Dancers lining up to perform during a Cambodian People's Party (CPP) ceremony in Phnom Penh. The prime minister on Monday called for authorities to track down and educate women who wore revealing clothing in livestreams, which he said disgraced Cambodia's culture and contributed to sexual harassment and violence against women. — AFP
PHNOM PENH: A Cambodian woman has been provisionally charged with disseminating pornography after defying a police crackdown on women who wear skimpy clothing while selling goods on Facebook.
Ven Rachna was arrested on Wednesday morning and released hours later after filming an apology and posting it to Facebook, while in police custody, for dressing in a way that "disgraces Khmer traditions" and "affects the honour of Cambodian women".
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