Law and judiciary
Crime and law enforcement
Nigerians in meth bust lacked passports, visas
Nine Nigerian nationals arrested by police in Phnom Penh on Sunday night for possession and distribution of crystal methamphetamine were in Cambodia without passports or valid visas, an anti-drug police chief said. ...
Saing Soenthrith and Simon Henderson
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/nigerians-in-meth-bust-lacked-passports-visas-71204/
Sawmills in Preah Vihear busted for illegal wood
Six sawmills in Preah Vihear province suspected of processing illegal timber were raided on Monday by police, military police and Forestry Administration officers who confiscated an undisclosed amount of luxury-grade wood product during their searches, an official said. ...
Aun Pheap
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/sawmills-in-preah-vihear-busted-for-illegal-wood-71196/
Alleged dissident in hiding seeks passage abroad
A man who claims to be hiding from authorities in the jungle after being linked to the Khmer National Liberation Front (KNLF), a dissident political group that saw 10 of its members charged with plotting to incite violence on Saturday, said Tuesday he was seeking ...
Mech Dara
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/alleged-dissident-in-hiding-seeks-passage-abroad-71200/
Alarming rate of Cambodian juveniles held in pre-trial detention
In spite of international laws and Cambodia’s own legal code, pre-trial detention in the country is becoming more prevalent among child offenders than adults, according to data compiled by a trial monitoring project. The notes are compiled from trial monitoring of 2,558 cases from 2009 ...
UCA News News Staff
http://www.ucanews.com/news/alarming-rate-of-juveniles-held-in-pre-trial-detention-in-cambodia/72267
KNLF leader part of group behind 2009 bomb plot, police say
A senior police official said Monday that the leader of the Khmer National Liberation Front (KNLF), 10 members of which were charged Sunday with plotting to incite violence, was once part of the Tiger Head movement, another supposed terrorist organization. ...
Mech Dara and George Wright
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/knlf-leader-part-of-group-behind-2009-bomb-plot-police-say-71106/
Foreign nationals held in drug raid
Anti-drug police officers arrested nine foreign nationals in a sting on a rental house on Sunday, accusing the men of involvement in a drug-trafficking ring catering to other foreigners in the vicinity of Phnom Penh’s Central Market, police said yesterday. ...
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/foreign-nationals-held-drug-raid
Prison time for garment heist
A former chief security guard at the Roo Hsing Garment Co factory was sentenced yesterday to four years in prison for conspiring with two thieves to steal more than 1,000 items of clothing from the factory in April. ...
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/prison-time-garment-heist
Kompong Cham court releases five arrested at strike protest
The Kompong Cham Provincial Court on Monday released five of the 10 people who were arrested Saturday after clashes between police and about 1,000 sacked workers from the Taiwanese-owned Juhui Footwear factory. The protest on Saturday turned violent when Juhui Footwear administrative director Teng Sambath ...
Ben Sokhean
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/kompong-cham-court-releases-five-arrested-at-strike-protest-71108/
KNLF members charged with inciting violence
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Saturday charged 10 members of the Khmer National Liberation Front (KNLF), a political advocacy group vehemently opposed to the ruling CPP, with plotting to incite violence following their arrests last week. ...
Mech Dara
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/arrested-knlf-members-charged-with-inciting-violence-70995/
Traffic accident provokers may face imprisonment: Traffic police
Drivers must be responsible for what they commit when they cause road accidents that lead to loss of lives; they not only face fine, but also imprisonment, said Pen Khon, deputy chief of Bureau of Land Traffic. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/traffic-accident-provokers-may-face-imprisonment:-traffic-police-7550
Heng Pov conviction upheld
The Supreme Court yesterday upheld a conviction against former Phnom Penh Police chief Heng Pov and three other men for the attempted murder of Military Police chief General Sao Sokha in 2003. ...
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
http://phnompenhpost.com/post-weekend/heng-pov-conviction-upheld
6 break out of Ratanakkiri prison
Six inmates busted out of Ratanakkiri Provincial Prison in the wee hours of yesterday morning, police said, adding another incident to a string of embarrassing escapes at the facility over the past two years. According to a post on the National Police’s website, authorities in Ratanakkiri’s ...
Chhay Channyda
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/6-break-out-ratanakkiri-prison
Journalists allege cover-up in associate’s murder
A consortium of journalists on Wednesday sent a report to the governor of Kompong Chhnang province claiming that a man arrested last week for murdering one of their associates was framed in an attempt to cover up an illegal fishing syndicate with close connections to ...
Saing Soenthrith
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/journalists-allege-cover-up-in-associates-murder-70655/
Heng Pov’s conviction affirmed by high court
The Supreme Court yesterday upheld the murder convictions of former Phnom Penh Municipal Police chief Heng Pov and three others in the case of the 2003 killing of Phnom Penh Municipal Court judge Sok Sethamoni. Defendants Pov, Ly Rasy, Hang Vutha and Prum Sophearith have been ...
Kim Sarom
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/heng-pov%E2%80%99s-conviction-affirmed-high-court
Two reporters arrested for extortion in Kratie
Police in Kratie province on Monday arrested two journalists for allegedly extorting $100 from a villager whose stockpile of wood the reporters suspected had been illegally logged, according to local officials. ...
Ouch Sony
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/two-reporters-arrested-for-extortion-in-kratie-70413/
Military police arrest 20 for crystal meth
Military police arrested 20 people at a guesthouse in Phnom Penh’s Pur Senchey district late Sunday night for allegedly using and dealing crystal methamphetamine, officials said Monday. ...
Saing Soenthrith
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/military-police-arrest-20-for-crystal-meth-70403/
Input floated on traffic law
A coalition of NGOs are to submit to the National Assembly today a list of recommended additions to the amended traffic law, a draft of which was approved by the Council of Ministers in August. Road safety advocates hope the amended law, which creates higher fines ...
Phak Seangly
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/input-floated-traffic-law
UNESCO chief condemns killing of Cambodian journalist
Director-General of UNESCO Irina Bokova has denounced the killing of journalist Taing Try in Cambodia on Oct. 12 and urged the authorities to ensure that those responsible are punished for their crime. Taing Try, 49, a freelance journalist for several local newspapers and a member ...
Global Post News Staff
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/xinhua-news-agency/141020/unesco-chief-condemns-killing-cambodian-journalist
Cambodian court charges French organization director with rape, sexual molestation
A Cambodian court on Friday accused Philippe Broaly, 49, director of Enfants du Cambodge, of rape and sexual molestation after he has allegedly sexually exploited seven boys living in his organization, a senior police officer confirmed. “The Preah Sihanouk provincial court formally charged the French ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/euruope/2014-10/17/c_133724839.htm
Media groups urge action in murder of journalist
A provincial court has determined it will hold three men accused of murdering a journalist on Sunday. Kratie court officials say they will detain La Narong, Kem Pheakdy and Pin Heng while an official investigation into the crime takes place. International media advocates condemned the ...
Sok Khemara
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/media-groups-urge-action-in-murder-of-journalist/2484755.html
Gun goes off, killing logger in Veal Veng
An illegal logger in Pursat province accidentally shot a member of his own work group on Monday, according to Veal Veng district police. The loggers were allegedly going after protected timber in the Mount Samkos Wildlife Sanctuary in Veal Veng, a preserve in the Cardamom ...
Phak Seangly
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/gun-goes-killing-logger-veal-veng
Bandith, his victims appeal
The Supreme Court yesterday refused to hear an appeal filed by three garment workers shot by disgraced Bavet town governor Chhouk Bandith during a 2012 demonstration, since Bandith’s lawyer did not turn up to court. Bandith was sentenced to 18 months in prison in June last ...
May Titthara
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/bandith-his-victims-appeal
Trio charged with journalist’s murder in Kratie
The Kratie Provincial Court on Tuesday brought murder charges against three men arrested for the killing on Sunday morning of 49-year-old journalist Taing Try in Snuol district and sent them to the provincial prison to await trial, a court official said. ...
Saing Soenthrith and Simon Henderson
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/trio-charged-with-journalists-murder-in-kratie-69861/
Men confess to killing journalist
The three men arrested for the murder of 49-year-old journalist Taing Try in Kratie province on Sunday morning confessed to murdering the reporter after he threatened to tell authorities about their illegal logging activities, a police official said. ...
Saing Soenthrith and Simon Henderson
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/police-recount-killers-confession-in-slaying-of-journalist-69750/