Investigation ongoing into Cambodian journalists detained for filming in restricted military area


Phon Sopheap (left) and Pheap Phara. -Pheap Phara FB via PPP/ANN

PHNOM PENH: The Siem Reap Provincial Court’s prosecutor office has announced that an investigating judge is yet to decide on possible charges for online TV journalists Pheap Phara and Phon Sopheap, who were detained for allegedly filming in a restricted military zone.

In a statement released today, September 10, a spokesperson for the prosecutor’s office said the two men, identified as Phara, 34 from TSP 68 TV Online, and Phon Sopheap, 45, from Battambang Post TV Online, entered a prohibited battlefield area to collect information and take photographs.

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