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Flash Info | Tuk Tuk Driver Sentenced to Four Years Over Border Conflict Post

16 July 2026

The Phnom Penh Capital Court yesterday convicted and sentenced a tuk tuk driver, Hok Ren, to four years in prison on charges of demoralising the armed forces and incitement in connection with a social media post he made about the Cambodia-Thailand conflict.

Ren, 51, was arrested in Phnom Penh on 19 December 2025 shortly after he published a Facebook post critical of the government’s response to the conflict with Thailand last year. He was charged under Article 472 for demoralisation of the army, and Articles 494 and 495 pertaining to incitement to commit a felony. He was also charged under Article 88 for committing the same misdemeanour twice within a span of five years, effectively doubling his sentence. Ren, who has a physical disability following the amputation of his leg, has been detained in Correctional Center 3 in Tboung Khmum province since his arrest.

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