And journalists were pumped by business owners, pumping sand into action, capturing their own marking cards until they ran into violence

Description

Sin Samnang, editor-in-chief of BTN media, said he had his press card snatched by sand dredging business owner Lay Ra while he was covering impacts of sand dredging on a rice field on 26 January in Anlong Romeat Khang Tbaung village, Anlong Romeat commune, Kandal Steung district, Kandal province.

According to Samnang, he was also violently pushed into a canal, causing damage to his mobile phone.

Samnang told CamboJA the case was resolved after he agreed to accept compensation from Lay Ra at the police station.

Information
Is the case related to their journalistic work?
Yes
Number of attacked persons or entities related to media
1
Do they work as freelance or media?
Yes
Position in media
Editor in chief
Status of journalists
Unknown
Gender
Male
Age
Data not collected
Country
Kandal
Full name or name of group
Identified
The name of perpetrator (individual/group)
Lay Ra
Background (state actor or non state actor)
Non-state actors (Political party, intolerance group, religious group, individual, private organization, private company, etc)
Gender
Male
Is it related to gender and identity based violence?
No
Attack mention about gender background/sexual wording?
No
Date of incident
Year of incident
2023
Type of incident
Attack on equipment and personal belonging/other properties of media
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