Defrocked monk stands trial, repudiates contraband claims
A defrocked monk arrested in Phnom Penh earlier this month for the alleged possession of weapons, fake documents and crystal methamphetamine told the municipal court Wednesday that he and a fellow defendant never possessed any of the contraband. ...
Ouch Sony
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/defrocked-monk-stands-trial-repudiates-contraband-claims-92104/
Ex-top judge’s bodyguard denies accusations
Pech Prum Mony, a one-star military general and former bodyguard for disgraced Phnom Penh Municipal Court director Ang Mealaktei, on Thursday denied accusations of abuse of power and interfering with judicial procedure while under questioning at the court, his lawyer said. ...
Ouch Sony
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ex-top-judges-bodyguard-denies-accusations-92204/
Police raid drug dens, arrest 88
More than 100 police officers descended on a notorious slum in Sen Sok district’s Toek Thla commune on Friday in a coordinated effort to flush out drug-related crime from the ghetto, ultimately arresting 88 people for using or selling crystal methamphetamine. ...
Sek Odom and Simon Henderson
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/police-raid-drug-dens-arrest-88-92312/
Official charged after man electrocuted by fence
A district official in Banteay Meanchey province was charged with manslaughter Sunday after his neighbor died when he touched an electric fence surrounding the official’s property, police said. ...
Ouch Sony
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/official-charged-after-man-electrocuted-by-fence-92356/
Drug slum back in business; police pledge weekly raids
As police prepared to send more than 100 suspected drug dealers and users to court Monday, the notorious Phnom Penh slum where they were arrested in two separate raids last week remained a hive of illicit activity. ...
Khy Sovuthy and Matt Blomberg
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/drug-slum-back-in-business-police-pledge-weekly-raids-92388/
Factory worker gets life for fatal acid attack
A 40-year-old garment worker was sentenced to life in prison by the Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Monday for killing a 20-year-old woman by dousing her with acid after she learned her husband had been having an affair with the victim. ...
Ouch Sony
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/factory-worker-gets-life-for-fatal-acid-attack-92371/
German lawyer appointed to politically sensitive tribunal post
German lawyer Michael Bohlander has been appointed as the new international co-investigating judge at the Khmer Rouge tribunal by King Norodom Sihamoni, the tribunal announced in a statement Monday. ...
Zsombor Peter
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/german-lawyer-appointed-to-politically-sensitive-tribunal-post-92384/
Soldier who shot at police in Phnom Penh will face court
A soldier will face court Thursday after his pistol discharged during a scuffle with a group of police officers conducting traffic inspections along Russian Boulevard in Phnom Penh on Tuesday evening, police said Wednesday. ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/soldier-who-shot-at-police-in-phnom-penh-will-face-court-92652/
Police arrest 22 Chinese nationals over voip scam
Twenty-two Chinese nationals were arrested at a rented villa in Svay Rieng City on Saturday on suspicion of extorting money from people overseas using Voice over Internet Protocol, or VoIP, technology, police said Sunday. ...
Saing Soenthrith
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/police-arrest-22-chinese-nationals-over-voip-scam-92921/
Massage parlor owner gets 5 years for prostituting
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Tuesday sentenced the owner of a massage parlor to five years in prison for prostituting a 16-year-old girl and four women at his establishment earlier this year. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/massage-parlor-owner-gets-5-years-for-prostituting-93163/
Police promise more arrests if Koh Kong protests persist
A deputy police chief of Koh Kong province on Thursday defended the decision by authorities to arrest four human rights workers and 13 other people during a peaceful protest on Wednesday and said they were prepared to do so again—and next time would not let ...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/police-promise-more-arrests-if-koh-kong-protests-persist-93374/
Family, Adhoc dispute police account of altercation in Kratie
Three men will face the Kratie Provincial Court on Friday for assaulting police on Monday after one of them was pulled over and scolded for speeding and doing wheelies on his motorbike, according to police and a relative. ...
Buth Kimsay
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/family-adhoc-dispute-police-account-of-altercation-in-kratie-93380/
Police arrest man with thousands in fake US bills
Police in Battambang province arrested a man on Saturday who was in possession of more than $2,500 in counterfeit U.S. notes after receiving complaints from market vendors he had duped earlier in the day, police said Sunday. ...
Saing Soenthrith
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/police-arrest-man-with-thousands-in-fake-us-bills-93556/
Massive crack in ‘White Building’ widens
A four-story crack in the south-facing side of Phnom Penh’s aging “White Building”—which first appeared in early February as a pile driver broke up earth inside an adjacent construction site—widened over the weekend, shortly after a meeting between worried tenants and the firms behind a ...
Sek Odom
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/massive-crack-in-white-building-widens-79358/
Police search for clues about dead foreigner
Police in Kep province on Tuesday contacted authorities in Phnom Penh and all 23 other provinces in their attempt to identify a Caucasian man whose body was found stuffed in a suitcase floating in an inlet on Monday, but came no closer to solving the ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/police-search-for-clues-about-dead-foreigner-95973/
Court lets fugitive club owner walk free
A deputy prosecutor at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court has decided not to pursue criminal charges against a fugitive nightclub owner who police say is liable for the deaths of six people killed by a fire at the establishment on September 7. ...
Buth Kimsay
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/court-lets-fugitive-club-owner-walk-free-96837/
Officials seeking owner of nightclub where fire killed 5
Police have identified the owner of a Phnom Penh nightclub where five women were killed in a fire on Monday night but have yet to locate him, officials said Wednesday. ...
Buth Kimsay
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/officials-seeking-owner-of-nightclub-where-fire-killed-5-93800/
Puma’s new dizzy spell
Puma, the sportswear company, has said that it is taking the outbreak of fainting spells at its suppliers “very seriously.” The company is taking measures after a report by the Fair Labour Association found that breaches in labour laws had contributed to some 300 workers ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2011072650626/National-news/pumas-new-dizzy-spell.html
Police Seize Equipment at Sisowath Quay Site
Vattanac Properties’ construction equipment has been seized by the police after the firm ignored an order to cease work as it has damaged adjacent historic buildings while digging. The work began in mid-April and Vattanac was in the process of removing soil in order to ...
BBC Report Says Media Stifled, Journalists Targeted in Cambodia
In a week that has seen one journalist murdered and another threatened for their investigations into corruption and forest crimes, a timely new study into the state of Cambodia’s media has found that the country’s press is being stifled. Eleven journalists have now been killed in the country ...