Alex is therefore seeking ways to return to Cambodia to face the court case. However, Interior Ministry’s spokesman, Gen. Khiev Sopheak, said on Feb. 8 that the law does not allow deported foreigner to return. “Alex has been banned and Cambodia does not welcome him. Legally speaking, once a foreigner gets deported, he or she could not return,” Gen. Sopheak explained. Alex was deported from Cambodia in Feb. 2015 after he had been linked to a series of advocacy activities against sand dredging in Areng region, Koh Kong province, about 300 km southwest of Phnom Penh, deemed as illegal by the government. Three Cambodian members of his organization have also been detained.
យោងតាមសេចក្ដីថ្លែងការរបស់ FSB លោក Alexeï Oulioukaïev អាចនឹងត្រូវបានចោទប្រកាន់ ជាផ្លូវការក្នុងពេលឆាប់ៗនេះ ហើយលោកអាចនឹងប្រឈមមុខជាប់ពន្ធនាគារពី០៨ ដល់១៥ឆ្នាំ បើសិនជាគេរកឃើញថាលោកពិតមានជាប់ពាក់ព័ន្ធនឹង អំពើពុកលួយដូចការចោទប្រកាន់មែននោះ។