Law and judiciary

An Australian fugitive wanted by Thai authorities for the murder of a former Hells Angels member was arrested in Phnom Penh on Thurs­day and is being held by immigration police, officials said Friday. ...

Thai police believe that an Australian murder suspect is in Cambodia after fleeing arrest in Thailand, according to Australian and Thai media reports, although Cambodian authorities contacted on Thursday said they had no knowledge of the fugitive. ...

Twenty-eight warehouse workers, including some known gang members, were arrested by military police in Phnom Penh’s Meanchey district on Wednesday night for their involvement in the severe beating of a garment worker, officials said on Thursday.   ...

Convicted tycoon Thong Sarath yesterday began an appeal of his June conviction for possessing and using illegal weapons.He was arrested in April after allegedly masterminding the assassination of another construction magnate, Ung Meng Cheu, in November last year. ...

An unlicensed doctor was sentenced to 25 years in prison yesterday after being found guilty by Battambang Provincial Court of “torture with aggravating circumstances” for infecting hundreds of people with HIV.Yem Chroeum, 56, stared at the ground as presiding judge Yich Chheanavy read out the ...

More than 200 people living on a contested plot of land in Ratanakkiri province on Thursday lodged a petition with the provincial court calling for the release of three community leaders who were convicted and jailed on Wednesday over a dispute with a wealthy businessman, ...

Dozens of protesters in rural Cambodia broke through a gate and tried to push their way into a provincial court, which had detained three villagers in a land dispute in the northeastern part of the country. More than 170,000 families across the country were adversely ...

Phnom Penh Municipal Court has issued a summons for opposition leader Sam Rainsy to appear in January, to answer court questions in a new defamation case. The court actions against Sam Rainsy come despite widespread condemnation by the international community and fears that Cambodia’s upcoming ...

Fast approaching six months since its creation, a special commission to investigate the cold-case killings of three union figures, including Free Trade Union president Chea Vichea, has nothing to report. ...

National Assembly President Heng Samrin has become the latest government official to accuse opposition leader Sam Rainsy of defamation, with a lawyer for the ex-president filing a complaint against Mr. Rainsy over false claims that the 1980s communist regime sentenced King Norodom Sihanouk to death. ...

French investigators probing the 2012 murder of French national Laurent Vallier and his four children have returned to Cambodia to interview three suspects, a police official said on Wednesday.    ...

The Phnom Penh municipal government has rejected a request from NGOs to mark international Human Rights Day on December 10 with a march from the National Assembly to Freedom Park, claiming the walk would pose a threat to public security. ...

After writing to Prime Minister Hun Sen in July asking him to order an investigation into the sand dredging taking place in Koh Kong province, CNRP lawmaker Son Chhay on Wednesday accused the prime minister of not fully addressing the issues in his letter of ...

Residents living next to a sewage canal in Chomchao commune are concerned about their safety after the walls containing the canal and the ground around it began to collapse when contractors began work on a nearby construction site. ...

Five months after Vietnam pledged to fill in three large ponds its citizens illegally dug half a kilometer inside Cambodian territory in Ratanakkiri province, CNRP lawmakers say the reservoirs remain untouched. ...

An arrest warrant was issued on Tuesday for an assistant of opposition leader Sam Rainsy who helps run his popular Facebook page and is allegedly responsible for producing the video in which now-jailed Senator Hong Sok Hour presents a forged treaty. ...

Almost 50 garment workers are recovering from their injuries in the hospital or at home after the flatbed truck that was transporting them home from work in Kompong Chhnang province on Monday evening plunged into a canal, police said on Tuesday. ...

Camera-wielding visitors to the iconic temples of the Angkor Archaeological Park in Siem Reap province will have to take extra care before clicking away now that the government has imposed new rules—effective immediately—for anyone aiming to make money off of their images. ...

For the Cambodian People’s Party (CPP), it’s beginning to feel a lot like Christmas.On Monday, lawmakers for the ruling party passed the country’s new $4.3m national budget — at least the third time in two years the opposition has gifted the CPP the chance to ...

Opposition lawmaker Um Sam An, who was at the fore of the CNRP’s efforts earlier this year to reveal Vietnamese encroachments into Cambodia, said on Monday that he had entered self-imposed exile along with opposition leader Sam Rainsy. ...

Two weeks after authorities razed the homes of dozens of families in Battambang province as they protested in front of the Rokha Kiri district office, about 200 villagers brought their grievances to the provincial governor on Monday. ...

The Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) has refused to supervise the upcoming exam for new judges organized by the Royal Academy for Judicial Professions (RAJP), claiming that the RAJP “lacks the will” to work with them on fighting against widespread judicial corruption. ...

The Appeal Court yesterday rejected a bid by Hong Sok Hour’s lawyer to secure the imprisoned opposition senator’s freedom and avoid being forced to hand over further evidence, including the lawmaker’s laptop. ...

The Interior Ministry’s anti-human trafficking department on Monday questioned an administrator at a maritime school over complaints lodged in September by seven former students who claim they were forced to flee a pair of Chinese-owned cargo ships after working in slave-like conditions. ...