Rath Rott Mony
Long Kimheang

Wife of Jailed Translator Seeking Asylum After Arrest Threat Over Protests

A woman who protested the detention of her husband, who was jailed in relation to his work on a child sex trafficking documentary that officials called fiction, said Tuesday that she had fled the country and has applied for U.N. refugee status after Cambodian authorities threatened her with arrest.

Long Kimheang, the wife of imprisoned translator Rath Rott Mony, holds her son as she is dragged by masked women and authorities while protesting in front of the Russian Embassy in Phnom Penh on April 3, 2019. (Hy Chhay/VOD)

Mysterious Women Drag Detained Journalist’s Wife From Protest

Women wearing surgical masks and claiming to be acting on behalf of authorities prevented a protest in front of the Russian Embassy on Wednesday over the jailing of a journalist who helped report on child trafficking for Moscow’s RT service.