The Phnom Penh Municipal Court acquitted the publisher of the Khmer Times newspaper of sexual harassment charges Monday afternoon, in a case relating to accusations of sexual advances made to a former employee.
A sexual harassment trial against the publisher of the Khmer Times newspaper was held in absentia at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Tuesday morning after neither defendant T. Mohan nor a defense lawyer appeared for the hearing.
A former reporter at the Khmer Times has accused its publisher of sexual harassment, saying she resigned from the newspaper and returned to her home country to get away from repeat propositions of money for sex.
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