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The Phnom Penh Municipal Court is considering whether to accelerate the treason trial of Kem Sokha by increasing the number of hearings each week, according to the defence.
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court is considering whether to accelerate the treason trial of Kem Sokha by increasing the number of hearings each week, according to the defence.
It was adjourned two years ago because of the coronavirus pandemic.
The trial of former opposition leader Kem Sokha on treason charges resumed at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court on January 19 after a long hiatus due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
A treason trial against Cambodia’s opposition leader resumed Wednesday, two years after it was adjourned due to the coronavirus pandemic. Kem Sokha was head of the Cambodia National Rescue Party when he was arrested in September 2017 on the basis of an old video showing him telling a seminar about receiving advice from U.S. pro-democracy…