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A former acting pagoda chief monk was arrested on January 11 for allegedly having sexual intercourse with four minors in December. - Police photo
PHNOM PENH (The Phnom Penh Post/ANN): Kampong Chhnang Provincial Court Investigating Judge Phy Daro has placed a former acting pagoda chief monk in pre-trial detention for allegedly having sexual intercourse with four minors in December.
Provincial court spokesperson Hong Kim Hak identified the former monk as Orn Chhai Rak, 28.
“Chhai Rak has been charged under Article 42 of the Law on Suppression of Human Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation, ” he said.
Chhai Rak faces between five and 10 years in prison if found guilty.
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Court Convicts Kampong Chhnang Journalist for Reporting on Land Dispute
23 December 2020
VOA Khmer
Sok Oudom, pictured at a construction site, is the owner of Rithysen radio station and a local citizen journalist in Kampong Chhnang province, Cambodia. (Courtesy of Facebook)
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A Kampong Chhnang radio station owner was convicted for incitement on Tuesday and sentenced to 20 months in prison for reporting on an ongoing land dispute between villagers and the military in the province.
Kampong Chhnang Provincial Court presiding judge Y Thavrak found Sok Oudom, owner of Rithysen radio station, guilty of “incitement to commit a felony” and sentenced him to 20 months in prison and 20 million riels, around $5,000, in punitive damages, according to Un Chanthol, a lawyer for the journalist.
Provincial Military Police officers arrested the two on December 5 in Boribor district’s Chhnok Trou commune.
Provincial Military Police deputy commander Hang Socheat said the accused, Kan Chhun Leng, 36, lives in Krakor district, Pursat province, while his accomplice, Lun Soklout, 22, is from Kampong Thom province’s Kampong Svay district.
“The court charged the two suspects under Article 57 of the Criminal Code for using violence with aggravating circumstances,” he said.
If found guilty, they face between three and 10 years imprisonment.
Relating the case background, Socheat said the victim’s body was found on December 4 in a river. On December 5, his officials arrested four suspects, but two were released after it was determined they had nothing to do with the crime.
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