meanwhile, Indonesia confirmed two
cases infected with the SARS-CoV-2 variant found in the UK. Out of its over 1.34 million infections, more than 36,300 have been dead.