Activist jailed over plot to oust govt


An activist has been imprisoned for five years for plotting to overthrow the government, a court said, bringing to 17 the number of administration opponents detained or convicted since late July.

Pen Mom, 39, was found guilty on Wednesday of conspiring with self-exiled opposition party founder Sam Rainsy to overthrow Prime Minister Hun Sen’s government in 2019, the court in the southern province of Kampot said yesterday.

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