An oversight board linked to the social media company Meta has recommended a six-month suspension of Prime Minister Hun Sen’s Facebook and Instagram accounts for an incendiary speech he posted earlier this year threatening to use “a stick” against opposition opponents.
Licensed media publisher and popular social media commentator Pheng Vannak has repeatedly threatened to kill Cambodia Daily Khmer journalist Taing Sarada via Facebook.
Prime Minister Hun Sen told garment workers to point to “opposition groups” who were calling for economic sanctions against the Cambodian government and hold them responsible for any potential economic hardships.