FILE PHOTO: Ley Leak, a former deputy from the dissolved Cambodia National Rescue Party, holds a paper after arriving at the court for the treason trial of more than 100 opposition figures, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia November 26, 2020. REUTERS/Heng Mengheang
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - A court in Cambodia convened on Thursday for the treason trial of scores of opposition figures, one of a series of cases seen by activists as moves by the ruling party to sideline threats to its political monopoly.
The defendants are among 121 people affiliated with the dissolved Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) who are charged with treason and incitement.
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