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Cambodian journalists start petition to free ex-RFA reporters charged with espionage


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Yesenia Amaro and Kuoch Masy |

 

Cambodian journalists this week started a petition seeking the release of two former Radio Free Asia journalists who were arrested on accusations of “espionage” during a crackdown on the political opposition and independent media outlets.

 

Journalists Oun Chhin and Yeang Sothearin were initially detained in November for allegedly setting up an unlicensed karaoke production studio, but authorities later said they were being investigated for setting up a studio for the US-funded RFA, which the pair has denied. RFA has also maintained that the journalists were no longer working for the news network, which was forced to shutter its in-country operations in September.

 

read more http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cambodian-journalists-start-petition-free-ex-rfa-reporters-charged-espionage

 

 
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