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Flash Info | Appeal Court Denies Bail Request for Defrocked Monk

24 June 2026

The Phnom Penh Appeal Court yesterday rejected the bail request of Chea Vuthy, a defrocked monk and citizen journalist who was arrested in April and charged with incitement under Articles 494 and 495 of the Criminal Code. The charges came after social media comments Chea Vuthy made over the Cambodia-Thailand border conflict and level of care given to displaced people.

Chea Vuthy was arrested at his home in Wat Por Veal pagoda in Battambang province by plainclothes provincial police. He was forcibly defrocked on 1 April 2026. The former monk also worked as a citizen journalist, frequently raising concerns around deforestation, the environment, and human rights violations on social media.

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