‘I don’t love Cambodia any less’: Ricketson home after ‘spy’ ordeal

James Ricketson is back in Sydney after 15 months in a Phnom Penh prison on accusations of spying. But he has promised he will return to Cambodia.

On Friday, filmmaker James Ricketson was facing another six years in Cambodia’s notorious Prey Sar prison in a cramped, lice-ridden cell where inmates have to take turns to lie down. Tonight, he walked through the bright lights of Sydney Airport a free man.

Ricketson landed safely, aboard a Thai Airways flight, in Sydney just before 8pm, physically and emotionally exhausted, after spending the previous day in immigration detention.

Read the full story: https://www.smh.com.au/national/filmmaker-james-ricketson-lands-safely-in-australia-after-spy-ordeal-20180923-p505i0.html

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