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Hun Sen's Cambodia

Hun Sen rival faces trial even as EU threatens Cambodia sanctions

Kem Sokha will be tried for treason despite being released from house arrest

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen and the European Union flag. The EU last week sent Cambodia its preliminary report on whether to suspend the country from special trade privileges over its human rights record. (Nikkei Montage/ Source photo by Reuters)
SHAUN TURTON, Contributing Writer | Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos

PHNOM PENH -- Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen is pressing ahead with a treason case against a leading opposition figure who has just been released from house arrest, despite the nation facing European Union trade sanctions over its human rights record.

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