By Meas Sokchea
The Phnom Penh Post
PARLIAMENTARIANS from the opposition Sam Rainsy Party met with King Norodom Sihamoni on Tuesday to request that he grant amnesty to jailed newspaper publisher and editor in chief Hang Chakra (picture).Hang Chakra, who runs the opposition paper Khmer Ma chas Srok, was convicted in June of defamation and publishing false information in a series of articles that appeared in his newspaper accusing officials working for Deputy Prime Minister Sok An of cor ruption.
The publisher was sentenced to one year in prison and fined 9 million riels (US$2,187). The Court of Appeal rejected his case on August 11.
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