Incitement, Disinformation Suit Filed Against Rights Worker

A commune official in Pursat province’s Veal Veng district has filed a lawsuit accusing a human rights worker of incitement and disinformation after villagers the NGO staffer spoke to traveled to Phnom Penh to protest over a land dispute involving a well-known businessman Try Pheap. Pursat Provincial Court prosecutor Tan Seihak Dechak said that on Monday, Thma Da commune chief Prom Ngoy submitted a complaint against Adhoc provincial coordinator Phuong Sothea alleging that the human rights worker was guilty of criminal incitement and spreading misinformation. …

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