Cambodia pardons Australian film-maker James Ricketson

Documentary maker was jailed for espionage this year after flying drone over electoral rally

Cambodia has granted a pardon to an Australian film-maker jailed in August on espionage charges for six years, a court in the capital, Phnom Penh, said on Friday.

In a warrant, the municipal court ordered the release of James Ricketson because he had received a royal pardon, it said in a statement.

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