{"id":656,"date":"2017-09-05T16:15:31","date_gmt":"2017-09-05T16:15:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/?p=656"},"modified":"2017-09-05T16:15:31","modified_gmt":"2017-09-05T16:15:31","slug":"cambodian-opposition-leader-kem-sokha-has-been-charged-with-treason-and-could-face-a-jail-term-of-15-to-30-years-if-convicted-a-court-said-on-tuesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/2017\/09\/05\/cambodian-opposition-leader-kem-sokha-has-been-charged-with-treason-and-could-face-a-jail-term-of-15-to-30-years-if-convicted-a-court-said-on-tuesday\/","title":{"rendered":"Cambodian opposition leader Kem Sokha has been charged with treason and could face a jail term of 15 to 30 years if convicted, a court said on Tuesday."},"content":{"rendered":"

Source: France 24 | September 5, 2017<\/p>\n

Kem Sokha was\u00a0arrested on Sunday<\/a>\u00a0in an escalating crackdown on critics of Prime Minister\u00a0Hun Sen<\/a>‘s government, which accused the opposition leader of plotting with the United States to undermine the Southeast Asian country.<\/span><\/p>\n

Kem Sokha had been charged with “colluding with foreigners” under Article 443 of Cambodia’s penal code, the Phnom Penh Municipal Court said in a statement.<\/p>\n

“The act of secret collusion with foreigners is an act of treason,” it added.<\/p>\n

The evidence the government has presented is a video of Kem Sokha from 2013 in which he tells supporters of his Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) that he has had American support and advice for his political strategy to win power.<\/p>\n

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Govt statement says Kem Sokha arrested at 12:35am over this video of a speech discussing history of past US support:\u00a0http:\/\/<\/span>freshnewsasia.com\/index.php\/en\/64419-facebook-video-inside-2.html\u00a0<\/span>\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n

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