James Ricketson convicted

Filmmaker James Ricketson, accused of spying by the Cambodian government, has been sentenced to six years in prison.
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Image: James Ricketson with a drone in Cambodia. This image comes from a Cambodian news website which has not identified its original source. He looks a lot worse now. 

The feared outcome in the James Ricketson saga has come to pass. He has been a campaigning documentary filmmaker all his life with a special concern for Cambodia. He was arrested in Phnom Penh fifteen months ago after he was caught flying a drone at an opposition political rally.

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