Malaysia: Cambodian social media activist deported for calling leader "despicable"
Event- Country
- Malaysia
- Initial Date
- Sep 28, 2024
- Event Description
Malaysia has deported a Cambodian worker after she called the country’s long-time former leader Hun Sen “a despicable guy,” an activist in Malaysia and a friend who knew her told Radio Free Asia.
Nuon Toeun, a domestic worker over the past six years, was arrested at her employer’s home Saturday in the state of Selangor, which surrounds Malaysia’s capital Kuala Lumpur, and deported Monday, according to Ahmad Jamal, the chairman of the banned opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party’s Refugee Coordinating Committee in Malaysia.
According to Ahmad Jamal, the Malaysian police told Nuon Toeun that they arrested her for criticizing the Phnom Penh government on social media.
Malaysian police didn’t not respond to requests for comment, but a friend of Nuon Toeun confirmed to RFA that she had told her this was the reason she was arrested.
Ahmad Jamal also said Nuon Toeun was escorted to Cambodia by an embassy official, and she was handed over to Cambodian authorities at 7 p.m. by Malaysian immigration officers.
- Impact of Event
- 1
- Gender of HRD
- Woman
- Violation
- (Arbitrary) Arrest and Detention
- Deportation
- Transnational repression
- Rights Concerned
- Freedom of expression
- Online
- Right to liberty and security
- Freedom of expression
- HRD
- Blogger/ Social Media Activist
- WHRD
- Perpetrator-State
- Government
- Police
- Source
- Monitoring Status
- Pending
- Event Location
Latitude: 3.5092
Longitude: 101.5248
- Event Location
- Summary for Publications
On 28 September 2024, Nuon Toeun, a Cambodian domestic worker and social media activist, was arrested by the police at her employer's home in Selangor, Malaysia and deported to Cambodia on 30 September 2024 after she called Cambodian leader Hun Sen "a despicable guy" on social media upon agreement between the governments of the two countries.