Rice dealer ‘cheated’ partner out of $30k
Phnom Penh Municipal Court charged a businessman yesterday after he was accused of cheating his business partner out of more than $30,000 in 2014. ...
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rice-dealer-cheated-partner-out-30k
Student says he crashed into ambassador’s wall to get help
A university student who was arrested in Phnom Penh on Tuesday over a string of drunken hit-and-runs in his Lexus SUV said Thursday that he decided to end his rampage by crashing into the U.S. ambassador’s residence because he had hoped embassy security guards would ...
Sek Odom
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/student-says-he-crashed-into-ambassadors-wall-to-get-help-85440/
Flight control: Foreigners told not to drone on
Two foreigners were let off with a warning yesterday after flying a camera-equipped drone near Prime Minister Hun Sen’s house in central Phnom Penh. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/flight-control-foreigners-told-not-drone
RCAF drug suspect gets 10 yrs
A Phnom Penh Municipal judge yesterday sentenced a former military officer to 10 years for drug trafficking and running an illicit lottery, while his niece received a one-year suspended sentence for her role. ...
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rcaf-drug-suspect-gets-10-yrs
Sok Bun arrest warrant issued
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday issued an arrest warrant for property mogul Sok Bun, more than two weeks after he allegedly savagely beat a former TV hostess in a Phnom Penh restaurant. ...
May Titthara and Charles Parkinson
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sok-bun-arrest-warrant-issued
Property tycoon Sok Bun accused of rape
A former TV hostess savagely beaten by property mogul Sok Bun after intervening to stop his unwanted advances on her friend appeared in court yesterday as it emerged the friend has now filed a rape complaint against the tycoon for a previous alleged assault. ...
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/post-weekend/rape-claim-hits-tycoon
Phnom Penh court charges Ny Chakrya
A Phnom Penh Municipal Court deputy prosecutor said yesterday that he has decided to charge prominent human rights monitor Ny Chakrya in a case that rights groups have described as a bald-faced attempt to suppress criticism of the Kingdom’s judiciary. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/phnom-penh-court-charges-ny-chakrya
Police search for Bun guard
After the arrest of wanted tycoon Sok Bun this weekend, authorities are now searching for his bodyguard, police said yesterday, though a lawyer for the woman Bun was charged with assaulting has accused the disgraced real estate magnate of obscuring the man’s identity. ...
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/police-search-bun-guard
No side deals, says Sasa’s dad
After appearing in court yesterday, the father of Ek Socheata, a local TV presenter better known as Ms Sasa, confirmed he would reject compensation from Sok Bun if it meant the tycoon would escape charges for viciously assaulting his daughter earlier this month. ...
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/no-side-deals-says-sasas-dad
Assasination plot under investigation
The Supreme Court on Friday upheld a lower court’s decision and refused to release on bail Lay Huong, the alleged mastermind of a plot to kill a government minister’s wife. ...
Kim Sarom
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/assasination-plot-under-investigation
Chhouk Bandith's victims see hope in Sok Bun arrest
Three factory workers shot more than three years ago by a town governor who remains at large have come to Phnom Penh to ask Prime Minister Hun Sen to take action in their case, given the recent success of the premier’s call to arrest a ...
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/chhouk-bandiths-victims-see-hope-sok-bun-arrest
Grenade attack verdicts
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday sentenced four men to between 30 years and life in prison for a grenade attack in Phnom Penh last year, an attempted assassination that injured five people and killed the intended target’s 11-year-old son.Presiding judge Leang Samnath convicted the ...
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/grenade-attack-verdicts
Premier finally speaks out on Chhouk Bandith
Breaking his long silence on the case, Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday called on police to bring to justice the former Bavet town governor and convicted gunman Chhouk Bandith. ...
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/premier-finally-speaks-out-chhouk-bandith
Urn theft weighs on guards, families
Seang Sarin swears he only fell asleep for a moment. It’s a moment he has cursed and played over in his head for nearly 20 months now.Speaking to the Post in a detention room at the Kandal Provincial Court this week, the former guard at ...
May Titthara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/urn-theft-weighs-guards-families
More CNRP called to court
A day after Prime Minister Hun Sen called for more arrests over anti-government protests that turned violent in July last year, the Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday summonsedfive more activists over the alleged “insurrection” in Freedom Park. ...
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea and Shaun Turton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/more-cnrp-called-court
Ex-RCAF soldier in Poipet drug bust
A former army officer is slated to be in front of court today after allegedly being arrested with several packets of methamphetamine in Banteay Meanchey province’s Poipet town on Tuesday, police said yesterday. ...
Kim Sarom
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ex-rcaf-soldier-poipet-drug-bust
Tycoon’s son guilty, and free
Duong Otdom Chhorvin, aka Duong Chhay, was convicted by the Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday of having beaten and threatened to kill the son of tycoon Try Pheap but walked free following the verdict after having his sentence reduced. ...
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/tycoons-son-guilty-and-free
KNLF denied bail again
Ten members of the Khmer National Liberation Front charged with treason for their role in handing out anti-Vietnamese propaganda last year were denied bail at the Supreme Court yesterday.Judge Khem Punn presided over the hearing, with prosecutor Nov Monychut also in attendance. ...
Kim Sarom
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/knlf-denied-bail-again
Bandith living well in jail: org
Former Bavet town governor Chhouk Bandith is enjoying preferential treatment in prison, according to an NGO with access to the facility, while the three garment workers he was jailed for shooting have still not received compensation. ...
May Titthara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/bandith-living-well-jail-org
Tycoon's mother questioned about alleged bribe
The imprisoned mother of jailed tycoon Thong Sarath has been questioned at Phnom Penh Municipal Court over an alleged bribe she and her husband paid to recently arrested ex-court chief Ang Maltey to secure their release on bail, a court official said. ...
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/tycoons-mother-questioned-about-alleged-bribe