Cambodian psychiatrist helping genocide survivors wins 'Asia's Nobel Prize'

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".