New Delhi, 22 June 2021

As per news report of BBC, the members of the group Mother Nature were arrested after they documented waste run-off into Phnom Penh's Tonle Sap river. Cambodia's law against insulting the king is relatively new and it is not clear how the activists have done so. The three face between five and 10 years in prison. The prosecution told the Reuters news agency that "the evidence collected by the police was an insult to the king" although they did not explain exactly how the law had been violated. Critics have warned that the law - introduced in 2018 - is being used as a tool to silence dissent. The activists are Sun Ratha, 26, Ly Chandaravuth, 22, and Yim Leanghy, 32, all members of activist group Mother Nature.

Source -bbc.com

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