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A Cambodian court charged four environmental activists with insulting the country’s king and conspiracy to plotting, officials said Monday.

Cambodia’s use of royal defamation laws, more commonly used in Thailand, is a relatively new phenomenon. The legislation was only enacted in 2018.

Whom did Cambodia charge with royal insults?

Authorities arrested Sun Ratha, Ly Chandaravuth and Yim Leanghy, of the advocacy group Mother Nature, on Wednesday after they documented the draining of waste into Phnom Penh’s Tonle Sap river, the group said. 

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