CAMBODIA: Award-winning reporter quits journalism after arrest

A high-profile Cambodian reporter who won an international award for uncovering alleged cyber scams told AFP Tuesday that he is quitting journalism, saying he has lost “courage” after being arrested by the authorities and freed on bail.
Police arrested Mech Dara on September 30 on charges of inciting social disorder, drawing condemnation from around the world.
He was released on bail three weeks later after apologising to Cambodia’s former leader Hun Sen and his son Prime Minister Hun Manet in a video shot while he was in prison.
“I have decided that I am retiring from journalism because of the arrest, the questioning and imprisonment,” Dara told AFP.
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