Dissident ‘plotters’ convicted, jailed over t-shirts
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Wednesday convicted self-exiled dissident Sourn Serey Ratha of incitement, plotting and obstructing elections, while three alleged co-conspirators were also convicted of plotting and obstructing elections. The four were sentenced to between five and seven years in jail for the charges, which stem from their efforts to hand out flowers and T-shirts amid the turmoil of the 2013 elections. Rights group Licadho said the case against the men, who prosecutors said all belonged to a dissident group called the Khmer People Power Movement (KPPM), was politically motivated. …
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