6B559A9F-FD97-488D-B9B1-832D0AEEDC70_cx0_cy10_cw0_w1023_r1_s — FILE PHOTO - This Aug. 2, 2011 photo shows a sand depot just outside the provincial capital of Koh Kong in southwestern Cambodia. It is owned by Ly Yong Phat, one of the country's biggest tycoons who is being criticized for the environmental damage his sand mining operations inflict on the Cambodian coast. Most of the sand is destined for Singapore. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

Supreme Court Hears Case of Detained Environmentalists

July 11, 2018

Phnom Penh – The Supreme Court on Friday heard the appeal case of three environmentalists who were sentenced on charges of “intimidation” and “causing damage” while investigating an alleged illegal sand dredging operation in Koh Kong province in 2016.

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