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Flash Info | Two Opposition Activists Arrested over Facebook Posts

23 October 2026

Two members of opposition parties were recently arrested and charged over Facebook posts that criticised the government. Lath Koeury, secretary of the executive committee of the Khmer Will Party (KWP) and an elected district councilor in Angkor Borei district, was arrested on 9 October 2026 in Takeo province. Pav Porheng, 56, a tuk-tuk driver and member of the Nation Power Party (NPP) who intends to run as a candidate in the 2027 Commune Election, was arrested several days later on 13 October 2026 while he was working in Kampong Cham province.

Koeury was questioned by the Takeo Provincial Police Commissariat and Phnom Penh Police Commissariat, and subsequently charged by the Phnom Penh Capital Court with incitement to disturb social security and insult under Articles 494, 495, and 502 of the Criminal Code. The charges followed Facebook posts in which he allegedly denounced a government leader.

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Intimate image abuse is a type of gender-based violence emerging across Cambodia. LICADHO has documented 24 cases involving intimate image abuse since 2021, with more than one-third opened in the last 12 months alone. While these cases likely represent only a small fraction of those occurring in Cambodia, they reveal clear patterns of abuse.

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