Police in Siem Reap province arrested a senior citizen over the weekend for allegedly insulting the King on social media, making him the second person to be detained under the country’s new royal insult law. Siem Reap Provincial Court identified the suspect as Ban Samphy, a 70-year-old barber from Chikreng district’s Kampong Kdey commune.

 

According to a warrant signed by Judge Nguon Nara, the suspect was charged on Sunday with insulting the King and was sent to the provincial jail pending trial. Sok Sotheavuth, Chi Kreng district police chief, said that the suspect confessed to police that he shared an image on Facebook.

 

“He told me that he shared the picture because he was angry at the King for being less prestigious than his predecessor,” Mr Sotheavuth said. “He was also upset because he thinks the King is not able to properly manage the country.” Mr Sotheavuth said that Mr Samphy shared an image previously shared by a primary school teacher in Kampong Thom province, who was also arrested and charged for the same offence.

 

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And that just about sums it all up..

Im living in Cambodia and if they didnt arrest the occasional person for this I wouldnt even know they had a king