UN researcher calls for Cambodia to speed up trials

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — The U.N.’s specially appointed researcher on human rights in Cambodia has expressed concern over the country’s use of pre-trial detention and its failure to conduct trials speedily.
Speaking Thursday at a news conference at the end of an 11-day mission, Rhona Smith also specifically expressed concern about people arrested in politically linked cases, including Kem Sokha, the former leader of the dissolved opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party.
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