Taken away: An environmental activist being escorted by police officers near Phnom Penh Municipality Court. — AP
A LOCAL court has handed jail terms of up to eight years to 10 activists of environmental group Mother Nature, on charges of plotting against the government and insulting the king, the group’s founder and a lawyer said.
Yesterday’s verdict comes amid growing concerns about freedom of expression in Cambodia under Prime Minister Hun Manet, who took power last year after the decades-long rule of his father, Hun Sen.
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