Kim Sarom and Erin Handley

 

Phnom Penh’s Appeal Court yesterday quashed Australian filmmaker James Ricketson’s bid to have espionage charges against him dismissed, according to his lawyer.

 

Ricketson, 69, was arrested on June 3, shortly after he was spotted flying a drone over an opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party commune election rally.

 

He was held for almost a week before being charged with gathering sensitive information with the intention of supplying it to a foreign state, which could jeopardise Cambodia’s national defence.

 

read more http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/court-upholds-espionage-charges-against-australian-filmmaker

 

 

-- © Copyright Phenom Pen Post 11/08

I wonder how images of an election rally can jeopardize Cambodian national defense.

 

must have been one hell of a rally... scary

3 hours ago, farcanell said:

I wonder how images of an election rally can jeopardize Cambodian national defense.

 

must have been one hell of a rally... scary

especially considering it was an opposition rally. all i can think of is it might prove that there were more people there then was reported by the government