Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen looks at his smartphone at a ceremony in Phnom Penh February 25, 2016. Picture taken February 25. REUTERS/Samrang Pring
PHNOM PENH: Unable to pay his way out of jail, Kong Chamroeun was remanded in a Cambodian prison pending trial for stealing US$80 (RM330) of company property, a crime his family said he did not commit.
"We had nothing, just empty hands," said his girlfriend, Lorn Chenda, who alleged police tried to extort Chamroeun for US$2,000 (RM8,256) in "compensation" in exchange for not pressing charges.
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