Photos show the alleged ‘pornographic dancing’ (Picture: AP)

Seven of the tourists arrested for ‘pornographic dancing’ in Cambodia have been released on bail.

Yim Srang, a court spokesman in the northwestern province of Siem Reap, said the investigation had been completed and seven of the suspects were released on Wednesday, but no trial date has been set.

He added that three other people remained in detention, but he didn’t know their names or nationalities.

The 10 arrested people – five from the UK, two from Canada and one each from Norway, the Netherlands and New Zealand – were detained after police raided a party at a rented villa in Siem Reap and found people ‘dancing pornographically’.

Siem Reap is popular with tourists because of how close it is to the famous Angkor Wat temple.

Officers who conducted the raid initially detained almost 90 people, but released the majority of them soon afterwards. It is unclear why they singled out 10 suspects to remain in custody and be charged.

It is unclear why 10 tourists were singled out (Picture: AP)
Seven of the tourists have now been released on bail (Picture: AFP/Getty Images)

Police said those caught in the raid were ‘dancing pornographically’ in such a way that offended Cambodian standards of morality.

If convicted, the tourists could face up to a year in prison.

Sourng Sophea, a lawyer for one of the detainees, said last week that some of the photos posted by his clients showed them at a party, some drinking by a swimming pool and some of the women in bikinis, but none showed them having sex or exposing themselves.

According to the law, he said, they should be deported or have their visas cancelled – but not held in pretrial detention.

In a brief video of the detainees made last week, an unidentified man apologised for any offence he may have caused.

Three, however, remain in detention – it’s not known which three (Picture: AP)
Siem Reap is popular with tourists because of its proximity to Angkor Wat (Picture: AP)

Declaring that he had lived in Cambodia for two years, he said: ‘I respect the culture, I help Cambodian children, I help Cambodian families. I don’t want to make any problems with Cambodia. It’s just one mistake… I’m sorry.’

Ananth Baliga, a journalist for the Phnom Penh Post, said on Twitter that the three still detained were from the UK, the Netherlands and Norway. He did not identify the detainees by name, but said they were believed to have organised the ‘pub crawl’ event.

Ouch Sopheaktra, a lawyer for another detainee, said he filed for bail on Monday for the seven who were released, judging that their alleged offences were minor.

He said he had not yet decided to appeal for bail for the other three because their cases were ‘a bit more complicated’, and that he needed more time to consider their situation.