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Flash Info | Deputy School Director Sentenced to Two Years Over Border Facebook Posts

12 June 2026

The Phnom Penh Capital Court yesterday convicted Ma Chandara, a deputy school director, to two years in prison and fined him 2 million riel (about US $500) on charges of incitement and insulting a public official under Articles 494, 495, and 502 of the Criminal Code.

Chandara was arrested at his house in Siem Reap on 19 February 2026 by a group of police officers from the Siem Reap Police Commissariat and Phnom Penh Police Commissariat. The arrest followed him sharing and posting critical views on Facebook about the Cambodia-Thailand border conflict and the arrest of an online journalist who reported on the lack of water available to Cambodian soldiers.

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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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