Australian filmmaker James Ricketson arrives at the Municipal Court of Phnom Penh, Cambodia August 23, 2018. REUTERS/Samrang Pring
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - Cambodia has granted a pardon to an Australian filmmaker jailed in August on espionage charges for six years, a court in the capital, Phnom Penh, said on Friday. In a warrant, the municipal court ordered the release of James Ricketson because he had received a royal pardon, it said in a statement.
"Having fully understood the royal decree, James Ricketson ... should be freed," it added.Ricketson, 69, was arrested in June 2017 after he was photographed flying a drone above a rally organised by the now-dissolved opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) before communal elections.
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