The punishment is mostly symbolic since the government has blocked his return home several times. Sam Rainsy's lawyer says the Phnom Penh Municipal Court convicted him for allegedly agreeing in 2013 to hand over territory to a hilltribe minority if he came to power.
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PHNOM PENH, Cambodia A court in Cambodia on Wednesday convicted self-exiled opposition leader Sam Rainsy in absentia of planning to cede national land to a foreign entity and sentenced him to life in prison, a punishment that is mostly symbolic since the government has blocked his return home several times.
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) A court in Cambodia on Wednesday convicted self-exiled opposition leader Sam Rainsy in absentia of planning to cede national land to a foreign entity and sentenced him to life in prison, a punishment that is mostly symbolic since the government has blocked his return home several times.