A municipal appeals court in Phnom Penh has upheld a lower-court ruling to continue investigating a pair of former Radio Free Asia reporters on espionage charges.
Journalists Yeang Sothearin and Uon Chhin, who were detained for “illegally collecting information for a foreign source” in November 2017, had recently filed a motion to have the charges dropped.
Their attorney, Sam Chamreoun, said Tuesday’s decision to reject the motion “overlooks my clients’ interests.”
In full: https://www.voanews.com/press-freedom/cambodian-appeals-court-rejects-rfa-reporters-motion-dismissal
