Breaking: Jailed Australian filmmaker James Ricketson denied bail

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Australian filmmaker James Ricketson, who is awaiting trial on contentious “espionage” charges, had his bid for bail rejected by Cambodia’s Supreme Court this morning.

 

The bail decision was handed down before he arrived at the Phnom Penh court.

 

Ricketson was arrested in June last year after he was spotted flying a drone above an opposition party rally. If found guilty of gathering information that could undermine Cambodia’s national security with the intent to pass it on to a foreign entity, he faces up to 10 years in prison.

 

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