Sam Rainsy conviction upheld

Svay Rieng province villagers Meas Srey (left) and Prum Chea are led into the Appeal Court. (Heng Chivoan)

Wednesday, 13 October 2010
Meas Sokchea
The Phnom Penh Post

The Appeal Court in Phnom Penh has ordered the release of two villagers convicted along with opposition leader Sam Rainsy in connection with a protest against alleged Vietnamese encroachment on Cambodian territory, though Sam Rainsy’s two-year term was upheld.

The two villagers – Meas Srey, 40, and Prum Chea, 41 – saw their one-year jail terms for destroying public property reduced by just over two months.

The pair was sentenced in January at the Svay Rieng provincial court after an October incident in which they allegedly joined Sam Rainsy in uprooting border markers in Svay Rieng province’s Chantrea district.
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