Armed military police officers locked more than a dozen local government officials inside the gates of a riverside compound on Wednesday following a “misunderstanding” related to the complex’s construction on state land, a city spokesperson said.
No prisoners have been tested for Covid-19 despite contact with an infected department director, even as more than 250 prison officers at the same Phnom Penh facilities have received tests due to the risk of contagion, officials said.
The Phnom Penh Municipal Hall has rejected a plan by local and international rights organisations to celebrate Human Rights Day with a mass gathering at the capital’s Freedom Park due to the recent Covid-19 community transmissions.