Daniel Jones was one of 10 arrested, including four others from the UK, in Siem Reap in January as part of a crackdown on what local authorities called “immoral behaviour” in the town. Siem Reap is a popular destination with travellers and backpackers but is also adjacent to Cambodia’s most sacred site, Angkor Wat. They were arrested after the police raided a pool party in a private villa in Siem Reap, where they found dozens of travellers dancing and drinking in bikinis. These pictures were shown in court, where Jones clarified they were not from an event he had organised. Jones’s lawyer, Ouch Sopheaktra, said: “My client thinks that the pictures that were posted on social media were not unlawful, as he thought those photos were used only as advertisements.

Source: The Guardian March 15, 2018 13:54 UTC