Law and judiciary
Crime and law enforcement
Investigation of police official possible: ACU
Corruption czar Om Yentieng said on Wednesday that he might still open an investigation into graft allegations against the head of the National Police’s public order department, which oversees the nation’s traffic officers, if the subordinates who made the claims were unsatisfied with their boss’s ...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/investigation-of-police-official-possible-acu-115990/
Traffic police accuse boss of corruption
Employees of the National Police’s public order department, which oversees the country’s traffic officers, have accused their boss of embezzlement, favoritism, abuse of power and other offenses, according to the Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU). ...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/traffic-police-accuse-boss-of-corruption-115928/
UN wants independent Ley investigation
A group of United Nations human rights experts have condemned the murder of Cambodian political analyst and social activist Kem Ley and called for an impartial investigation by an independent body with no ties to the government. ...
Taing Vida
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/27281/un-wants-independent-ley-investigation/
Cambodian activist gunned down in Phnom Penh
Prominent Cambodian political activist and commentator Kem Ley was shot dead in broad daylight while sitting in a coffee shop at a gas station in Phnom Penh Sunday. ...
David Boyle
http://www.voacambodia.com/a/cambodian-activist-gunned-down-in-phnom-penh/3411297.html
Trucks to be weighed before hitting the road
The use of mobile weighing stations to combat overloaded transport trucks will be extended next month to factories, warehouses, quarries, construction sites and other sources of heavy shipments, the Transport Ministry has announced. ...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/trucks-to-be-weighed-before-hitting-the-road-115281/
Traffic accidents down in first half of year
Nearly 1,000 people have died in traffic accidents in the first six months of 2016 according to a National Committee for Road Safety report released today. ...
Cheang Sokha
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/27027/traffic-accidents-down-in-first-half-of-year/
Traffic accidents are leading cause of death in Cambodia
Traffic accidents are the leading cause of death in Cambodia, destroying not only lives but national morale, dignity, property and development efforts, a road safety expert told the Hello VOA call-in program on Wednesday. ...
Khamboly Dy
http://www.voanews.com/content/traffic-accidents-are-leading-cause-of-death-in-cambodia/3403777.html
Driver error leading cause of road traffic accidents in Cambodia
Human error is the leading cause of road traffic accidents in Cambodia and young people on motorcycles make up the largest number of deaths on the nation’s roads, where 1,108 fatalities were recorded in the first six months of 2016. ...
Dy Khamboly
http://www.voacambodia.com/a/driver-error-leading-cause-of-road-traffic-accidents-in-cambodia/3395621.html
Police to start enforcing traffic ticket fines
Motorists who have not paid their tickets since the new traffic law came into force in January will be sent to court if they do not produce the cash in the next 15 days, according to the National Police. ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/police-to-start-enforcing-traffic-ticket-fines-114555/
Helmet use for children low despite traffic law
Research by the Asia Injury Prevention Foundation (AIPF) found helmet use by child motorbike passengers was still low in January despite the government’s much-touted Traffic Law, with observers blaming poor enforcement. ...
Bun Sengkong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/helmet-use-children-low-despite-traffic-law
Official pleads self-defense in murder trial
An Interior Ministry official who fatally shot a Phnom Penh village chief, his son and grandson during a bloodbath provoked by a petty financial dispute pleaded self-defense during his trial on Wednesday. ...
Ouch Sony
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/official-pleads-self-defense-in-murder-trial-113116/
Sar Kheng hails road ‘white days’
Cambodia’s new Traffic Law has been a runaway success for road safety, Interior Minister Sar Kheng claimed yesterday, hours after a collision between two trucks carrying garment workers left two dead and nearly 60 injured. ...
Mech Dara and Jack Davies
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sar-kheng-hails-road-white-days
Deadline for right-hand drives delayed
As yet another deadline passed, right-hand drive vehicle owners will now have until June 12 to register their vehicles with the Ministry of Transport and Public Works or run the risk of being on the wrong side of the law, according to a ministry statement ...
Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/25023/deadline-for-right-hand-drives-delayed/
Government struggles to ease capital congestion
Experts warn that soaring population, vehicle use, condominium construction, minimal enforcement of parking and vehicle tax laws and lackluster public transit options could spell decades of gridlock if action is not taken soon. ...
Ben Paviour
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/government-struggles-to-ease-capital-congestion-112568/
Cambodia, Vietnam sign security agreement
Cambodia and Vietnam’s security ministries signed a cooperation agreement yesterday to fight crime and strengthen security between the two neighbors. ...
Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/24871/cambodia--vietnam-sign-security-agreement/
Prisons granted more funds to develop libraries
Cambodian’s prison libraries are set to receive an extra $600,000 in funding from the French Agency for Development and literacy NGO Sipar, according to a statement released yesterday. ...
Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/24670/prisons-granted-more-funds-to-develop-libraries/
Crackdown brings a halt to 78 trucks
At least 78 trucks carrying mining materials including gravel, sand and soil were stopped on National Road 3 by traffic police on Tuesday in cooperation with Mining Ministry officials. ...
Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/24614/crackdown-brings-a-halt-to-78-trucks/
New year stats show roads safer, police say
National Police on Sunday said Khmer New Year traffic figures were evidence that the new traffic law has been a success, with 98 traffic accidents reported over the four-day holiday this year, a drop from 123 in 2015, when it was a three-day holiday. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/new-year-stats-show-roads-safer-police-say-111402/
Traffic deaths rise, injuries fall over new year
Although 254 people were either killed or injured in traffic accidents across the Kingdom during this year’s Khmer New Year, and the fatality rate rose, the rate of injury over the four-day celebration decreased when compared with the same period last year, according to a ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/23881/traffic-deaths-rise--injuries-fall-over-new-year/
New year pardons delayed to Visak Bochea day
The Ministry of Justice has announced that Royal pardons and reductions of prison sentences have been pushed back to Visak Bochea Day in May, as a result of prisons not offering enough information about potential candidates. ...
Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/23812/new-year-pardons-delayed-to-visak-bochea-day/
Pardons unlikely for Khmer new year
The Ministry of Justice has announced it is unlikely that any Royal pardons granting inmates amnesty or reductions in prison sentences will be given ahead of the Khmer New Year, according to a ministry spokesman yesterday. ...
Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/23638/pardons-unlikely-for-khmer-new-year/
Authorities feud over seized vehicles
Tensions flared between military police, traffic police and local officials on Sunday over the impounding of cars alleged to have violated the Traffic Law. ...
Mech Dara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/authorities-feud-over-seized-vehicles
Pardons being processed for Khmer New Year
The government is considering candidates who are eligible for Royal pardons and sentence reductions ahead of Khmer New Year. Nut Savenea, spokesman for the Ministry of Interior’s General Department of Prisons, said discussions about pardons are ongoing. ...
Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/23585/pardons-being-processed-for-khmer-new-year/
City police chief announces measures to rein in weapons
Phnom Penh’s police chief on Thursday blasted his subordinates for doing an inadequate job of controlling weapons issued to officers, and announced that police had begun a “weapons census” in an effort to deal with the problem. ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/city-police-chief-announces-measures-to-rein-in-weapons-110730/