15 February – Taiwanese live streamer Goodnight Chicken is found guilty for "incitement to cause chaos to social security", in regards to his staging of a kidnapping on a livestream.[1]
1 July – A court in Phnom Penh sentences ten members of the environmentalist group Mother Nature to between six and eight years' imprisonment on charges of plotting against the government and Lèse-majesté, following a trial described by human rights groups as an attempt to “muzzle criticism of governmental policies”.[9]
23 July – Five people are killed in the Angkor Wat complex after being struck by a falling tree during a storm which also destroys several statues.[12][13]
25 July – Candlelight Party president Teav Vannol is fined 6 billion riel (~US$1.5 million) for "defamation" of the current government to foreign media following his party being withheld from the 2023 Cambodian general election.[14]
12 September – The United States imposes sanctions on billionaire senator Ly Yong Phat for involvement in human rights abuses relating to online scam operations.[16]
23 September – Twenty-four women from the Philippines and Vietnam are arrested in Kandal Province for participating in a surrogacy scheme.[18] Thirteen of them are convicted on human trafficking charges on 3 December.[19]
30 September – Journalist Mech Dara is arrested on suspicion of inciting violence over social media posts made regarding a rock quarry.[20] He is released on bail on 24 October after appearing to have made a public apology.[21]
December
26 December – The Phnom Penh Municipal Court convicts Nation Power Party president Sun Chanthy of inciting social disorder and sentences him to two years imprisonment and a permanent ban on voting and running for elected office.[22]
↑ Sangrotha, Touch (21 September 2023). "ប្រតិទិនឈប់សម្រាក ប្រចាំឆ្នាំ ២០២៤"[Holiday Calendar 2024]. Ministry of Economy and Finance (in Khmer). Retrieved 10 November 2023.
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