An award-winning investigative journalist who has reported on human trafficking and crypto rip-off facilities in Cambodia was arrested by the nation’s state army police on Monday.
Dara was reportedly stopped at a toll sales space by six police vehicles and arrested below a warrant whereas touring together with his household. On the time, his expenses had been unknown.
Google Maps road view of the steps resulting in the pagoda pictured by Dara.
Dara was capable of inform the human rights group Licadho of his arrest earlier than his telephone was confiscated. Licadho’s co-director Naly Pilorge mentioned, “Dara must be freed so he can continue his work to shed light on issues like human trafficking, forced labor, and corruption.”
Final yr the US Secretary of State offered Mech Dara with a Hero Award for his protection of rip-off compounds within the area (in 2022 it was reported that the Cambodia rip-off trade enslaved as much as 100,000 migrant staff).
Extra lately, the US imposed sanctions on a Cambodian politician Ly Yong Phat this month “for their role in serious human rights abuses related to the treatment of workers subjected to forced labor in online investment scam operations.”
