There were at least seven reported violent acts against opposition party members in the capital Phnom Penh, with dozens more arrested, convicted and jailed on "politically motivated charges," Human Rights Watch said in a report in April.
Online access to information is "a matter of life and death" for those fleeing attacks by the military, they said in June, calling the internet shutdowns an effort to "drag Myanmar back to a digital dark age".
With Bakong, users can make payments and transfers in the U.S. dollar or Cambodian riel - the two currencies used in the country - with just a phone number or QR code.
The victims, mainly from Africa and Asia, said they were ordered to create fake profiles on Tinder, WhatsApp, and Facebook to entice people into fraudulent investment schemes involving cryptocurrencies, foreign exchange, and shares.
