Phnom Penh (FN), Oct. 19 – The Phnom Penh Municipal Court (PPMC) on Wednesday (Oct 19) announced a verdict to sentence former leader of the opposition party Sam Rainsy to life imprisonment and revoke all his political rights such as the right to vote, right to stand for elections and other political rights.

Rainsy, 72, was charged with “handing over to foreign state all or part of the national territory” under Articles 27 and 440 of the Criminal Code.

Former opposition leader Sam Rainsy admitted on 7 March 2018 in an interview with the Phnom Penh Post that he had indeed signed in the United States in 2013 an agreement with Kok Ksor, the Vietnamese leader of the Degar indigenous group, to cede four Cambodian provinces to the Montagnard group if the CNRP won the national elections in 2013.

The four provinces include Stung Treng, Kratie, Mondulkiri and Ratanakiri.
=FRESH NEWS