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PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA
At least five people have been charged, detained, or convicted for allegedly violating the new COVID-19 law during a two-week lockdown enforced in Phnom Penh and Takhmau.
The authorities have arrested at least five men in separate incidents for violating lockdown measures. Three men, including Ung Chanthouk, who is a two-star National Police official, were arrested for social and drinks gathering, which is against current restrictions.
The trio has been charged under Article 4 and 11 of the COVID-19 law, which carries a maximum of three years in prison, said Kuch Kimlong, spokesperson of the Phnom Penh Municipal Court.
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Dara Rath Sokun, 27, was arrested on April 15 after he cut off the police barricade tape used to cordon off a street to block people from travelling through amid the lockdown. Police
Man gets one year in prison for violating lockdown measure
Sun, 18 April 2021
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on April 18 sentenced a man to one year in prison for cutting off a barricade tape in a lockdown area in Phsar Depot II commune of Phnom Penh s Toul Kork district last week. This marks the first case that a Covid-19 measure violator has been tried.
Dara Rath Sokun, 27, was arrested on April 15 after he cut off the police barricade tape used to cordon off a street to block people from travelling through amid the lockdown.