Kem Sokha’s defence describes ‘tense atmosphere' at treason trial


Former opposition leader Kem Sokha greeting his supporters as he leaves the Phnom Penh Municipal Court in this file picture from Jan 25, 2022. - PPP

PHNOM PEMH (The Phnom Penh Post/Asia News Network): The Phnom Penh Municipal Court held another hearing in the treason trial of Kem Sokha, former leader of the Supreme Court-dissolved Cambodian National Rescue Party (CNRP), with his defence team again protesting their client’s innocence.

Following the June 1 hearing, Chan Chen, one of Sokha’s defence lawyers, told reporters that the atmosphere at the 42nd hearing was tense. The prosecutor had asked his client a number of questions, and he had answered them. The questions were related to the charge of conspiring with foreign powers to topple the government.

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