Cambodia. Barber jailed for insulting King

The Siem Reap provincial court sentenced a 70-year-old barber to a year in prison under the lèse majesté law for a Facebook post insulting King Norodom Sihamoni.

Court spokesman Yin Srang, told The Post yesterday that the accused is Ban Samphy, 70, a Ponleu Preah Phos villager, from Kampong Kdei commune, in the province’s Chikraeng district.

“He was sentenced to a year in prison by judge Um Chanthol, but will serve [a reduced sentence of only] seven months,” he said.

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