2026 in Cambodia
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Events in the year 2026 in Cambodia.
Events
January
- 6 January –
- Two soldiers are injured in the explosion of a garbage pile in Preah Vihear province.[1]
- Chen Zhi, the founder of Prince Group, is arrested and subsequently extradited to China to face charges of cryptocurrency fraud and human trafficking.[2]
- 8 January – The National Bank orders the liquidation of Prince Bank and suspends its operations after founder Chen Zhi was indicted by the United States for large-scale fraud.[3]
February
- 22 February – The Royal Thai Navy seizes a Cambodian fishing vessel along the maritime boundary between the two countries.[4]
- 25 February – Opposition politician Sun Chanthy, who had been imprisoned since 2024 on charges of inciting social disorder, is released after receiving a royal pardon.[5]
- 27 February – Seventy-four artefacts looted from Cambodia by British art collector and dealer Douglas Latchford are formally repatriated at the National Museum of Cambodia in Phnom Penh.[6]
March
- 4 March – Taiwanese prosecutors indict 62 people, including Chen Zhi, for their alleged links to the Prince Group, a multinational criminal network that operates scam centers in Cambodia. They also charge 13 companies with offences related to the criminal organization and money laundering.[7]
