"Cambodian Activists Jailed, Fined Over Sand-Dredging Monitoring," 26 January 2018

Two...environmental activists...received one-year jail sentences, partly suspended, and fined for charges arising from photographing the controversial practice of commercial sand dredging.

...Dim Kundy and Hun Vannak had been detained since Sept. 12 in Koh Kong province on charges of inciting others to “commit crimes” and violations of privacy.

The pair were taken into custody while taking photos of dredging operations along the Cambodian coast carried out by a firm linked to the ruling Cambodian People’s Party....

Mother Nature founder Alejandro Gonzalez Davidson, who has been based in Spain since he was expelled from Cambodia in 2015, had predicted before Fridays's hearing that the activists would not stand a chance in a courst system undr heavuy inflence from local tycoons and politicians.

In Kongchith, provincial coordinator for human rights group Licadho, called the verdict "nothing short of an intimidation and threat to other young people."