Veteran Cambodian opposition figure Sam Rainsy went on trial in France on Thursday (Sept 1) in defamation cases brought against him by the prime minister and a top police official of his home country.
The France-based Rainsy, 73, is accused in relation to two separate complaints filed by Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen and his son-in-law and deputy national police chief, Dy Vichea, over Facebook posts dating back to 2019.
Hun Sen contests Rainsy’s allegation that he was behind the 2008 death in a helicopter crash of national police chief Hok Lundy, who was Dy Vichea’s father.
