Description
During the commune elections, Sorn Sarath, a reporter of CamboJA who covered the election at Veal Sbov Primary School polling station in Phnom Penh, was questioned by police officers serving as security guards and the chief of the polling station. He was not allowed into the station to take pictures when ballot counting started. “I was questioned by police and polling stations chief when covering news in Veal Sbov and not allowed to go close to take pictures while counting,” Sarath said.
Information
Number of attacked persons or entities related to media
1
Do they work as freelance or media?
Yes
Position in media
Reporter
Status of journalists
Full time
Gender
Male
Age
Unknown
Country
Phnom Penh Capital
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
Year of incident
2022
Type of incident
Physical Intimidation
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