Cambodian crypto camp reporter jailed over Facebook, X posts
An award-winning investigative journalist who has reported on human trafficking and crypto scam centers in Cambodia was arrested by the country’s state military police on Monday. Authorities charged Mech Dara with “incitement to disturb social security” over a series of social media posts, according to the local news outlet CamboJA. He was subsequently placed in pre-trial detention at Kandal provincial prison. Dara was reportedly stopped at a toll booth by six police cars and arrested under a warrant while traveling with his family. At the time, his charges were unknown. On September 29, Dara shared images of a pagoda in Ba Phnom that was damaged by quarry work. Local authorities reportedly claimed the posts were inciting “social disorder” while a “government-aligned” news outlet called his posts “fake news.” The photos are now deleted. Google Maps street view of the steps leading to the pagoda pictured by Dara. Read more: Thousands enslaved in Cambodia to run fake ICOs and...