the former cambodian opposition leader kim carr has been released from jail he'd been in prison for a year awaiting trial on charges of treason he's accused of plotting to overthrow the government soccer's daughter says he's been freed on bail and now placed under house arrest the supreme court dissolved his cum buddy a national rescue party last year at the request of the government at the time the party's supporters said the move was politically motivated ahead of elections when he has more now from bangkok. there had been speculation for some time that kemp could be released and that's exactly what happened in the early hours of monday morning he was released from the prison where he's been kept for the past year and placed under house arrest in his home in the cambodian capital phnom penh the timing of this is suspicious to say the least given that over the course of the past year and his lawyers have repeatedly asked for bail repeatedly os that this case be thrown out only for the courts to reject those appeals and now that we've had an election at the end of july an election tha

after spending a year in a remote prison kim carr was finally able to return home but he's not free as cambodians awoke to news the opposition leader was released on bail and placed under house arrest a small number of supporters and media gathered outside his home in phnom penh at eight thirty eight o'clock what i'm very excited to hear that he has been released when i first heard the news i grabbed my shirt and came straight here. was arrested in september last year on treason charges in a case widely dismissed as politically motivated as the supreme court then dissolved his cambodian national risky party the largest opposition political party more than one hundred of its members were banned from politics for five years it came amid a broad government crackdown on dissent independent media outlets closed and rights workers harassed or arrested with no credible opposition prime minister hun sen's cambodian people's party won every seat in the national assembly in july his election. last week swearing in formality confirmed one since thirty three year rule would be extended for at leas

hundred twenty five seats in the national assembly because the cambodian national rescue party of kim carr was unable to take part in that vote because it was dissolved last year now the new government has also being sworn in led by one sin who will rule for another five years so it is out of jail but of course he is not free he is still awaiting the trial to begin after he was arrested last year on treason charges. celebrations have been continuing in the north korean capital pyongyang to mark the seventieth anniversary of the country's founding tens of thousands have been taking part in the so-called aryan mass games an event that showcases the country's achievements at the same time turning in much needed tourism dollars as rob mcbride reports from seoul. taking months to prepare and involving tens of thousands of citizens to perform them the games are an extravagance north korea can ill afford. they haven't been staged for five years but the country's leader kim jong un clearly believes this period of improving relations is worth celebrating. him and bracing his south korean counterpar

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