Australian Filmmaker Denied Bail in Cambodia Over Espionage

Australian Filmmaker Denied Bail in Cambodia Over Espionage
Australian filmmaker James Ricketson walks to the Supreme Court in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Jan. 17, 2018. Reuters/Samrang Pring
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PHNOM PENH—Cambodia’s top court on Tuesday denied bail to an Australian filmmaker who has spent seven months behind bars accused of espionage and who faces 10 years in jail if he is convicted.

James Ricketson, 69, was arrested last June after he was photographed flying a drone above a political rally organised by the now-dissolved opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP).