The Phnom Penh municipal court on Sept. 23 announced that opposition party leader Sam Rainsy was sentenced in absentia to 10 years in prison following a two-day hearing on Sept. 8 and 9.
Sam Rainsy was charged with falsifying maps and documents to distort and prevent the Cambodian government’s border demarcation and marker planting along the shared borderline with Vietnam .
Sam Rainsy was also fined five million riel (1,100 US dollars) and ordered
to pay the government compensation of 60 million riel (14,000 US dollars), the court said.
In January, Sam Rainsy, who lives in exile in France, was also sentenced in absentia to two years in prison over a related conviction.
He may face another judgment after being accused of tarnishing the repute of Foreign Minister Hor Nam Hong./.
Sam Rainsy was charged with falsifying maps and documents to distort and prevent the Cambodian government’s border demarcation and marker planting along the shared borderline with Vietnam .
Sam Rainsy was also fined five million riel (1,100 US dollars) and ordered
to pay the government compensation of 60 million riel (14,000 US dollars), the court said.
In January, Sam Rainsy, who lives in exile in France, was also sentenced in absentia to two years in prison over a related conviction.
He may face another judgment after being accused of tarnishing the repute of Foreign Minister Hor Nam Hong./.
