Authorities in Cambodia arrested outspoken union chief Rong Chhun from his home in Phnom Penh on Friday in connection with a statement he made claiming that the country had ceded land to Vietnam along their shared border, according to officials.
Rong Chhun, president of the Cambodian Confederation of Unions and a member of the Cambodia Watchdog Council, was taken into custody on charges of “incitement to commit a felony or cause social unrest” under Article 495 of Cambodia’s Penal Code, Ministry of Justice spokesman Chhin Malin told RFA’s Khmer Service, confirming an earlier report by government-aligned Fresh News.
Fresh News had quoted Phnom Penh Municipal Court spokesperson Kuch Kimlong as saying Rong Chhun had been arrested “for allegedly distorting news on [the] border issue,” adding that he had committed a crime “in flagrante delicto,” or was caught in the act.
In full: https://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/arrest-07312020163614.html
