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“A photo depicting suspects arrested for killing a victim in Takeo province was posted recently, depicting all of them laughing. It was reacted to with mixed comments and shared by many Facebook users who are speaking Khmer. However, running a Google Reverse Image search proves that the photo posted above is digitally altered.”
Social media posts Claim dated 10 Feb 2023.
Fact Crescendo Cambodia rated thisAltered

In short

This claim spread on social media around 10 February 2023. Fact Crescendo Cambodia (Cambodia) looked into it and published its finding on 16 May 2023, 95 days later. Its rating was “Altered”.

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