Cambodian opposition leader sentenced to five years in jail
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on December 27 sentenced in absentia Cambodian opposition leader Sam Rainsy and two of his assistants five years in prison over a fake document posted on his Facebook account.
PhnomPenh (VNA) – The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on December 27sentenced in absentia Cambodian oppositionleader Sam Rainsy and two of his assistants five years in prison over a fakedocument posted on his Facebook account.
The court convictedSam Rainsy, President of the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), along withaides Ung Chung Leang and Sathya Sambath, of conspiracy to falsify publicdocuments and incite unrest.
The court orderedtheir arrest but said the two members of Sam Rainsy's social media team wouldonly have to serve three years of their sentences. They are enabled to appealto the higher court.
The case involves a posting on Sam Rainsy's Facebook account of a fakedocument relating to Cambodia's1979 border treaty with Vietnam.
It was posted lastyear by former opposition Senator Hong Sok Hour, who is now in jail, havingbeen sentenced on November 7 to seven years in prison for falsifying the bordertreaty, using the fake treaty, and inciting chaos to social security.
Earlier, on November 8, the PhnomPenh Municipal Court requested Sam Rainsy to pay a fine of 10 million riel (equivalentto 2,500 USD) and compensate 15 million riel (3,700 USD) for Som Soeun,Minister Attached to Prime Minister Hun Sen for defaming the Cambodian leader onFacebook.
Sam Rainsy has been living in exilesince November 2015 to avoid serving a two-year jail sentence for defamingDeputy Prime Minister Hor Namhong in 2008.
On July 28, the court also finedSam Rainsy 10 million riel (2,500 USD) and ordered him to compensate 15 millionriel (3,700 USD) for defaming National Assembly President Heng Samrin.-VNA
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Cambodian opposition leader Sam Rainsy (AFP/VNA) 
