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Type and
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communication 		Mandates Summary Replies received
    03 Feb 2011
    Cambodia
    JAL
    KHM 1/2011
  • Cambodia
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • human rights defenders
 Alleged conviction on defamation charges of human rights defenders. According to the information received, Mr. Sam Chankea, provincial coordinator of the NGO ADHOC and Mr Reach Seima, a farmer who has been representing a group of co-villagers, intervened during a radio broadcast on the ongoing land dispute between the KDC International Company and villagers in Kampong Chhnang. The KDC, allegedly owned by the wife of the Minister of Industry, Mines and Energy, allegedly brought machinery to work on the land without waiting for the court decision on the case. Mr Seima explained that the land was in dispute before the court. Mr. Chankea stated that what the company had done violated the law and that the company should suspend the activity and await the court decision. KDC lodged a complaint against Mr Seima and Mr. Chankea for defamation and disinformation. Mr Seima and Mr Chankea were reportedly convicted of defamation under Article 305 of the new Penal Code by the Kompong Chhnang provincial Court and ordered to pay a fine and compensation to the company on 17 January and 18 January 2011 respectively.
Alleged victims: 2
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