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A Cambodian court has charged deposed royalist leader Prince Norodom Ranariddh with adultery over his affair with a classical dancer, a court official said Sunday.
Ranariddh - who is currently in Europe and was sentenced in absentia to 18 months in jail for fraud over a land deal - could face up to one year in prison if found guilty under Cambodia's new monogamy laws. The charge follows a complaint filed in December by his estranged wife, Princess Norodom Marie Ranariddh. The deputy prosecutor at Phnom Penh Municipal Court said the charge was issued in January, but was only made public on Friday, the first day of campaigning for upcoming local administrative elections. "It is true that I charged Prince Norodom Ranariddh with adultery, and I think it is fair because the accused had a relationship with a new partner," he said. He said the court would invite both Marie and Ranariddh to court once the investigation was complete. No date for the hearing has yet been set. The prince, 63, has publicly acknowledged his relationship with a classical dancer, with whom he has a three-year-old son.
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