Australian filmmaker arrested in Cambodia due to 'opposition party links'

By Lindsay Murdoch
Updated January 5 2018 - 12:53pm, first published 12:47pm
Yem Chanthy is a street beggar in Cambodia's capital Phnom Penh, and the adopted daughter of Australian film maker James Ricketson, who was arrested in June and charged with spying on the regime of Prime Minister Hun Sen
Yem Chanthy is a street beggar in Cambodia's capital Phnom Penh, and the adopted daughter of Australian film maker James Ricketson, who was arrested in June and charged with spying on the regime of Prime Minister Hun Sen

Bangkok: Cambodian authorities are investigating Australian filmmaker James Ricketson over his alleged links to the country's now-disbanded opposition party, which has been accused of attempting to overthrow strongman Hun Sen in a purported United States-backed conspiracy.