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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
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.
The court stripped Kem Sokha of his right to vote and barred him from running for political office
A Cambodian court on Friday sentenced top opposition leader Kem Sokha to 27 years in jail for treason, in a case rights groups say is politically motivated.