Journalist Says He Was Threatened After Covering Land Clearing Case
An online journalist says he received an anonymous call that he took to be a threat after reporting on land clearing in Siem Reap province.
Khut Sokun Aug 4, 3:48 pm
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An online journalist says he received an anonymous call that he took to be a threat after reporting on land clearing in Siem Reap province.
Three journalists who were attempting a live broadcast from a land protest at Phnom Penh’s Boeng Tompun lake area were taken to a police station and made to sign an agreement that they would not make the same mistake again.
A reporter has been arrested in Battambang over alleged incitement related to his Facebook activity, according to military police.
News publisher Los Seng, of Los Seng News, says he is under pressure over covering land disputes related to Phnom Penh’s new international airport in Kandal province, warned to stop his reporting and told that a case against him was headed to court.
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Cambodia’s highest court on Wednesday sent the case of a former translator for Russian state news outlet RT for retrial, while upholding a lower-court decision in a separate case against two journalists who had worked for U.S.-funded Radio Free Asia.
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