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03-16-2016, 01:00 PM
First Cambodian gets jailed over anti-government Facebook post
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A Cambodian has become the first person to be convicted in the country over a social media post.
A 24-year-old university student, Kong Raya, was sentenced to 18 months in jail on Tuesday, after being found guilty of inciting crimes with an anti-government post he made on Facebook, a Ph**m Penh court said.
SEE ALSO: Thai politician hauled up for Facebook post calling general '***ist' (http://mashable.com/2016/03/03/thailand-watana/)
A translated version of Raya's post, made on Aug. 7, 2015, reportedly read (https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/student-jailed-over-facebook-post-on-color-revolution-92344/): "Does anyone dare to make a colour revolution with me? One day, in the future, I will make a colour revolution to change the regime for Khmer society, and even if I’m jailed or killed, I will still make it." Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/03/16/cambodia-facebook-jail/)
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A Cambodian has become the first person to be convicted in the country over a social media post.
A 24-year-old university student, Kong Raya, was sentenced to 18 months in jail on Tuesday, after being found guilty of inciting crimes with an anti-government post he made on Facebook, a Ph**m Penh court said.
SEE ALSO: Thai politician hauled up for Facebook post calling general '***ist' (http://mashable.com/2016/03/03/thailand-watana/)
A translated version of Raya's post, made on Aug. 7, 2015, reportedly read (https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/student-jailed-over-facebook-post-on-color-revolution-92344/): "Does anyone dare to make a colour revolution with me? One day, in the future, I will make a colour revolution to change the regime for Khmer society, and even if I’m jailed or killed, I will still make it." Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/03/16/cambodia-facebook-jail/)
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