The Kratie Provincial Court on February 8 released five detained forest activists who had been arrested on February 5 for illegally trespassing in a protected area, according to deputy prosecutor Sor Vuthy.

The five forest activists are Ouch Leng, Heng Sros, Man Mat, Heng Ron and Tang Cheang.

Leng was the winner of the 2016 Goldman Prize for the Environment and he is the director of the Cambodian Human Rights Task Force – a group that officials claimed was not properly registered with the Ministry of Interior.

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