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Wednesday, October 2, 2019

Cambodia orders fresh investigation into journalists from US-backed radio station

Radio Free Asia’s Uon Chhin and Yeang Sothearin were arrested in 2017 crackdown on Prime Minister Hun Sen’s opponents

A court in Cambodia has postponed a verdict in the espionage trial of two journalists who had worked for a US government-backed radio station, and ordered a new investigation.

Uon Chhin and Yeang Sothearin were arrested in November 2017 during a crackdown on the media and opponents of Prime Minister Hun Sen’s government. They were charged with undermining national security by supplying information to a foreign state, an act punishable by up to 15 years’ imprisonment.

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