Law and judiciary

Legal and judicial system

Defamation suit reaches human rights advocate

A lawyer for prominent rights advocate Ny Chakrya on Wednesday confirmed that she had received a lawsuit against her client from a pair of court officials in Siem Reap province who accuse him of defamation and other crimes. ...

Mech Dara
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/defamation-suit-reaches-human-rights-advocate-85773/

Gov’t ignored arrest warrant for accused war criminal

Judicial police ignored an arrest warrant for former Khmer Rouge navy commander and accused war criminal Meas Muth, putting the government in breach of the rules of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, declassified documents released by the tribunal Wednesday show. ...

Holly Robertson and Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/govt-ignored-arrest-warrant-for-accused-war-criminal-85795/

Logger shot dead in Thailand, official says

A Cambodian man who had been illegally logging rosewood across the border in Thailand was shot dead by Thai soldiers on Friday, a village chief in Oddar Meanchey province said Tuesday. ...

Saing Soenthrith
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/logger-shot-dead-in-thailand-official-says-85715/

Verdicts delivered in general’s murder case

In the first verdict handed down in the case against Major General Thong Sarath, who stands accused of masterminding a fellow tycoon’s assassination, the Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Monday sentenced him and one of his bodyguards to 30 months in jail for illegal weapons ...

Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/first-verdicts-delivered-in-generals-murder-case-85609/

Teen tried over killing of abbot

The Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday heard the case of a former teenage monk accused of the murder of one of his superiors, allegedly while he was being reprimanded. ...

Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/teen-tried-over-killing-abbot

Judge, prosecutor sue human rights advocate for defamation

Officials at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court and Justice Ministry on Thursday confirmed that a prosecutor and judge in Siem Reap are suing human rights advocate Ny Chakrya for defamation over a complaint he filed against them last month. On Thursday, a spokesman for the ...

Mech Dara
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/judge-prosecutor-sue-human-rights-advocate-for-defamation-85438/

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

‘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

Court date postponed for seven suspects in Ponzi scheme case

Police in Siem Reap province delayed sending seven suspects accused of running a ponzi scheme to court Monday on the order of a prosecutor, who said the director of the company behind the scheme would be appearing today to “guarantee them.” ...

Kang Sothear
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/court-date-postponed-for-seven-suspects-in-ponzi-scheme-case-85220/

Monk from KNLF gets 7 years in prison

A monk who is a member of the Khmer National Liberation Front (KNLF) – a dissident group branded a terrorist organisation by the government – was sentenced to seven years in prison yesterday on treason charges for distributing KNLF literature in Phnom Penh.​ ...

Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/monk-knlf-gets-7-years-prison

Ten Indonesians return home after ambassador’s intervention

Following the intervention of Indonesia’s ambassador to Cambodia last week, 10 Indonesian nationals left the country Sunday after being released by police in Kandal province, where they were being held over a $161,000 theft at a local casino, an embassy official said. ...

Chris Mueller and Mech Dara
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ten-indonesians-return-home-after-ambassadors-intervention-84673/

Fake diamond leads to market sting in S’ville

A couple was arrested and sent to court yesterday after attempting to sell $38,000 in fake diamond jewellery to a gold vendor in Preah Sihanouk province, according to provincial military police.​ ...

Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/fake-diamond-leads-market-sting-sville

Woman jailed in land dispute wins release

After five months in jail, a woman whose family is embroiled in a bitter land dispute with tycoon Khun Sear was released on bail from Prey Sar prison on Friday, though the fight between the two parties remains unresolved. ...

Sek Odom
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/woman-jailed-in-land-dispute-wins-release-82655/

Appeal court delays decision on Doroshenko’s bail request

Russian businessman Nikolai Doroshenko, who was jailed in March on fraud charges relating to a dispute with his former investment partner, Sergei Polonsky, will on Monday receive a decision from the Appeal Court about his latest request to be freed on bail. ...

Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/appeal-court-delays-decision-on-doroshenkos-bail-request-82552/

Court questions general over tycoon’s murder

The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Thursday resumed its questioning of Major General Thong Sarath, a Defense Ministry official charged with orchestrating the murder of tycoon Ung Meng Chue in November. ...

Mech Dara
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/court-questions-general-over-tycoons-murder-82534/

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

‘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

Briton gets 8 years for sexually abusing girls

The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Monday convicted a British national of purchasing child prostitution and committing indecent acts against minors, sentencing him to eight years in prison and ordering him to pay a total of $5,000 in fines and compensation. ...

Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/briton-gets-8-years-for-sexually-abusing-girls-82227/

‘Insurrection’ case still looms over opposition activists

Phnom Penh Municipal Court again delayed a hearing for 11 opposition activists, shortly after opening one on Monday. But the case still hangs over them, along with charges that Human Rights Watch has called “ridiculous.” ...

Neou Vannarin
http://bit.ly/1G2p0Zj

CNRP’s Sovannara on trial

The Phnom Penh Municipal Court today is scheduled to hear the trial of opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party activist Meach Sovannara, who was charged with leading a violent “insurrection” after an opposition demonstration turned violent last July. ...

Meas Sokchea
http://bit.ly/1cOQ72R

Fugitive general Thong Sarath arrested in Vietnam

Thong Sarath, a senior Defense Ministry official wanted for the November murder of tycoon Ung Meng Chue, was arrested by Vietnamese police Thursday after months on the run, the head of Cambodia’s Interpol office said on Friday. ...

Mech Dara
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/fugitive-general-thong-sarath-arrested-in-vietnam-82077/

Wealthy developer’s son arrested for tattoo parlor attack

The son of a wealthy property developer and police general was arrested Monday evening after attacking another rich, young businessman inside a Phnom Penh tattoo parlor, military police said Tuesday. ...

Hul Reaksmey
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/wealthy-developers-son-arrested-for-tattoo-parlor-attack-82020/

ACU to question ousted top judge after new year

Anti-Corruption Unit chief Om Yentieng said Monday that he planned to continue questioning ousted Phnom Penh Court director Ang Mealaktei following the Khmer New Year holiday, which begins Tuesday and ends Thursday. ...

Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/acu-to-question-ousted-top-judge-after-new-year-81988/

Eight charged, jailed over gateway arson

Eight men who were arrested last week for their alleged involvement in the arson of a decorative gateway built for the Angkor Sankranta New Year festival in Siem Reap City were charged Friday and sent to the provincial prison, officials said Sunday. ...

Ouch Sony
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/eight-men-charged-jailed-over-gateway-arson-in-siem-reap-81938/

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