Cambodia pardons Australian film-maker James Ricketson weeks after jailing him for espionage

September 21, 2018 8:56 PM

PHNOM PENH (AFP) – An Australian film-maker jailed for espionage in Cambodia received a royal pardon and was released on Friday (Sept 21), less than a month after he was sentenced to six years in prison in a case observers slammed as a farce.

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