A Cambodian court sentenced 18 people on Monday for terrorism and membership of an illegal armed group in the latest trial of members of a U.S.-based militia accused of plotting to overthrow the government. After two-week trial at Battambang provincial court, the 18 alleged members of the Cambodian Freedom Fighters (CFF) were sentenced to jail terms ranging from seven to 18 years. More than 70 CFF members, some in absentia, have already been sentenced in three previous trials. The CFF, headed by California-based accountant Chhun Yasith, claimed responsibility for a bloody shoot-out in Phnom Penh in November 2000 that left at least four dead and a dozen injured.
Sympathy meter reading is still zero. If you stage shootouts, you should get locked up as a danger to society. Maybe in Cambodia, of all places, especially. |