PHNOM PENH: Cambodia's king has pardoned former opposition leader Kem Sokha for a treason conviction, just weeks after he lost an appeal to overturn that verdict, according to a royal decree released on Monday (May 25). Kem Sokha, 72, co-founder of the defunct Cambodia National Rescue Party, has been

Cambodian opposition leader Kem Sokha has received a royal pardon from his 27-year treason sentence.

PHNOM PENH, May 25 — Cambodia’s king has pardoned former opposition leader Kem Sokha for a treason conviction, just weeks after he lost an appeal to overturn that verdict,...