Description
Suon Vutha, a citizen journalist, said he was on his way from Kampot to Phnom Penh on April 10 when he reached a checkpoint in Kandal’s Loeuk Dek district and saw taxi vans overflowing with passengers, but traffic police were taking money to look the other way. Traffic police threatened Suon Vutha for recording them taking money from motorists, and ordered him to delete his photos and videos. He was taken in for questioning for more than an hour. Officers demanded to see his “mission letter” as well as identification and ordered him to delete his videos and sign an agreement to stop.
Information
Number of attacked persons or entities related to media
1
Do they work as freelance or media?
No
Position in media
Status of journalists
Gender
Male
Age
Country
Kandal
Full name or name of group
Unidentified
Background (state actor or non state actor)
Gender
Attack mention about gender background/sexual wording?
No
Date of incident
Year of incident
2022
Type of incident
Unlawful detention (detention without legal process)
Please type the data source here (Link)