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Cambodian woman charged for skimpy clothes on Facebook
- Friday | 21st February, 2020
PHNOM PENH (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A Cambodian woman has been provisionally charged with disseminating pornography after defying a police crackdown on women who wear skimpy clothing while selling goods on Facebook. Ven Rachna was arrested on Wednesday morning and released hours later after filming an apology and posting it to Facebook, while in police custody, for dressing in a way that “disgraces Khmer traditions” and “affects the honour of Cambodian women”. Police said Rachna was re-arrested in the afternoon as she posted a photo of herself in her underwear soon after being released. The charges against Rachna, who also goes by Thai Sreyneang, will serve as a warning to hundreds of other women using Facebook and revealing clothing to sell products, Sopheap said. “The message from the government here is that there is no respect for women’s rights or even the law,” she said.
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