Journalist Sovann Rithy has been released from prison. He was arrested in April for “incitement to cause chaos” over a Facebook post in which he accurately quoted the Prime Minister of Cambodia.
Cambodian journalist Sovann Rithy was arrested on April 7 for “incitement to cause chaos and harm social security,” according to Prime Minister Hun Sen. In a Facebook post, Rithy quoted the Prime Minister Hun Sen who said during a press conference that motorbike taxi drivers should sell their vehicles if they went bankrupt because of the COVID-19 pandemic: “if motorbike-taxi drivers go bankrupt, sell your motorbikes for spending money. The government does not have the ability to help.”
The Information Ministry subsequently arrested Rithy, revoked TVFB’s media license and closed down its website.
