This was part of a political crackdown leading up to the arrest of Kem Sokha, the former leader of the now-disbanded opposition party, on treason charges.
In 2021, he released his second book, The Perfect Police State: An Undercover Odyssey into China's Terrifying Surveillance Dystopia of the Future, published by PublicAffairs.
[9] From 2014 onwards, Cain became engaged in a dispute with the Cambodian government following a series of reports he published in 2014 on labor crackdowns in the country.
[15] During the same period, Cain reported on the alleged growing backlash in South Korea against the power of a number of large family-owned businesses, known as the chaebol.
He regularly commented in the media and wrote a number of articles on the subject of Samsung's involvement in the 2016 South Korean political scandal.
Cain argues Samsung's alleged influence and power can be seen when Lee walked free and received a suspended sentence.
[27] Cain wrote and released the book, The Perfect Police State: An Undercover Odyssey into China's Terrifying Surveillance Dystopia of the Future, in 2022.