New charge for Maltey’s muscle
The former right-hand man of disgraced Phnom Penh Municipal Court president Ang Maltey, convicted on Friday of meddling in a court investigation, has been slapped with a new charge that could extend his stay behind bars. ...
Taing Vida
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-charge-malteys-muscle
Vacated bodyguard HQ signals end of an era
The former headquarters of late CPP President Chea Sim’s personal bodyguard unit, which was disbanded following his death in June, is now the office of a private security firm. ...
Khy Sovuthy and Anthony Jensen
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/vacated-bodyguard-hq-signals-end-of-an-era-107984/
Siem Reap residents protest unwanted address change
About 70 residents from a village in Siem Reap’s Ampil commune yesterday submitted a petition to provincial officials requesting that they not be switched to the authority of neighbouring Nokor Thom commune, though at least one local official claimed the matter was long decided. ...
Niem Chheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/siem-reap-residents-protest-unwanted-address-change
‘Boeng Kak 13’ make final appeal to clear their names
Thirteen land-rights activists from the Boeng Kak neighborhood appeared Wednesday at the Supreme Court in Phnom Penh for a final appeal in a yearslong legal battle over a protest-related conviction. ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/boeng-kak-13-make-final-appeal-to-clear-their-names-109329/
Mondulkiri villagers say officials burned their homes
A group of 31 villagers of the Phnong ethnic minority have filed a petition to Mondulkiri provincial authorities to demand the removal of the local environment department director after rangers allegedly torched their homes during a wedding in Sen Monorom district. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/mondulkiri-villagers-say-officials-burned-their-homes
Police claim to have found CNRP petition irregularities
Authorities say they have discovered irregularities among the 170,000 thumbprints the CNRP gathered in support of a petition seeking King Norodom Sihamoni’s intervention in the current political crisis, deputy National Police chief Kang Sokhorn said on Tuesday. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/police-claim-to-have-found-cnrp-petition-irregularities-114124/
Government admits to issues in obtaining drug care
The government marked World Drug Day on Sunday by setting fire to almost 1.5 tons of confiscated drugs in a schoolyard in Phnom Penh. Officials conceded that efforts to curb usage were failing, pointing to a lack of public knowledge and participation. ...
Ouch Sony
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/government-admits-to-issues-in-obtaining-drug-care-114644/
UNESCO push will clear villagers off of Kulen Mountain
Hundreds of villagers living on Siem Reap’s historic Phnom Kulen are reeling after the government announced they would be relocated as part of a scheme to secure a UNESCO World Heritage Listing for the site. ...
Thik Kaliyann
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/unesco-push-will-clear-villagers-kulen-mountain
Police searching for military officer who trafficked statue
Police in Banteay Meanchey province are searching for a military officer who illegally bought a centuries-old statue head of the Hindu deity Shiva from a farmer who unearthed it, officials said on Thursday. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/police-searching-for-military-officer-who-trafficked-statue-116303/
Hope for ‘bomb threat’ student
Interior Minister Sar Kheng is seeking the legal means to engineer the acquittal of a student who threatened in a Facebook post to bomb a graduation ceremony he was scheduled to attend.The student, Tao Savoeun, wrote a letter to the minister on Monday, apologising and ...
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hope-bomb-threat-student
Court demands senator’s laptop
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court has ordered jailed opposition Senator Hong Sok Hour and his defence lawyer to provide the imprisoned senator’s laptop as evidence to the court before 30 October. ...
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/court-demands-senators-laptop
Bomb threat uni graduate is released
The university graduate arrested for threatening the life of Interior Minister Sar Kheng was released from Siem Reap Provincial Prison on Friday after being handed a reduced sentence by the provincial court, police said yesterday. ...
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/bomb-threat-uni-graduate-released
Bail funds ready for jailed senator Sok Hour
Jailed Sam Rainsy Party Senator Hong Sok Hour’s bail hearing has been set for Wednesday, with his lawyers saying that they have deposited 10 million riel (about $2,500) in anticipation of a potentially favourable outcome. ...
Taing Vida
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/bail-funds-ready-jailed-senator-sok-hour
Facebook threat case is moved to court
Nearly two years after an Interior Ministry official was first accused of threatening to kill the deputy leader of the Cambodia National Rescue Party, police have finally transferred the case to the Phnom Penh Municipal Court, officials have told the Post.In December 2013, Pheng Vannak, ...
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/facebook-threat-case-moved-court
PM’s son threatens lawsuits over attack allegations
In an apparent attempt to distance himself from the savage beating of two opposition party lawmakers last month, Hun Sen’s son and ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) lawmaker Hun Many threatened legal action against any individuals linking him to the incident. ...
Vong Sokheng and Alessandro Marazzi Sassoon
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pms-son-threatens-lawsuits-over-attack-allegations
Tourist busted flying drone next to palace
A Chinese tourist was arrested in Phnom Penh on Saturday afternoon after he used a drone to take pictures in front of the Royal Palace. ...
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea and Igor Kossov
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/tourist-busted-flying-drone-next-palace
Bulgarians tried over attempted ATM fraud
Three Bulgarians staying on tourist visas were tried at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday for allegedly trying to steal money from an ATM machine in the city. ...
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/bulgarians-tried-over-attempted-atm-fraud
Construction feud embroils local gov in Ratanakkiri
The governor of Ratanakkiri’s Banlung town was sued on Wednesday by a local resident and army veteran for allegedly seizing construction materials and violating private property rights without a court warrant. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/construction-feud-embroils-local-gov-ratanakkiri
Police reinvestigating case of local journalist killed by mob
Prosecutors in Kompong Speu province have ordered police to reinvestigate the demise of a newspaper reporter who was reportedly bludgeoned to death by an angry mob on Sunday, while the victim’s family and employer cast doubt on the official version of events. ...
Niem Chheng
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/police-reinvestigating-case-of-local-journalist-killed-by-mob-107540/
‘Hitler of Stung Meanchey’ weighs in
Amid a staunch defence of the performance of a newly formed illegal logging committee’s recent crackdown and remarks on concerns over gun control, National Military Police Commander Sao Sokha took time out to address his now infamous year-old comments on Adolf Hitler yesterday at the ...
Erin Handley
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/gender-underplayed-krts-00201-report
