freelance media fixer & translator interested in environmental stories based in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Joined May 2015
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Translator, driver, fixer and field coordinator roles for @_andy_ball and Marta thethirdpole.net/en/nature/u…
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Battering Rams, Tactical Shields, and One Guy Who Got Spanked
Inside the Wyndham Grand Phnom Penh Capital during last night's scam raid. The building sits directly across from the French Embassy in Daun Penh. 311 foreigners detained, equipment seized. Cameras rolling, multiple attempts at the door before they finally bust through. Full tactical gear.
See if you can spot the cop who gives one of the detainees a little smack on the way past.
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Dramatic footage from inside the raid on the Wyndham Hotel in Phnom Penh. 311 detained, including 254 Chinese nationals (182 of them Taiwanese), 30 Malaysians, 23 Vietnamese, and two Indians. Equipment piled up everywhere.
311 Detained, Drugs and Official Stamps Found in Phnom Penh Scam Raid
More details emerging from last night's operations. Chinese-language Telegram channels report a total of 311 people detained across the raids, including at the Wyndham Supreme Hotel in Chamkarmon. The breakdown per those channels: 254 Chinese nationals (including 182 Taiwanese), 30 Malaysians, 23 Vietnamese, and two Indians. Equipment seized included 615 phones, 140 laptops, and 31 all-in-one computers.
A separate Telegram channel claims police also found large quantities of official stamps, computer memory sticks, and drugs at the Wyndham site.
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Proud to be a small part of Dirty Data by @ercinvestigates ~40 journos in Asia, LatAm & EU reporting on how the data center boom exacerbates existing inequalities, consumes unsustainable levels of water & power and leaves communities in the dark.
READ HERE
dirtydata.earth/
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Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet told Reuters Thai forces have not withdrawn from Cambodian territory after fighting last year and a US-brokered peace accord reut.rs/4tI0PzA
A Cambodian health center was hit and badly damaged by Thai artillery shells.
#Cambodia #Occupied-land #CambdodianLand #By #ThaiArmy
#Fixer #Translator
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Containers have been used by Thai Army to block #Cambodianvillagers from accessing their homes and land in #ChokChey village in #Cambodia’s territory land.
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Cambodia's giant lake shrinks as climate change, Mekong dams cut fish supply: Text by @cheskareports and video by Vutha Srey and Ken Kobayashi asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Bi… @NikkeiAsia #cambodia #tonlesap
Conservation Group’s Militarized Forest Patrol Clashes With Villagers in Preah Vihear | CamboJA News cambojanews.com/conservation…
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The final piece in our series on #Cambodia's coast reveals the government has missed almost all of their own targets in reforms that were meant to stave off the collapse of marine fisheries.
W. @_andy_ball @vuthasrey & @EmilieLanguedoc for @MongabayOrg
news.mongabay.com/2024/06/ef…
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Nearly lost the camera (and crew) at sea in a storm, put my leg through the boardwalk in a fishing village and still absolutely reek of fish but we survived our week reporting from #Cambodia's coast - stories and documentary to come. Keep your eyes peeled like a prawn.
On the Sesan River, Indigenous Villagers Struggle for Traditional Lifestyle Amidst Hydroelectric Dams | CamboJA News cambojanews.com/on-the-sesan…
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Myself, @_andy_ball & @vuthasrey covered the transformation of the Koh S'dach archipelago a little over a year ago and things have only gotten worse since on many of these islands, robbing marine life of key habitats while creating hideouts for the elite.
news.mongabay.com/2022/12/is…
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In Cambodia, millions of birds are freed every year to "make merit". This fuels the capture of wild birds, leaving scores dead or injured, and drives the decline of endangered species
Our work w/ @vuthasrey on the merit release trade is out on @SCMPNews
scmp.com/magazines/post-maga…
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Top tier work from the dreamteam @_andy_ball @MartaKaszti @vuthasrey & @TCristofoletti for Equitable Cambodia showcasing the lengthy legal fight Koh Kong's communities went through against #Cambodia's sugar industry
youtu.be/Gm1h1RmVBRA?si=siiF…
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Proud to see our investigation into the links between illegal logging and #Cambodia's garment sector in @gijn's top Southeast Asian stories for 2023 - an early Christmas present for myself @_andy_ball & @vuthasrey & Mongabay!
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A year-long 60 Minutes investigation examines what might be the greatest art heist in history: the theft of thousands of sacred stone, bronze and gold artifacts from religious sites across Cambodia. @andersoncooper reports, Sunday.
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We have learned that after a year-long investigation by @60Minutes into the looting of Cambodian antiquities, and just days before our story is going to air, the @metmuseum is planning to announce tomorrow, together with SDNY, that the Met will return SOME of their looted antiquities. See the full story behind their announcement Sunday on 60 Minutes.
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Cambodia’s religious temples are among the most beautiful in the world. But they are also sites of major crimes. Sunday, @andersoncooper reports on Cambodia’s blood antiquities, and the U.S. museums and collectors complicit in their trade.
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It might be the greatest art heist in history – thousands of Cambodia’s cultural treasures, including sacred stone, bronze and gold artifacts, have been looted from religious sites across the country. 60 Minutes reports, Sunday. 60Minutes.com
