Man arrested for alleged Facebook death threat against Hun Sen

Man arrested for alleged Facebook death threat against Hun Sen

PHNOM PENH: A man man was arrested for allegedly insulting and threatening to kill Hun Sen in a social media post and a soldier questioned after a Facebook account linked to his name disparaged the Cambodian prime minister,The Phnom Penh Post reported.

In one case, Man Sam Orn, 28, of Kampong Thom province’s Stung Sen town, was yesterday questioned for several hours by Phnom Penh Municipal court deputy prosecutor Sieng Sok for allegedly threatening the premier on the social media site.

Sam Orn is accused of writing the offending remarks in the comments section of a post by Hun Sen with an account named Som Orn Koko.

According to a screen shot circulated on social media, Som Orn Koko stated “7 January is the date of your death” and wrote that the premier’s “eye was blind because of stealing guava to eat”.

In the second case, Tuy Sophal, a soldier from Battambang, and his nephew were questioned by military police on Tuesday on suspicion of mocking Hun Sen on Facebook, said Battambang provincial military police commander Por Vannak.

Vannak said Sophal claimed someone else used his account and that he “loves the prime minister”.

Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/man-arrested-for-alleged-facebook-death-threat-against-hun-sen

-- Thai PBS 2016-01-09