Friday, September 24, 2010

Cambodian opposition chief gets ten years

September 23, 2010
ABC Radio Australia

A court in Cambodia has sentenced the exiled opposition leader, Sam Rainsy, in absentia to ten years in prison over a border dispute involving Vietnam. The former Cambodian finance minister has also been fined for apparently forging public documents and spreading disinformation. But Sam Rainsy says Vietnam has been using its influence over Cambodia to move border posts further and further into his country. And he also claims farmers in the border region have lost valuable land and says that he has maps - that have been independently verified - to prove it.

Presenter: Zulfikar Abbany
Speaker: Sam Rainsy, Cambodian opposition politician in exile and leader of the Sam Rainsy Party
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