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educated them to publish the true information in accordant with all sources, respect
the journalists’ code of ethic and obey the laws”
Paragraph 21, 22 and 23
50.
Mr SUONG Neakpoan born on 2 August 1990, Cambodian, staying at House No. 41,
Prek Preung Khang Cheung 2 Village, Sangkat Choam Chao 3, Khan Por Senchey, Phnom
Penh is a coffee vendor. On 10 July 2019, at around 9:00 a.m., SUONG Neakpoan handed
out numerous leaflets printed with writing “Stop extrajudicial killings” and asked the Royal
Government to look for the killer who murdered Mr KEM Ley at Caltex Petrol Station,
Bokor, Sangkat Tonle Bassac, Khan Chamkarmon, Phnom Penh. The activities and contents
of the leaflets that SUONG Neakpoan and his cronies posted have caused public disorder,
misled the public and intended to incite [the public] to oppose the action of the judiciary that
has been investigating the suspect Chuop Samlab. The judge of the Phnom Penh Municipal
Court of First Instance issued Arrest Warrant No. 6953 dated 12 July 2019, charging him
with incitement to commit felony pursuant to Articles 494 and 495 of the Criminal Code of
the Kingdom of Cambodia.
51.
Mr KUNG Raiya born on 28 September 1991, renting House No. 4, Concrete Street,
Sleng Roling Village, Sangkat Ou Baek K’am, Khan Sen Sok, Phnom Penh, is a student of
Pannasastra University of Cambodia. His Facebook account KUNG RaiYa posted an advert
selling T-shirts (500 T-shirts according to his confession) featuring an image of KEM Ley
and writing “Wipe the tears and set off” on the front of the T-shirt and “If you do nothing,
you will certainly suffer; it is just not your turn yet” on the back of the shirt. In coordination
with the prosecutor, the Phnom Penh Municipal authorities investigated and brought KUNG
Raiya, along with his cronies, for questioning about the aforesaid T-shirt sale activities and
comments which intend to incite to commit felony and arouse social turmoil. The judge of
the Phnom Penh Municipal Court of First Instance issued Arrest Warrant No. 6937 dated 11
July 2019, charging him with incitement to commit felony pursuant to Articles 494 and 495
of the Criminal Code of the Kingdom of Cambodia.
Paragraph 26
52.
The Ministry of Environment supports Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) and
the citizens working as associations in engaging in the activities to protect and conserve the
nature in naturally protected areas. People have, so far, been organised into community
networks such as the Prey Lang network and NGOs operating in naturally protected areas
without having been registered with the Ministry of Interior in accordance with the Law on
Associations and Non-Governmental Organisations. The Ministry of Environment has been
asking the aforesaid associations or NGOs to register with the Ministry of Interior in line
with the legal procedure in force; however, they have been trying to avoid implementing the
legal procedure. The cases of Mr Kreung Tola and the 18-year-old youth of the
[environmental] organisation Mother Nature are not under the authority of the Ministry of
Environment.
Paragraph 28
53.
In order to promote closer cooperation with civil society organizations, the Royal
Government of Cambodia has established a working group for facilitating the challenges and
requests of civil society organizations, which is an important mechanism to promote closer
cooperation and to build a partnership, as well as to promote great cooperation between the
Royal Government and civil society organizations, especially to jointly strengthen the
democratic process, to promote human rights and to develop socio-economic sustainably
with the participation of all stakeholders.
Paragraph 29
54.
Based on the results of the previous forums on partnership between the Royal
Government and civil society organizations, the Ministry of Interior has introduced a series
of measures to support the implementation of the activities of civil society organizations by
issuing formal letter No.040 SCN, dated 31 October 2018 and No.2006 SCN, dated 27
November 2018 to all Governors of the capital and provinces to ensure that the associations,
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