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Cambodian reporters lose appeal against treason sentences

Tourists from across Thailand visit Ta Kwai temple, which sustained heavy damage during last year’s clashes between Thai and Cambodian troops, in Phanom Dong Rak district of Surin on June 6, 2026. (Photo: Pattanapong Hirunard)

Cambodia’s Supreme Court on Thursday upheld 14-year prison sentences for two journalists convicted of treason for posting a photo taken in a military-restricted area after border clashes with Thailand.

Pheap Phara and Phorn Sopheap were arrested in July last year after posting a photo on Facebook that appeared to show them with Cambodian soldiers at the centuries-old Ta Krabei temple, located on the disputed frontier with Thailand.

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