Cambodia court views footage of accused Australian filmmaker

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Cambodia court views footage of accused Australian filmmaker

    By The Associated Press

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — Aug 24, 2018, 5:13 AM ET

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Australian filmmaker James Ricketson sits in a prison truck upon his arrival at Phnom Penh Municipal Court, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday, Aug. 23, 2018. Ricketson is on trial in Cambodia on charges of endangering national security after being arrested last year for flying a drone to capture images of an opposition political rally. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)
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A court in Cambodia has viewed some of the footage shot by an Australian filmmaker charged with endangering national security for flying a drone over an opposition party rally last year.

The judge in the case of James Ricketson announced Friday that his trial will end Monday, though it was not clear if the verdict will be delivered then.

The 69-year-old Ricketson has been detained since he was arrested in June last year. The charge against him is tantamount in legal terms to espionage, punishable by up to 10 years in prison.

Ricketson's lawyer questioned him about his career Friday, and showed excerpts from films he had made since the 1970s.

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