{"id":1504411,"date":"2024-02-16T20:50:32","date_gmt":"2024-02-16T20:50:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rfa.org\/english\/news\/cambodia\/taiwanese-streamers-arrest-02162024152957.html"},"modified":"2024-02-16T20:50:32","modified_gmt":"2024-02-16T20:50:32","slug":"taiwanese-youtubers-get-2-years-for-cambodia-kidnapping-stunt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2024\/02\/16\/taiwanese-youtubers-get-2-years-for-cambodia-kidnapping-stunt\/","title":{"rendered":"Taiwanese YouTubers get 2 years for Cambodia kidnapping stunt"},"content":{"rendered":"\n \n
A Cambodian court on Thursday sentenced two Taiwanese influencers to two years in prison on incitement charges after the pair staged and broadcast a fake kidnapping.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Chen Neng Chuan, 31, who goes by the handle Goodnight Chicken, and Lu Tsu Hsien, 34, who goes by Anow, were arrested on Wednesday<\/span> after they live-streamed two videos to YouTube on Feb. 12 and Feb. 13 in which Chen <\/span>claimed<\/span><\/a> to have broken into a scam compound, been beaten and imprisoned, according to Taiwan\u2019s Central News Agency.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The videos made <\/span>headlines<\/span><\/a> in Taiwan, where local media <\/span>reported<\/span><\/a> on his alleged abduction.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n According to a statement from the Sihanoukville provincial court, both men were sentenced to two years in prison and given a 4 million riel fine ($1,000.) The court statement said the pair came to\u00a0 \u201cCambodia in an attempt to produce fake videos on human trafficking, detention and torture, rape and human organs selling.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n