Canberra hands-off over James Ricketson case

By Lindsay Murdoch
Updated January 3 2018 - 1:53pm, first published 1:41pm
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: While accused Australian spy James Ricketson languishes unwell in one of Cambodia's harshest jails the Turnbull government insists it cannot intervene in his case.

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