A Cambodian government critic who was beaten up by assailants last year has been arrested on charges of incitement and defamation after posting a social media comment that criticized a cabinet minister.
Ny Nak, who sells fertilizer and fruit trees from the capital Phnom Penh, was arrested on Friday after Minister of Labor Heng Sour filed a complaint against him for a comment he made on Facebook, Radio Free Asia (RFA) reported over the weekend.
According to the local human rights group Licadho, Nak said that the Facebook page in question referenced the government’s decision to give away 91 hectares of land in Kampot province in southern Cambodia to an individual named Heng Sour, which a local newspaper later identified as the minister.
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