{"id":519,"date":"2026-02-13T03:56:31","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T03:56:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kamchaymearpostdaily.com.kh\/?p=519"},"modified":"2026-02-13T03:56:31","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T03:56:31","slug":"kpdnews-reports-on-detention-of-two-journalists-in-takeo-province-calling-for-immediate-legal-clarity-and-adherence-to-press-law-procedures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kamchaymearpostdaily.com.kh\/en_us\/kpdnews-reports-on-detention-of-two-journalists-in-takeo-province-calling-for-immediate-legal-clarity-and-adherence-to-press-law-procedures\/","title":{"rendered":"KPDNEWS Reports on Detention of Two Journalists in Takeo Province: Calling for Immediate Legal Clarity and Adherence to Press Law Procedures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">TAKEO PROVINCE: According to preliminary reports broadcast live via the social media page &#8216;Dara Information,&#8217; two journalists were taken into custody by officers from the Internal Security Office of the Takeo Provincial Police Headquarters on the evening of February 12, 2026.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The detained individuals are identified as Mr. Prom Sopheap\u2014who the source clarified is not the Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Koh Santepheap Newspaper\u2014and Mr. Seang Bunsong, the Director of Sunday News.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As of the morning of February 13, 2026, there has been no official statement released by the Takeo Provincial Police or relevant authorities specifying the exact reasons for the custody or the formal charges being levied against the two individuals.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">KPDNEWS, operating under strict ethical guidelines, urgently appeals to the competent authorities, particularly the Takeo Provincial Police, to ensure that all proceedings are conducted promptly and strictly in accordance with the Cambodian Law on the Press Regime and the Criminal Procedure Code (CPC).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Detention without immediate clarity on charges constitutes a critical legal procedure that must be managed transparently. The CPC mandates rapid statement of charges and referral to the Prosecutor\u2019s Office within statutory timelines. KPDNEWS hopes that, following necessary questioning and clarification under established procedures, the two journalists will be swiftly allowed to return to their families and resume their professional duties.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TAKEO PROVINCE: According to preliminary reports broadcast live via the social media&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":520,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-519","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","wpcat-1-id"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kamchaymearpostdaily.com.kh\/en_us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kamchaymearpostdaily.com.kh\/en_us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kamchaymearpostdaily.com.kh\/en_us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kamchaymearpostdaily.com.kh\/en_us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kamchaymearpostdaily.com.kh\/en_us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=519"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.kamchaymearpostdaily.com.kh\/en_us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":521,"href":"https:\/\/www.kamchaymearpostdaily.com.kh\/en_us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519\/revisions\/521"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kamchaymearpostdaily.com.kh\/en_us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/520"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kamchaymearpostdaily.com.kh\/en_us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kamchaymearpostdaily.com.kh\/en_us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kamchaymearpostdaily.com.kh\/en_us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}