FILE - In this Sept. 21, 2016, file photo, Cambodia’s opposition lawmaker Um Sam An is escorted by prison security guards upon his arrival at Supreme Court in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The former Cambodian opposition lawmaker who has been a strong critic of the government’s handling of demarcating the border with neighboring Vietnam has been pardoned by the country’s king. (Heng Sinith/Associated Press)PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — A former Cambodian opposition lawmaker who has been a strong critic of the government’s handling of demarcating the border with neighboring Vietnam has been pardoned by the country’s king. In a letter on Saturday, King Norodom Sihamoni said Um Sam An had been granted amnesty from his jail term. Um Sam An is the latest political prisoner to be released from jail in the last week.

Source: Washington Post August 25, 2018 11:45 UTC