“They Want to Silence Us”: Government Critics Jailed Over Covid-19 Posts

Sok Chamroeun was grilling fish at home the morning of March 11 in Siem Reap province when a stranger came asking if her husband Puth Thona was home.

Half an hour later, 10 provincial officials and police officers rushed into her house and arrested Thona within seconds, she said. Authorities gave little cause for the detention before they took her husband away.

But Chamroeun said she had guessed the reason behind the arrest.

In full: https://vodenglish.news/they-want-to-silence-us-government-critics-jailed-over-covid-19-posts/

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