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Cambodia pardons Australian film-maker James Ricketson | Cambodia pardons Australian film-maker James Ricketson |
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Cambodia has pardoned an Australian film-maker who was jailed for six years in August on espionage charges. | |
A municipal court in Phnom Penh ordered the release of James Ricketson after he received a royal pardon. “Having fully understood the royal decree, James Ricketson … should be freed,” it said on Friday. | |
Ricketson, 69, was arrested in June 2017 after he was photographed flying a drone above a rally organised by the now-dissolved opposition Cambodia National Rescue party before communal elections. | |
The film-maker, who has been visiting Cambodia for more than 20 years, producing documentaries about the country and its people, was charged with espionage but it remains unclear for whom he was spying. | The film-maker, who has been visiting Cambodia for more than 20 years, producing documentaries about the country and its people, was charged with espionage but it remains unclear for whom he was spying. |
It was not immediately clear whether Ricketson had been released from prison. His family could not immediately be reached for comment. | |
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