Teacher on the Run for a Year Over Criticism of Vietnam Monument
Yuong Soda has been hiding since he was convicted for incitement in 2021 for posting online that a Vietnamese friendship monument in Pailin threatened Cambodia’s sovereignty.
Yuong Soda has been hiding since he was convicted for incitement in 2021 for posting online that a Vietnamese friendship monument in Pailin threatened Cambodia’s sovereignty.
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court sentenced Voeun Veasna, a former monk who was involved in forestry activism, to two years in prison for incitement over criticisms he posted on Facebook.
LSN publisher Los Seng was put under judicial supervision by the Kampot Provincial Court on Thursday after two LSN reporters, who are also on bail, covered a provincial land dispute in November 2021.
Seven video clips were presented at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Thursday as evidence of plotting and incitement in ongoing mass trials against the dissolved opposition CNRP.
A provincial court of appeals has upheld a decision to drop charges against two former Cambodia Daily journalists, potentially bringing to an end a long-running criminal case that has dogged the reporters after the shuttering of their publication.
Authorities arrested a ninth NagaWorld union members late Friday, with authorities and armed security personnel attempting to make more arrests but were prevented by casino workers who formed a human shield to block officials.
As the mass trial of CNRP officials continued Thursday, National Police investigators called to testify repeatedly tried to avoid answering basic questions about how they built a case against defendants, claiming the process was “technical” and that revealing it could jeopardize national security
A court prosecutor said that senior CNRP leaders were not being blocked from returning to the country, and that they could relinquish their foreign citizenship in order to get deported back to Cambodia.
Friday afternoon saw the release of prominent unionist Rong Chhun, Khmer Thavrak’s Chhoeun Daravy and a reduction in sentences for six other activists, who will be released soon.
Khmer Thavrak activist Hun Vannak and CNRP activist Pen Chan Sangkream were released from Prey Sar Prison, and Khmer Thavrak’s Chhoeun Daravy is also expected to be released today.
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