Aussie filmmaker apologizes to Hun Sen

PHNOMPENH— Jailed Australian filmmaker James Ricketson has apologized for disrespectful comments about Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen ahead of his trial for espionage and faces 10 years in jail if convicted. In a letter to Hun Sen, which was published in the Khmer Times newspaper, James Ricketson, 69, offered his “sincerest apologies” for statements to local media that were “disruptive and ill-informed.”—