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Sam06

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Phnom Penh, Cambodia – A Cambodian court on Thursday commenced the first of two mass trials against members and supporters of the country’s outlawed opposition party for allegedly plotting an attack against the government in 2019.

Sixty people linked to the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) were on trial on Thursday and another 77 individuals will face the same charges at a March 4 hearing.

They are all charged with “plotting” and “incitement”, and face a maximum of 12 years in prison if found guilty.

The charges are linked to former CNRP president Sam Rainsy’s unsuccessful attempt to return to the country in 2019. Rainsy, who has been in exile since 2015, was blocked from returning to Cambodia after the government issued a travel ban against him and asked its ASEAN neighbors to prevent him from boarding a flight.

There was heavy security presence on the streets leading to the Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Thursday. The government has deployed specialized police officers and armed members of the Bodyguard Unit – elite security forces tasked with protecting Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen – to create a security cordon around the court.





I didn't link to the article because some people don't like the news source.


I think the "D's" are reading the same playbook they are in Cambodia.



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  • bustedknee

    The US is now officially a commie banana republic.

    Complete with rigged elections and blatant persecution of desenting opinions.

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  • select-fire

    In todays News who knows who is telling the truth or if it is satire. And while we are at it, someone PLEASE list the reputable news sources out there for folks only to post those sources... so they won't get deleted or closed. Or has it come to if you only see it live on TV then it happened. Well I reckon I will post a hardbound book being published this coming Sept. that has media about myself .

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  • Sam06

    If you want to know what is going on in the world you cannot get it from the news in the US, you have to go elsewhere.


    This story comes from a news source I read everyday because even though it is a little "slanted" its better than anything we have now which all politics all day and orangeman bad.


    Al Jazeera is where I got the article.

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  • tomh.

    A year ago, I could not have cared much less.

    But now I feel a bond with these people.

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