A CAMBODIAN activist was left frustrated yesterday after learning that the release of her autistic teenage son, imprisoned for social media comments criticising the government, has been delayed.

Prum Chantha told supporters gathered outside the Prey Sar jail that the authorities had said that there had been a miscount on her son’s time served and that he would, instead, be freed tomorrow.

Sixteen-year-old Kak Sovann Chhay was convicted last week of incitement to commit a felony and public insult for comments he made in a Telegram chat group in June defending his father, a senior political opposition member who is also in custody, and for sharing Facebook posts criticising Prime Minister Hun Sen.