The Cambodian government is pushing ahead with a cybercrime law that experts say could be wielded to further curtail freedom of speech amid an ongoing crackdown on dissent.
The cybercrime draft is the third contentious internet law that authorities have pursued in the past year as the government, led by new Prime Minister Hun Manet, seeks greater oversight of internet activities, the US government-funded news service Voice of America (VoA) reported.
The latest draft of the cybercrime law contains 55 articles, according to both English and Khmer language versions obtained by VoA. It lays out various offences punishable by fines and jail time, including defamation, using “insulting, derogatory or rude language”, and sharing “false information” that could harm Cambodia’s public order and “traditional culture”.
In full: https://www.bangkokpost.com/world/2773624/cambodian-cybercrime-law-seen-as-threat-to-dissent
