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Flash Info | Appeal Court Rejects Bail Request for Opposition Official Khoeun Virath

9 June 2026

The Phnom Penh Appeal Court this morning rejected the bail request of Khoeun Virath, an opposition official who serves as the head of the Nation Power Party for Prey Veng province. According to his lawyer, the Court denied bail on the grounds that his release could interfere with the court’s ongoing investigation. Virath was charged with incitement and insulting a public official under Articles 494, 495, and 502 of the Criminal Code following comments he published on Facebook related to the Cambodian-Thai border conflict. After the hearing, he was sent back to pre-trial detention in Tboung Khmum Provincial Prison.

Virath was arrested on 7 April 2026 in a Phnom Penh coffee shop by between 10 and 15 plainclothes officers from the Phnom Penh Police Commissariat. A prominent opposition activist, Virath was previously arrested in March 2023 and sentenced to two years in prison on forgery charges relating to his attempted registration of a new opposition party, the Cambodia National Heart Party. He is among 109 Prisoners of Interest documented by LICADHO.

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Article | Post-Ceasefire Razing of Cambodian Villages Likely Violates International Law

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Publicly available imagery and footage indicate that a significant number of homes and structures in Chok Chey and Boeung Trarkuon villages in Banteay Meanchey province have been razed and cleared by Thai forces in the days and weeks after the 27 December ceasefire. The destruction of civilian homes during a conflict goes against the Geneva Conventions and international human rights law, regardless of which side of the contested border the houses stand.

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