Sangeetha Amarthalingam

Business writer | Content editor; Contributor @kiripost Ex-@phnompenhpost @khmertimes @theedgemalaysia @malaymail @theSundaily Retweets interesting reads/info

[Sangeetha Amarthalingam @Geetha_Lingam]

It’s a story that has been told many times before, yet it remains one that needs re-telling as native communities continue to suffer in the throes of destructive developments. Here is my piece with my friend and journalist @TolasayGm. Thank you @TylerRoney #chinadialogue

[Tyler Roney (Bangkok) @TylerRoney]

Happy to have helped publish this important piece by @Geetha_Lingam and Say Tola. The sunken legacy of Lower Sesan 2 lives on. https://t.co/vgknIs2tpV

[Danielle K-O @DanielleRose84]

Cambodia's new airport, about 1hr outside the city, is huge and impressive. But residents outside the airport -- whose homes are kilometers away from its area -- are worried they still will lose their homes to evictions by new housing projects around it https://t.co/UjK27y1Vgo

[Sangeetha Amarthalingam @Geetha_Lingam]

Yet another #journalist’s wings clipped in Cambodia. @geraldrflynn of @mongabay who has written powerful and insightful environmental pieces was denied entry into Cambodia early Jan, after his views as a source were aired in a documentary by @france24 on carbon trading.

[opccambodia @opccambodia]

Joint Statement: Journalist Denied Re-entry to #Cambodia
@focapmedia @fccjapan @Malaysia_FCCM @Reaproy @ClimateRights @RSF_inter
@IFJGlobal @cambojanews @nupj @MediaGeramm @AJIIndonesia @ZevoniaV @CIJ_Malaysia @prachatai @fidh_en @omctorg
@hrw @TaiwanFCC

https://t.co/QxVntE3x1D

[J. Daniel Sims @jdanielsims]

The sovereign criminals in Phnom Penh brazenly thumb their noses at a feckless int. community as repression intensifies.

This one can be viewed as a death blow to reporting on the regime's timber racket. @geraldrflynn @MongabayOrg was the best and last.

https://t.co/YpSQvLpy0o

[Danielle K-O @DanielleRose84]

It's very disturbing to see the situation devolve to the point where journalists are denied entry for unclear reasons. I hope this will change. https://t.co/TFCPJeAGhO

[John Vink @vinkjohn]

I photographed Bon Om Touk (Row the Boat Festival) or Water Festival, several times since 1991. Giving you one picture a day for 45 days...
CAMBODIA, Phnom Penh. 20/11/1991: the first Water Festival to be held after the fall of the Khmer Rouge regime.

[CamboJA News (ខេមបូចា ព័ត៌មាន) @cambojanews]

Mech Dara, a journalist, was released on bail from Kandal provincial prison on Thursday at 12 noon, after his apology last night to Senate president Hun Sen and Prime Minister Hun Manet. (CamboJA/Pring Samrang)

[Shunsuke Miyatake @casadetake]

Flower shop in the morning, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 2020 / I got an film camera during Covid time and after 4 years, finally I could develop the film and here you go. This is my first analogue shot in my life to share. It is completely different from digital shots and I like it 😁

[Meng Kroypunlok @punlok08]

Bong @MechDara1 has been detained for 16 days.

#freeMechDara
#journalismisnotacrim
Thanks Bong @EmilieLanguedoc for design

[Gerry Flynn @geraldrflynn]

1/ First in a 2-part investigation that I've worked on for the last year finally published.

We uncovered how Angkor Plywood built an illicit timber empire by shipping #Cambodia's forests internationally. They have faced no consequences despite...

https://t.co/XTTBSQTxBr

[Nathan Paul Southern @NathanPSouthern]

Me and @LindsAKennedy's latest for @thedialmag explores the Cambodian eilite behind the transformation of Cambodia into the cyber slavery and government connected mafia paradise that it has become.
https://t.co/dMxqYRfdtH

[Free Mech Dara @FreeMechDara]

"I have known Dara since his university days, and our paths have diverged over the last decade. I have watched with great admiration how Dara grows from being an eager student who spoke candidly on any topics to a well-respected and internationally renowned journalist. ... 🧵

[Jack Adamović Davies @jackoozell]

Cambodia Airways wants to be its country’s first company to list on a US stock exchange. But nowhere in its hundreds of pages of SEC filings does it mention its deep links to the Prince Group, a shadowy conglomerate mired in allegations of criminality.

https://t.co/IToqwFfV36

[Chengchon Son @sonchengchon]

Dara has published something like 1.2 million words in 2,300 news articles over 12 years. https://t.co/CpXtIAI3XE

[Danielle K-O @DanielleRose84]

I've been thinking a lot this week about how the powerful & cruel come for journalists, and particularly local journalists. They are the most brave among us journos, and the world just stands by as they're exploited, jailed, and murdered, time and again.

[Sangeetha Amarthalingam @Geetha_Lingam]

@MechDara1 was brought to the Phnom Penh Municipal Court in the afternoon where he was charged with “incitement to disturb social security” under the Criminal Code, and placed in pre-trial detention in the Kandal provincial prison.

https://t.co/qu4bADImJi

[Sangeetha Amarthalingam @Geetha_Lingam]

The arrest of journalist @MechDara1 is shrouded in mystery. Over 20 hours have passed with no reason given or news of his whereabouts. He was nabbed in front of his family, who were asked to sit in the car, on the expressway to Phnom Penh. #freeMechDara

https://t.co/nsJwCqo8nW

[CamboJA News (ខេមបូចា ព័ត៌មាន) @cambojanews]

កងរាជអាវុធហត្ថ អះអាងថាការចាប់ខ្លួនអ្នកសារព័ត៌មានមួយរូបយោងតាមដីការបស់តុលាការ
https://t.co/CVB2vw6soK

[May Wong @MayWongST]

Concerns mounting over whereabouts of arrested #Cambodia journalist @MechDara1. Real reason for arrest unclear but he has done many sensitive stories which challenged government. @Reaproy calls arrest over social media post "both outrageous & unacceptable" https://t.co/c1szslCPE1

[Gerry Flynn @geraldrflynn]

Now would be a real good time for anyone who's ever claimed to care about press freedoms in Cambodia to help us find Mech Dara.

The award winning journalist was arrested yesterday, his whereabouts and wellbeing remains unknown.

https://t.co/XcGTcMejwP