On July 25, 2025, at around 10 a.m., nine journalists — including one foreign correspondent — were reportedly taken to the Oddar Meanchey Provincial Police Station for questioning while en route to cover the Cambodia–Thailand border conflict.
Seven Cambodian journalists were released after about 10 minutes and allowed to retrieve all of their equipment. However, the remaining two — a foreign freelance journalist and a local fixer — were held for approximately two hours. According to one journalist, police confiscated their cameras and smartphones, inspecting the devices for images of military mobilization, weapons, or soldiers.
The journalists were also required to fill out personal information forms, declare their equipment, and provide details about their reporting activities.
Description
Information
Number of attacked persons or entities related to media
9
Do they work as freelance or media?
Yes
Position in media
Reporter
Status of journalists
Other
Gender
Male
Age
35-44
Country
Oddar Meanchey
Full name or name of group
Unidentified
Background (state actor or non state actor)
State actor (Police officer, Military officer, Government, public institution, etc)
Gender
Male
Attack mention about gender background/sexual wording?
No
Date of incident
Type of incident
Interrogation
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One incident was publicly published and two others were conducted through desk interviewed with effected journalists