Cambodia. Chinese Embassy Protesters, Instigators Sentenced to Jail

[geovalin]

Nine defendants were jailed for 12 to 20 months for incitement for their involvement in protests outside the Chinese Embassy last October, the Phnom Penh Municipal Court ruled on Monday. The defendants, who have connections to the outlawed opposition CNRP, were part of a protest to hand petitions to the embassies of China, France and the U.S. on October 23.

 

On Monday, judge Ouk Reth Kunthea handed 12-month sentences to Sat Pha, 47; Pai Ren, 43; and Sann Srey Neat, 41; and 18-month sentences to Lim San, 60; Yoy Sreymom, 52; Ton Nimol, 38; and Hong An, 45.

 

All seven were handed fines of 2 million riel (about $500) each. An was sentenced as an instigator. Two other defendants at large, former CNRP lawmaker Ho Vann, 73, and San Seihak, 32, were handed 20-month sentences as instigators. The court also fined them 2 million riel each and issued warrants for their arrest.

 

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[Benmart]

Another step towards downfall.

[daejung]

Cambodia is a dictatorship like almost everywhere in south-east asia ????