Thirty-one opposition activists have been sentenced to six to eight years in jail for plotting and incitement, while another 20 had their sentences suspended, as the Phnom Penh Municipal Court issued CNRP mass-trial verdicts on Tuesday morning.

Scuffles earlier broke out on the road outside a CNRP mass-trial verdict hearing at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court as officers dragged away Seng Chan Theary, a Cambodian-American opposition activist.
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In court, 12 were sentenced to eight years in jail, 19 others — including Chan Theary — to six years, and 20 had five-year sentences suspended. The situation was unclear for nine others originally part of the case.

Around 15 arrest warrants, mostly for CNRP leaders overseas including Sam Rainsy and Mu Sochua, were also issued.

phuketrichard wrote: ↑Tue Jun 14, 2022 1:13 pm not much political freedom here it seems

Seng Chan Theary dressed as Lady Liberty earlier this morning.

Thirty-one opposition activists have been sentenced to six to eight years in jail for plotting and incitement, while another 20 had their sentences suspended, as the Phnom Penh Municipal Court issued CNRP mass-trial verdicts on Tuesday morning.

Scuffles earlier broke out on the road outside a CNRP mass-trial verdict hearing at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court as officers dragged away Seng Chan Theary, a Cambodian-American opposition activist.
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In court, 12 were sentenced to eight years in jail, 19 others — including Chan Theary — to six years, and 20 had five-year sentences suspended. The situation was unclear for nine others originally part of the case.

Around 15 arrest warrants, mostly for CNRP leaders overseas including Sam Rainsy and Mu Sochua, were also issued.

https://vodenglish.news/mass-trial-verd ... o-custody/

down_time wrote: ↑Wed Jun 15, 2022 2:07 pm

Jerry Atrick wrote: ↑Tue Jun 14, 2022 1:17 pm Well their platform is essentially based on xenophobia, rather than any meaningful change, so fuck em

I have to respectfully disagree. I'm no fan of Sam Rainsey but a significant number of those convicted have no affiliation with the CNRP despite them being constantly referred to as CNRP activists in the press.

Theary Seng (dressed as Lady Liberty) was the executive director of the Centre for Social Development, which largely focused on assuring a fair trial in the Khmer Rouge Tribunal. She then became president of the Center for Cambodian Civic Education, an organization that works on civic education, reconciliation and peace-building working with former victims of the Khmer Rouge. She is the author of Daughter of the Killing Fields.

She is an articulate, educated advocate for the dispossessed and as such a "problem" for those that benefit from the status quo. It is her vocal advocacy on human rights and land rights that has got her into trouble. Her lawyer has stated that no evidence was provided to the court linking her to the CNRP leaders with whom she was convicted. She is a US dual national and unlike others has committed to staying in Cambodia to advocate for reform, rather than take the easy option of self-exile. She has been convicted of treason ffs!

I know personally, Cambodians who have worked in the human right field for decades who are leaving because they know that they cannot do their jobs effectively and fear reprisals for saying or doing something to upset vested interests. The CPP have every seat in parliament and over 99.76% of commune council chief positions. Is this what democracy looks like?

Once a government is committed to the principle of silencing the voice of opposition, it has only one way to go, and that is down the path of increasingly repressive measures, until it becomes a source of terror to all its citizens and creates a country where everyone lives in fear." ― President Harry S. Truman, August 8, 1950