Cambodia: media worker conviction upheld
Event- Country
- Cambodia
- Initial Date
- Aug 15, 2024
- Event Description
The Battambang Appeal Court this morning upheld the convictions of Ung Thap Reang, a journalist, on charges of public defamation and incitement to commit a felony under Articles 305 and 495 of the Criminal Code.
The Banteay Meanchey Provincial Court sentenced Thap Reang on 25 January 2024, following complaints from a Poipet Referral Hospital and the provincial tax department, which were accused of corruption in online posts from media outlet Khmer Cheayden. The provincial court sentenced Thap Reang to six months' imprisonment, with the entire prison sentence suspended, and ordered him to pay a 2 million riel (around US$500) fine. Today’s Appeal Court’s decision upheld that sentence in its entirety.
- Impact of Event
- 1
- Gender of HRD
- Man
- Violation
- Judicial Harassment
- Rights Concerned
- Freedom of expression
- Offline
- Freedom of expression
- HRD
- Media Worker
- Perpetrator-State
- Judiciary
- Source
- Monitoring Status
- Pending
- Event Location
Latitude: 13.099686213089992
Longitude: 103.19666306722263
- Event Location
- Summary for Publications
On 15 August 2024, Ung Thap Reang, media worker, had his conviction to suspended six-month imprisonment and a fine on defamation and incitement charges upheld, for reporting a corruption case by the Appeal Court in Battambang, Cambodia.