Law and judiciary
Legal and judicial system
After charges laid, monks say they were framed for activism
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Monday laid charges against two former monks who were arrested in Pur Senchey district on Saturday for possession of drugs, fake documents and weapons, but the duo maintains that they were framed in retaliation for their political activism. ...
Mech Dara
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/after-charges-laid-monks-say-they-were-framed-for-activism-90594/
Pedophile Molodyakov guilty in Russia
Russian serial pedophile Stanislav Molodyakov—who preyed on Cambodian street children for years before he was deported to his home country in 2012—has been sentenced to 11 years in prison for raping dozens of schoolgirls, according to Russian media. ...
Ben Woods
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/notorious-pedophile-molodyakov-guilty-in-russia-90577/
Kompong Chhnang court investigates police chief over rape claims
The Kompong Chhnang Provincial Court has opened an investigation into the alleged rape of a high-school student by a district police chief and summoned the 19-year-old to appear for questioning over the case, officials said Sunday. ...
Huot Chanpav
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/kompong-chhnang-court-investigates-police-chief-over-rape-claims-90427/
Two political monks arrested over drugs
Two monks were arrested in Phnom Penh’s Pur Senchey district on Saturday for possessing a small amount of crystal methamphetamine, police said Sunday, but fellow monks and pagoda residents claimed the arrests were retaliation for the two taking part in political rallies. ...
Ouch Sony
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/two-political-monks-arrested-over-drugs-90416/
Adhoc tells bar request for case files ordinary
Rights group Adhoc has hit back at accusations from the Bar Association of the Kingdom of Cambodia that it interferes in judicial proceedings involving its lawyers, saying that the group had merely requested that a backlog of case files be moved from the home of ...
Matt Blomberg and Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/adhoc-tells-bar-request-for-case-files-ordinary-90384/
Family of jailed tycoon say trial was not transparent
The wife and relatives of a business tycoon arrested for the murder of another businessman have appealed to Prime Minister Hun Sen to release the suspect, his bodyguards, and his parents, who were all arrested after the murder. ...
Hul Reaksmey
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/family-of-jailed-tycoon-say-trial-was-not-transparent/2888747.html
Criticism mounts over charge against local rights defender
Human Rights Watch on Thursday added its voice to the criticism of Cambodia’s judiciary for defamation charges brought against Ny Chakyra, a senior human rights advocate who accused two judicial officials in Siem Reap province of misconduct in their handling of a land dispute. ...
Simon Henderson and Mech Dara
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/criticism-mounts-over-charge-against-local-rights-defender-90217/
Sihanoukville beach vendors ordered to move
Authorities in Sihanoukville have ordered 26 vendors on O’chheuteal Beach to move their stalls away from the popular stretch of sand by Saturday next week in the interest of “aesthetic beauty” or face eviction. ...
Aun Chhengpor
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/sihanoukville-beach-vendors-ordered-to-move-90207/
Soldiers, civilians charged over illegal forest clearing operation
A soldier and two civilians were charged on Wednesday with illegally clearing forest land by the Kompong Thom Provincial Court, while a second soldier who allegedly guarded the illicit operation has been charged with illegal weapons possession, a court official said Thursday. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/soldiers-civilians-charged-over-illegal-forest-clearing-operation-90215/
Governor on interpol list three years after shooting
An international arrest warrant has finally been issued for Chhouk Bundith, the former governor of Svay Rieng province’s Bavet City who went into hiding before being found guilty of shooting three garment workers three years ago, according to National Police spokesman Kirth Chantharith. ...
Mech Dara
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/governor-on-interpol-list-three-years-after-shooting-90005/
Verdict in agriculture fraud case delayed
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Wednesday delayed a verdict in the $1-million fraud case brought by a Phnom Penh dentist against Cambodian-American businessman Richer San and three of his associates, saying further investigation is needed. ...
Khuon Narim and Simon Henderson
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/verdict-in-agriculture-fraud-case-delayed-90028/
Provinces tapped for appeal court project
Long-awaited regional appeal courts, intended to ease a logjam of pending cases caused by inmate transportation issues, will be unveiled in three provinces next year, Ministry of Justice officials said yesterday. ...
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/provinces-tapped-appeal-court-project
On Facebook, a potential venue for women’s rights
When police arrested real estate tycoon Sok Bun earlier this month, it seemed to be in response to an outcry on social media, which showed closed-circuit footage of him beating a famous TV actress at a restaurant in the capital. It was a rare arrest, ...
Oum Sonita
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/on-facebook-a-potential-venue-for-women-rights/2881566.html
No deal for jailed 'insurrection' activists: Cambodia PM
Cambodia’s strongman premier Monday brushed off recent criticism over a string of lengthy jail sentences handed to opposition activists, adding that there would be no political deal for their release. ...
Bangkok Post News Staff
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/asia/635980/no-deal-for-jailed-insurrection-activists-cambodia-pm
Acting president of CNRP visits his 11 activists in Jail
Kem Sokha, acting president of the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), visited this morning his 11 activists who were sentenced to jail from 7-20 years . ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/acting-president-of-cnrp-visits-his-11-activists-in-jail-8754
Victims of shooting petition for arrest of their assailant
Three victims injured in a public shooting in early 2012 have called on the prime minister to intervene and find the former governor convicted of the crime. ...
Neou Vannarin
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/victims-of-shooting-petition-for-arrest-of-their-assailant/2880176.html
Six arrested, released over NGO law protest
Authorities in Phnom Penh on Sunday arrested and released six people dressed in prison uniforms and chained together by their legs for protesting outside the National Assembly against a recently approved law that threatens to muzzle NGOs critical of the government ...
Mech Dara
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/six-arrested-released-over-ngo-law-protest-89467/
U.S. stays close to the conviction of 11 CNRP activists
The United States is closely monitoring the case of the 11 CNRP activists convicted of insurrection arising out of July 2014 protests in Phnom Penh, according to the U.S. Embassy’s statement received today. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/us-stays-close-to-the-conviction-of-11-cnrp-activists-8751
Two women charged with extorting factory
Two women were charged with extortion and placed in Kandal Provincial Prison on Wednesday for accepting $4,500 from the factory where they worked and had recently set up a union, a court official said. ...
Buth Kimsay
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/two-women-charged-with-extorting-factory-89453/
General gets life for murdering wife, daughter
A former two-star military general who confessed to murdering his wife and daughter, stuffing their bodies in a cooler and having two relatives dump them in the forest was sentenced to life in prison by the Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Thursday. ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/general-gets-life-for-murdering-wife-daughter-89441/
District police chief accused of raping student suspended
A district police chief in Kompong Chhnang province was on Thursday suspended amid an investigation into claims that he raped a high-school student in his office before threatening to murder her family if she told anyone about the assault. ...
Huot Chanpav
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/district-police-chief-accused-of-raping-student-suspended-89304/
No political prisoners here, says ruling party
As outrage still reverberates among opposition supporters over Tuesday’s conviction of 11 Cambodia National Rescue Party activists on “insurrection” charges, the ruling Cambodian People’s Party has warned that questioning the verdict will imperil the ongoing “culture of dialogue”. ...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/no-political-prisoners-here-says-ruling-party
Police save man from angry mob
An angry mob of hundreds surrounded a police station in Takeo province for nine hours on Wednesday night and demanded that an alleged organ harvester accused of kidnapping a 6-year-old girl be handed over for summary execution, officials said Thursday. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/police-save-man-from-angry-mob-89302/
A prisoner’s heartbreak
Holding her husband’s hand through prison bars yesterday, Tith Narin delivered the heartbreaking news – their eldest son was dead.Narin’s husband, Ouk Pich Samnang, was one of 11 Cambodia National Rescue Party activists convicted on Tuesday for his alleged role in a protest that turned ...
Chhay Channyda and Alice Cuddy
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/prisoners-heartbreak