Trial of Cambodian opposition party chief set for next month

Leader of the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) Kem Sokha (right) and US Ambassador to Cambodia Patrick Murphy talking to the media in Phnom Penh, Cambodia last month. - Reuters

PHNOM PENH: A Cambodian court has announced that the trial on treason charges of opposition leader Kem Sokha will begin next month, more than two years after he was arrested.

The Phnom Penh Municipal Court said in a statement on Monday (Dec 9) that the trial of Kem Sokha, president of the dissolved Cambodia National Rescue Party, will start Jan 15.