PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA—The leader of Cambodia’s now dissolved opposition party was released on bail Monday after being jailed for a year on a treason charge, a government spokesperson said. Kem Sokha was arrested last September on the basis of years-old videos showing him at a seminar where he spoke about receiving advice from U.S. pro-democracy groups. His opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party denied the treason allegation, calling it politically motivated. With no credible opposition, Hun Sen and his party won July elections to extend his stay in power, in a vote seen by much of the international community as unfair. Phay Siphan, a government spokesperson, said the Phnom Penh Municipal Court released Kem Sokha on Monday as requested by his lawyers.

Source: thestar September 10, 2018 01:41 UTC