UPDATE
Cambodian woman who threw shoe at HE poster freed but faces hefty fine
Sam Sokha, a former factory worker with two teenage sons, served four years in jail.
2022.02.09

A Cambodian woman jailed in 2018 for throwing her shoe at a poster of Prime Minister HE was released Wednesday after serving a four-year sentence, but faced being sent back to jail if she can’t raise 10 million riels (US $2,460) to pay a fine, she told RFA.

Sam Sokha, a former factory worker a supporter of the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), was arrested in Thailand in February 2018 by Thai authorities and returned to Cambodia, despite having earlier been granted refugee status by the United Nations’ refugee agency.

On April 1, 2017, she filmed herself throwing a shoe at a poster of HE, accusing him of damaging the country. The video’s release next day on social media prompted a manhunt by police and Sam Sokha’s eventual summons to answer charges of “incitement.”

Kampong Speu Provincial Court y released Sam Sokha, but gave her just one day to raise the 10 million riels (US $2,460) or she will be jailed for another six months, she said.

“The court forced me to pay 10 million riel or they will [put me back in jail]. I will discuss it with my family. If they don’t have the money, I will return to jail for six months,” she told RFA’s Khmer Service.

“He threatened that he could order [my arrest] with a phone call and said that I can’t escape,” she said, referring to the judge.

“The court should not force her to pay money in exchange for her freedom,” said Soeung Sengkaruna, a spokesman for the Cambodia-based rights group ADHOC.
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambod ... 02630.html

Pathetic! Muntadhar al-Zaidi who threw both his shoes at President (Antichrist) George Bush only got a year, though he was sentenced in a Iraqi court.