Jail sentence for deputy Cambodian opposition leader Kem Sokha hints at new crackdown

Phnom Penh (dpa) – Cambodian deputy opposition leader Kem Sokha was sentenced to five months in prison and fined 800,000 riel (200,000 dollars) on Friday for failing to appear at an earlier corruption trial. Sokha’s conviction was handed down in a nearly empty courtroom. Sokha and his lawyer both boycotted the proceeding, which took about 10…