FILE - In this Aug. 4, 2009 file photo, Cambodian opposition party leader Sam Rainsy, stands in front of the municipal court in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Cambodia's main opposition party leader was sentenced in absentia Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010, to 10 years in prison for a politically sensitive comment about a border dispute that critics say is another example of the
government trying to intimidate its opponents. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith, File)
REFILE - CORRECTING IDENTITY OF MAN Ky Tech, the Cambodian government's lawyer, speaks to the media after the sentencing of Sam Rainsy at Phnom Penh court September 23 , 2010. The court sentenced Rainsy to 10 years in prison in absentia on Thursday in a case involving a border controversy that critics say the government has used to silence its biggest opponent. In the latest verdict on Thursday, judges in Phnom Penh also ordered Rainsy to pay a fine of 5 million riel ($1,200) and another 60 million riels in compensation to the government for forging public documents and spreading disinformation about the country losing land to Vietnam. REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea
A police officer stands guard outside Phnom Penh court September 23 , 2010. The court sentenced opposition leader Sam Rainsy to 10 years in prison in absentia on Thursday in a case involving a border controversy that critics say the government has used to silence its biggest opponent. In the latest verdict on Thursday, judges in Phnom Penh also ordered Rainsy to pay a fine of 5 million riel ($1,200) and another 60 million riels in compensation to the government for forging public documents and spreading disinformation about the country losing land to Vietnam. REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea
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