US jails Cambodia coup plotter Chhun Yasith for life

Wed Jun 23, 2010

CBC News

A Cambodian-born accountant has been jailed for life in the US for plotting a failed coup attempt against the Cambodian government 10 years ago.

Chhun Yasith, 53, was found guilty by a court in Los Angeles in 2008 of four charges relating to the failed attack.

Dozens of armed men attacked government buildings in the Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh, in a bid to overthrow Prime Minister Hun Sen.

Read More: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia_pacific/10386342.stm

  Subscribe to our News