{"asset":"news","key":"6747","locale":"en","id":"news:6747:en","entityId":"news:6747","canonicalUrl":"https://www.kps-tv.com/en/news/detail/6747","state":"ready","title":"Mondulkiri police and military police chiefs removed; official orders give no reason","summary":"Two separate government orders dated May 22, 2026 removed Mondulkiri police chief Lor Sokha and military police commander Hem Bonarel. The documents gave no specific reason. Media reports linking the removals to anti-scam failures cited unnamed sources, not a published official finding.","body":"Under two separate government orders dated May 22, 2026, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet removed Mondulkiri provincial police chief Lor Sokha (ឡោ សុខា) and provincial military police commander Hem Bonarel (ហែម បូណារ៉ែល) from their posts.\nThe two orders dealt separately with the removals and did not publicly state specific reasons.\nMedia reports cited unnamed sources linking the removals to failures in tackling online scams in the province. This was an allegation from anonymous sources, not an officially published reason for the decisions.\nAny finding of dereliction of duty or other unlawful conduct would depend on investigations and decisions lawfully announced by the relevant authorities. The removal decisions alone do not establish such wrongdoing.","contentScope":"full","proof":{"publishedSourceRevision":"1","publishedWorkingVersionId":"13540","languageVersionId":"7265","visibilityVersion":"2","versionToken":"a1.CYqz_JjKoztJOVyLuYYD7VICrzqqlkZDz0QFUfOuj6I"},"availableLocales":["zh","en","km"],"attributes":{"sourceLocale":"zh","translationKind":"machine","nodeId":"172","authorText":"","sourceName":"KPS99TV"},"references":[],"links":[],"publishedAt":"2026-05-23T03:30:07Z"}