Judicial reshuffle: Top judiciary posts filled by Sihamoni
King Norodom Sihamoni yesterday shook up the composition of the Supreme Council of the Magistracy, officially instituting seven new members to the body overseeing the nation’s judiciary, while also disbarring one former prosecutor. ...
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/judicial-reshuffle-top-judiciary-posts-filled-sihamoni
Released: Parents of hiding tycoon out on bail
The parents of fugitive tycoon Thong Sarath were released on bail over the weekend after complaining of ill health, a court official said. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/released-parents-hiding-tycoon-out-bail
Ministry of Justice plans to create Court of Appeals in provinces
The Ministry of Justice plans to create Court of Appeals in seven provinces to help citizens reduce their expenses, an official said Thursday. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/justice-ministry-plans-to-create-appeal-court-in-provinces-8183
‘I did not interfere’, general tells court
The brigadier general charged by the Phnom Penh Municipal Court with pressuring judicial officials while an aide to ousted court president Ang Maltey maintained his innocence yesterday after being brought in for questioning. ...
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/i-did-not-interfere-general-tells-court
Arrest warrant issued for Takhmao governor’s wife
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court has issued an arrest warrant for Thoy Kimsean, the wife of Takhmao town Governor Eam Samay, over allegations she issued a fake cheque worth $185,000 in 2013. ...
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/arrest-warrant-issued-takhmao-governors-wife
Tycoon’s parents’ trial starts Friday
The trial of fugitive tycoon Thong Sarath’s parents on possession of illegal weapons charges will begin on Friday, officials said yesterday. ...
Taing Vida
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/tycoons-parents-trial-starts-friday
One year later: Loggers set free from Thai prison
Seven Cambodian loggers have been released from a Thai prison a year after they were caught crossing the border in search of rosewood. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/one-year-later-loggers-set-free-thai-prison
Tycoon’s ex-partner denied bail over rape-murder plot
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Thursday denied bail to the former common-law wife of one of Cambodia’s richest men, who was extradited from Thailand on Tuesday over her alleged involvement in a plot to rape and murder Commerce Minister Sun Chanthol’s wife and daughter. Lay ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/tycoons-ex-partner-denied-bail-over-rape-murder-plot-76254/
Suspect in tycoon’s murder questioned
Seang Veasna, the suspected gunman in the murder of Ung Meng Cheu allegedly orchestrated by fugitive tycoon Thong Sarath, was questioned again at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday regarding his whereabouts on the night of the November 2014 shooting. ...
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/suspect-tycoons-murder-questioned
Murder plot suspect back before judge
Recently extradited murder suspect Lay Huong – the former common-law wife of tycoon Khaou Phallaboth – was in court again yesterday to face questioning over a new set of charges levelled by her ex-husband. ...
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/murder-plot-suspect-back-judge
Chief of Phnom Penh Court replaced amid murder scandal
The chief judge at Phnom Penh Municipal Court has replaced, in a shake-up at the behest of Prime Minister Hun Sen, as the court pursues an ongoing murder investigation. Hours after Hun Sen’s order, the chief of Phnom Penh’s court, Ang Maldey, was fired and ...
Heng Reaksmey,
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/chief-of-phnom-penh-court-replaced-amid-murder-scandal/2647394.html
First kidney traffickers sentenced
Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday delivered Cambodia’s first ever convictions for organ trafficking, sentencing two men and a woman to a combined 35 years in prison for sending their relatives to have their kidneys harvested in Thailand. ...
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/first-kidney-traffickers-sentenced
Lay Huong in first of 3 cases
The former common-law wife of tycoon Khaou Phallaboth appeared in court yesterday to face allegations she breached the terms of her 2013 divorce by not letting her ex-husband, and his family, see their 8-year-old daughter. ...
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/lay-huong-first-3-cases
Minor party head denies claims
Following charges by the Appeal Court alleging that he swindled a former supporter out of $70,000 between 2009 and 2011, League for Democracy Party (LDP) president Khem Veasna yesterday criticised the Cambodian judiciary, saying that the courts were under the control of “powerful people” and ...
Taing Vida
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/minor-party-head-denies-claims
‘Devil chief’ returns to PP court for retrial
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday heard the retrial of Hang Vuthy – former right-hand man of disgraced ex-municipal police chief Heng Pov – in the case of the 2003 attempted murder of National Military Police Commander Sao Sokha. ...
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/devil-chief-returns-pp-court-retrial
Prison officials ‘ignoring’ bail order
Officials at Phnom Penh’s Prey Sar prison have ignored a Supreme Court order permitting the bail of activist Ly Seav Minh, whose family is embroiled in a long-running land dispute with a politically connected company, her lawyer said yesterday. ...
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/prison-officials-ignoring-bail-order
‘Insurrection’ trial moves on
The last two opposition activists charged with inciting an “insurrection” during a protest of the 2013 general election were questioned yesterday at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court, as the lawyer of the accused aired hope that the court would not compile enough evidence to sentence ...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/insurrection-trial-moves
One-year sentence cut short for tycoon
Tycoon Sok Rathorn, who was in the midst of a one-year prison sentence on fraud charges, was provisionally released from detention yesterday after a deal was struck in a separate case. ...
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/one-year-sentence-cut-short-tycoon
Two jailed over torture death
Two Banteay Meanchey Military Police officials on Sunday were charged and sent to jail for the torture and murder of Tuy Sros last month. Sar Bunsoeung, Banteay Meanchey deputy Military Police chief, and Chay Rathna, an assistant to the Anti-Drug Bureau of the provincial Military Police, ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/two-jailed-over-torture-death
Labour firm staff sentenced
The director and employees of a maid recruitment agency were handed sentences of up to five years by the Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday and ordered to pay compensation for illegally detaining an under-aged girl. Presiding judge Duch Kimsorn said Century Manpower’s director Oung Sakirin, chief of administration ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012050155893/National-news/labour-firm-staff-sentenced.html
