Cambodian psychiatrist Sotheara Chhim (right), 54, receives flower from members of his staff at his office in Phnom Penh on August 31, 2022. Chimm, a Cambodian psychiatrist treating victims of the ultra-Maoist Khmer Rouge regime that killed nearly a quarter of Cambodia's population in the 1970s, was among the winners of the 2022 Ramon Magsaysay Award -- considered Asia's Nobel Prize. - AFP
MANILA, Sept 3, 2022 (AFP) - A Cambodian psychiatrist treating victims of the Khmer Rouge and a French environmentalist cleaning up Indonesian rivers were among the winners of the 2022 Ramon Magsaysay Award -- considered Asia's Nobel Prize.
The annual award, established in 1957 and named after a Philippines president who died in a plane crash, honours those who have performed "selfless service to the peoples of Asia".
