Cambodian Broadcaster Gets 20 Years in Jail
Nine MSN | Radio broadcaster Mam Sonanado, 71, has been sentenced to 20 years in jail on four counts related to an alleged secessionist movement in eastern Cambodia.
He was charged with instigating an alleged insurrection in Kratie province and inciting armed rebellion.
Sonando’s Beehive Radio is one of the country’s few radio stations broadcasting criticism of Prime Minister Hun Sen’s government. However, his wife stated that he was not involved in the alleged rebellion and had done nothing wrong.
Three other people said to have been part of a political movement with Mam Sonando and accused of being major instigators of the insurrection were also sentenced.
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