Tight security: Detainees arriving at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court in a prison truck. — AP
CAMBODIAN activists and former opposition lawmakers accused of trying to help an exiled political candidate return home stood trial on treason charges, with very few of the defendants in attendance.
Former opposition leader Sam Rainsy and several top leaders of the disbanded Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) were among those absent, being either in exile or in hiding to escape what they deem to be political persecution.
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