Phnom Penh
Wednesday, 23 June 2010
“We have decided to arrest Sam Rainsy and order public forces to search for and detain him and bring him to Phnom Penh Municipal Court for legal action.”Phnom Penh Municipal Court issued an official arrest warrant for opposition leader Sam Rainsy on Tuesday.
He is accused of distributing false information on his party’s website, which accuses the Cambodian government of ceding land to neighboring Vietnam.
The charge, for distribution of false information, carries a penalty of up to 15 years in prison.
Sam Rainsy, who remains in exile after an earlier conviction in absentia for uprooting border markers near Vietnam, claims the courts are being manipulated by the ruling party to damage the opposition.
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