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Flash Info | Supreme Court Upholds Conviction of Koh Kong Land Activist

21 September 2026

The Supreme Court upheld the conviction of Koh Kong land activist Oeb Toeng in a public defamation case filed by local tycoon Heng Huy.

The high court on Monday upheld a public defamation conviction and a US$25 (100,000 riel) fine against Toeng for a social media post she shared in August 2021 about an ongoing land dispute with Heng Huy. The hearing followed a March 2025 Supreme Court order sending the case back to the appeal court for retrial. In October 2025, the Preah Sihanouk Appeal Court upheld the public defamation conviction after a retrial but reduced the fine from US$50(2,000,000 riel) to around US$25 (100,000 riel).

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