Cambodian TikTok user arrested for disparaging Angkor Wat

Nhel Thearina poses for a photo at the police station after his arrest in the eastern province of Tbong Khmum, Cambodia. Police said that the young Cambodian, popular for posting videos on the Tik-Tok social media platform, was arrested after putting an insult online about the country's revered Angkor Wat temple, and is being detained even though he quickly deleted his controversial clip and posted an apology. - AP

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP): A young Cambodian man popular on the TikTok social media platform was arrested after posting a video that questioned the country's reverence for its famed Angkor Wat temple, and was ordered detained even though he quickly deleted it and posted an apology, police said Thursday.

Maj. Gen. Pen Rath, police chief in the eastern province of Tbong Khmum, said Nhel Thearina, who has more than 100,000 TikTok followers, was arrested shortly after posting the video, which was shared on Facebook, where it drew sharp condemnation.