Prison chief, officers suspended in Cambodia inmates’ phone scandal
Cambodia has suspended a provincial prison chief and three other prison officers after a recently leaked video clip purportedly showed a crowd of prisoners using smartphones.
Interior minister Sar Sokha signed an order to suspend them from their jobs on Tuesday, and a copy of the order was publicised on Friday.
The suspension came after a video clip went viral on social media last month, showing a group of prisoners using smartphones in a crowded cell.
Inmates are strictly prohibited from using personal phones in the south-east Asian country.
Its prisons are home to 57,000 inmates, according to the interior ministry.
(Xinhua/NAN)
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