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Mu Sochua attempts to fly to Cambodia, in a photo posted to her Facebook page on January 15, 2021.

Court Announces 37 CNRP Defendants in This Week’s Mass Trial

The Phnom Penh Municipal Court will this week try 37 CNRP leaders, former lawmakers, party activists and supporters for alleged plotting against the state, marking the fifth mass trial the court has initiated against members of the dissolved political opposition.

Thirteen defendants in the CNRM trial are taken back to prison after they and eight others were convicted on Thursday. (Ouch Sony/VOD)

13 CNRM Mass Trial Defendants Appeal Convictions

At least 13 former CNRP activists who were convicted in March for their involvement in the formation of the overseas CNRM opposition movement and for comments about the Covid-19 response appealed their sentences at the Appeal Court on Tuesday.