District police in Kratie said they were seeking to arrest three suspects who beat a man taking photos and videos in the area, though they would not elaborate on the investigation.
Kratie residents sold cows and took out loans in a frenzy to invest in a get-rich-quick scam run by a local man claiming to be from a development NGO, losing tens of thousands of dollars before they detained the man themselves and handed him over to police, according to local officials.
A Koh Kong resident in dispute with a sugar plantation was sentenced to a year in prison on Wednesday for malicious denunciation, but remains free for now with no arrest warrant issued by the court.
More than 30 opposition activists have been violently attacked in the past five years — including the killing of a man in November and this weekend’s assault — typically by unknown assailants on public streets, a lawyer said.
The Supreme Court has upheld an incitement conviction against an opposition activist for a social media post in 2020. The details of the post were not disclosed in the Supreme Court.
The U.S. State Department has pointed to mushrooming scam operations trafficking foreign nationals into Cambodia as well as other violations involving migrant workers as it downgraded Cambodia to the lowest level possible in its Trafficking In Persons annual report.
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