"when the [scam] centers are shut down the SEZ will be empty–the hotels, guesthouses and restaurants will have no customers.” And where will they go? In all likelihood #Cambodia where the state has a long history of sheltering transnational crime actors. rfa.org/english/news/l…

Concerns mounting over whereabouts of arrested #Cambodia journalist Mech Dara. Real reason for arrest unclear but he has done many sensitive stories which challenged government. Phil Robertson calls arrest over social media post "both outrageous & unacceptable" apnews.com/article/press-…

កងរាជអាវុធហត្ថ អះអាងថាការចាប់ខ្លួនអ្នកសារព័ត៌មានមួយរូបយោងតាមដីការបស់តុលាការ khmer.cambojanews.com/military-polic…

Now would be a real good time for anyone who's ever claimed to care about press freedoms in Cambodia to help us find Mech Dara. The award winning journalist was arrested yesterday, his whereabouts and wellbeing remains unknown. google.com/amp/s/www.rfa.…

I've been thinking a lot this week about how the powerful & cruel come for journalists, and particularly local journalists. They are the most brave among us journos, and the world just stands by as they're exploited, jailed, and murdered, time and again.

Cambodia Airways wants to be its country’s first company to list on a US stock exchange. But nowhere in its hundreds of pages of SEC filings does it mention its deep links to the Prince Group, a shadowy conglomerate mired in allegations of criminality. rfa.org/english/news/c…

1/ First in a 2-part investigation that I've worked on for the last year finally published. We uncovered how Angkor Plywood built an illicit timber empire by shipping #Cambodia's forests internationally. They have faced no consequences despite... news.mongabay.com/2024/10/angkor…

Me and Lindsey Kennedy's latest for The Dial Magazine explores the Cambodian eilite behind the transformation of Cambodia into the cyber slavery and government connected mafia paradise that it has become. thedial.world/articles/news/…

Bong Mech Dara has been detained for 16 days. #freeMechDara #journalismisnotacrim Thanks Bong Emilie Languedoc for design

Dara has published something like 1.2 million words in 2,300 news articles over 12 years. mdickison.gitlab.io/dara-arx

"I have known Dara since his university days, and our paths have diverged over the last decade. I have watched with great admiration how Dara grows from being an eager student who spoke candidly on any topics to a well-respected and internationally renowned journalist. ... 🧵

For those who never heard of Mech Dara, this is a really staggering visualization of his work over the past decade: dara-arx-1f3664.gitlab.io

Flower shop in the morning, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 2020 / I got an film camera during Covid time and after 4 years, finally I could develop the film and here you go. This is my first analogue shot in my life to share. It is completely different from digital shots and I like it 😁

Mech Dara, a journalist, was released on bail from Kandal provincial prison on Thursday at 12 noon, after his apology last night to Senate president Hun Sen and Prime Minister Hun Manet. (CamboJA/Pring Samrang)

I photographed Bon Om Touk (Row the Boat Festival) or Water Festival, several times since 1991. Giving you one picture a day for 45 days... CAMBODIA, Phnom Penh. 20/11/1991: the first Water Festival to be held after the fall of the Khmer Rouge regime.

The sovereign criminals in Phnom Penh brazenly thumb their noses at a feckless int. community as repression intensifies. This one can be viewed as a death blow to reporting on the regime's timber racket. Gerry Flynn Mongabay was the best and last. news.mongabay.com/2025/02/cambod…

It's very disturbing to see the situation devolve to the point where journalists are denied entry for unclear reasons. I hope this will change. news.mongabay.com/2025/02/cambod…

Yet another #journalist’s wings clipped in Cambodia. Gerry Flynn of Mongabay who has written powerful and insightful environmental pieces was denied entry into Cambodia early Jan, after his views as a source were aired in a documentary by @france24 on carbon trading.