A Videographer, Female Citizen Journalist Banned from Interviewing Protestors

Description

On December 5, 2024, a male videographer from CamboJA News and a female citizen journalist were banned from interviewing and filming 100 citizens who gathered in front of the Phnom Penh City Hall to demand Governor Khoung Sreng to expedite the issuance of land title.
According to the video journalist, an official from the city hall suddenly arrived and stopped the residents from talking to them while he was filming the interview.
The official claimed that the journalists were working for political purposes. In the video shared with CamboJA’s team, the official was seen shouting and pointing at the video journalist to turn off his camera.
The journalist said the official shouted at him twice which scared them and decided to turn the camera off to protect the safety.

Information
Is the case related to their journalistic work?
Yes
Number of attacked persons or entities related to media
2
Do they work as freelance or media?
Yes
Position in media
Other
Status of journalists
Freelance
Gender
Male
Age
25-34
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
Data not collected
Is it related to gender and identity based violence?
No
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 journalists