Female Journalist Believed to be Under Surveillance by Authority

Description

A female journalist who often joins online programs on press freedom in Cambodia believes that she has been put under surveillance by the authorities.
According to the journalist, a person living next to her parents’ home in Preah Vihear province showed her parents a screenshot of her during an online live show. The person told her parents that the picture was sent by an official from the Ministry of Interior who asked for her home address on December 2.
The person quoted the official as saying, “Do you know a female journalist who lives at Por Breme? And where is her home?”, when he spoke to the journalist’s parents.
The journalist said she received this information from her parents on December 3, 2024.
On November 28, 2024, the journalist joined an online talk show conducted by a local rights group to discuss “Freedom of expression and freedom of the press”.
The female journalist thinks that the screenshot and questions by the official were a sign that she and her family were under surveillance, which caused her to be concerned about their safety.
“Therefore, I think it would be best to notify the relevant partners about this situation. At the moment, I am deeply concerned about my family’s safety,” she said.

Information
Number of attacked persons or entities related to media
1
Do they work as freelance or media?
Yes
Position in media
Status of journalists
Gender
Female
Age
Country
Preah Vihear
Full name or name of group
Unidentified
Attack mention about gender background/sexual wording?
No
Date of incident
Type of incident
Verbal Intimidation
Please type the data source here (text)
CamboJA interviewed with affected journalist