“A photo depicting a portrait photo of a former opposition activist, Peypey Ly, attached with RIP, was posted a few days ago with a caption stating she’s dead due to a traffic accident. The claim has been widely shared on social media platforms and reacted to by Khmer-speaking Facebook users. However, we found the claim to be false.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 11 Jul 2023.
Fact Crescendo Cambodia rated thisFalse
In short
This claim spread on social media around 11 July 2023. Fact Crescendo Cambodia (Cambodia) looked into it and published its finding on 18 July 2023, 7 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
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This check was done by Fact Crescendo Cambodia, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.