Alerts | Arrest/detention under other laws

Newspaper publisher arrested for criticizing Cambodian PM

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Ros Sokhet, the publisher of the Khmer Nation newspaper in Cambodia was arrested for criticizing Prime Minister Hun Sen in a social media post on his personal account, in which he alleged the PM was not offering solutions for people who are struggling to pay off debt to banks during the Covid-19 crisis. Officials said the Facebook post, and other which criticized the prime minister, were incitement to cause chaos. Phnom Penh Municipal Court issued a warrant on June 24 and Sokhet was arrested and questioned at the Phnom Penh Municipal Police’s Cybercrime Bureau the next day. Authorities are reviewing the Khmer Nation’s license.

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