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| Seng Kunakar: Arrested and sentenced by a Sunday Kangaroo Court for printing and distributing article posted on KI-Media |
Washington, DC Friday, 24 December 2010
“The penal code comprises a total 672 articles, and among some of those articles, we need to take precautions,” said Run Saray, executive director for Legal Aid of Cambodia.
“Cambodia’s new penal code should have put an end to abusive practices, not encouraged new ones.”
Human Rights Watch has condemned charges of incitement against a man who shared a web article with coworkers as a step back for free expression in Cambodia, while other monitors say the new penal code is cause for concern.
Earlier this month, Seng Kunnaka, an employee of the UN World Food Program, was charged under the newly passed penal code and quickly convicted of incitement, after he shared a story from the strongly anti-government KI Media website with two coworkers. The penal code only went into effect Dec. 10.
He was convicted and sentenced to six months in prison and fined $250 by an extraordinary Sunday court session.
“Cambodia’s new penal code should have put an end to abusive practices, not encouraged new ones,” Phil Robertson, Asia’s deputy director for Human Rights Watch, said in a statement.
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Earlier this month, Seng Kunnaka, an employee of the UN World Food Program, was charged under the newly passed penal code and quickly convicted of incitement, after he shared a story from the strongly anti-government KI Media website with two coworkers. The penal code only went into effect Dec. 10.
He was convicted and sentenced to six months in prison and fined $250 by an extraordinary Sunday court session.
“Cambodia’s new penal code should have put an end to abusive practices, not encouraged new ones,” Phil Robertson, Asia’s deputy director for Human Rights Watch, said in a statement.
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