PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - A Cambodian court provisionally freed Russian real estate tycoon Sergei Polonsky on Wednesday but ordered him not to leave the country, where he faces trial on charges of assault and illegal detention, a defence attorney said.
Polonsky, 40, who was worth $1.2 billion (794.4 million pounds) before the global financial crisis, was detained in January with two other Russians over allegations they forced crew members to jump from a boat at knife point and punched one.
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