Alerts | Arrest/detention under fake news laws

Cambodia deports Chinese journalist over alleged “fake news” on sale of COVID-19 vaccines

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The Cambodian government deported Shen Kaidong, the editor of Angkor Today, for a story claiming that Chinese citizens in Cambodia had received text messages offering them the Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine for $120. Authorities denied the story. A government official said that Kaidong “published fake news and it caused social chaos”.

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