Law and judiciary
Legal and judicial system
Police thwart gang fight during round-up
After receiving numerous complaints about violence and robberies outside a nightclub in Battambang City, police Thursday rounded up 25 suspected criminals, claiming to have prevented an imminent gang brawl. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/police-thwart-gang-fight-during-round-up-87806/
Koreans deny running internet phone scam
A group of 10 South Korean nationals accused of operating an Internet phone scam in Phnom Penh denied the charges during their trial Thursday at the municipal court. ...
Ouch Sony
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/koreans-deny-running-internet-phone-scam-87815/
During trial of eight, Nigerian admits to moving crystal meth
A Nigerian man charged with drug trafficking Wednesday admitted in court to transporting crystal methamphetamine in Phnom Penh last year, but claimed he had merely been a hired hand. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/during-trial-of-eight-nigerian-admits-to-moving-crystal-meth-87658/
Prosecutor disputes verdict in murder-kidnapping case
In a rare show of discord inside the courts, a prosecutor at the Kandal Provincial Court on Tuesday lodged an appeal against verdicts handed down to two men involved in a kidnapping and murder. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/prosecutor-disputes-verdict-in-murder-kidnapping-case-87535/
Activists charged over Siem Reap tour-boat brawl
Two opposition CNRP activists were arrested Monday and charged with inciting a brawl in Siem Reap province last month during which a man suffered a serious stab wound, police said. ...
Mech Dara and Aun Chhengpor
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/activists-charged-over-siem-reap-tour-boat-brawl-87443/
Police ignored another arrest warrant for Meas Muth
A second arrest warrant for former Khmer Rouge navy commander Meas Muth was ignored by judicial police last month, a declassified document released Monday by the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia shows. ...
George Wright and Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/police-ignored-another-arrest-warrant-for-meas-muth-87422/
Agriculture firm fraud case draws to a close
Cambodian-American businessman Richer San, one of four men accused of defrauding a Phnom Penh dentist of $1 million, sat alone at the stand in the Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Friday as lawyers delivered their closing arguments. ...
Khuon Narim and Colin Meyn
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/agriculture-firm-fraud-case-draws-to-a-close-87323/
Official believes tip-off helped drug kingpin escape dragnet
After one of the alleged leaders of a busted mufti-milliondollar international drug smuggling ring slipped through a police dragnet in Stung Treng province on Tuesday, an anti-drug official said an information leak likely helped the man escape. ...
Saing Soenthrith and Chris Mueller
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/official-believes-tip-off-helped-drug-kingpin-escape-dragnet-86984/
CPP commune chief arrested by ACU authorities
A CPP commune chief in Koh Kong province’s Sre Ambel district was arrested by the Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) on Saturday, with an official saying Tuesday that he had demanded exorbitant fees to sign land-sale documents. ...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cpp-commune-chief-arrested-by-anti-corruption-authorities-86982/
Bail granted for woman accused in mother's death
A Koh Kong woman, who a representative of the rights group Adhoc says was falsely accused of killing her mother in order to steal nearly 400 grams of gold, was released on bail on Friday. ...
Taing Vida
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/bail-granted-woman-accused-mothers-death
Pre-trial ‘injustice’ on show
Ten Phnom Penh residents, accused by police of having been involved in a car and moto theft ring, yesterday saw their charges dropped for lack of evidence. The decision came after a significant portion of the group had spent more than a year behind bars without ...
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pre-trial-injustice-show
Cold-case union killings to be probed
The government has formed a special inter-ministerial commission to investigate the murders of three union leaders, including the slaying of former Free Trade Union (FTU) president Chea Vichea, whose brother and successor was yesterday among voices cynical of the move. The directive, signed by Prime Minister ...
Meas Sokchea and Shaun Turton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cold-case-union-killings-be-probed
Hun Sen orders re-opening of three union murder cases
Prime Minister Hun Sen has ordered the formation of a special committee to investigate cold-case murders of several labor leaders. The most prominent killing, of popular unionist Chea Vichea, took place in January 2004. Leaders Hy Vuthy and Ros Sovannareth were killed in 2004 and 2007, ...
Neou Vannarin
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/hun-sen-orders-reopening-of-threeunion-murder-cases/2836787.html
Soldier pays way out of deadly Thai hit-and-run
A Royal Cambodian Armed Forces soldier arrested last week by Thai authorities over a hit-and-run that killed a man was released from custody on Sunday after compensating the victims and paying money to the court to the tune of $60,000, according to a post on ...
Sek Odom
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/soldier-pays-way-out-of-deadly-thai-hit-and-run-86341/
Bus company seeks to delay talks on crash payments
The bus company involved in a road accident last month that killed 19 people in Svay Rieng province has requested that the provincial court delay negotiations for compensation to the victims, a court official said Tuesday. ...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/bus-company-seeks-to-delay-talks-on-crash-payments-86325/
Russian charged over man’s shooting during casino clash
A Russian expatriate accused of shooting a man during a fight between two groups of foreigners at a Sihanoukville casino in February was charged with intentional violence Tuesday and sent to prison to await trial, officials said. ...
Kang Sothear
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/russian-charged-over-mans-shooting-during-casino-clash-86339/
Land case dropped as elusive accuser fails to show
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Tuesday dropped a three-year-old case against a group of villagers in Russei Keo district after their mysterious accuser failed for the fourth time to appear before the court. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/land-case-dropped-as-elusive-accuser-fails-to-show-86347/
Three Chinese jailed over plot to traffic girls
Three Chinese nationals were jailed by the Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Monday for attempting to smuggle four teenage Cambodian girls to China, while the sentences of two Cambodians involved in the trafficking operation were reduced to time served. ...
Ouch Sony
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/three-chinese-jailed-over-plot-to-traffic-girls-86204/
‘Mastermind’ of drug gang flees; lieutenant charged
The alleged “mastermind” of a multimillion-dollar international drug smuggling gang has fled to Laos, while his lieutenant was charged in Phnom Penh on Monday with manufacturing, trafficking and possessing narcotics, officials said. ...
Mech Dara
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/mastermind-of-drug-gang-flees-lieutenant-charged-86190/
Judge says probe yields no evidence
No evidence was found to incriminate a woman suspected of killing her own mother and stealing more than 370 grams of gold, according to Koh Kong Provincial Court’s investigating judge. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/judge-says-probe-yields-no-evidence
Man who sold clinic license faces 10 years’ imprisonment
A Cambodian man who sold his license to operate a medical clinic in Stung Treng City faces up to 10 years in prison after a woman died following an abortion conducted illegally on the premises, a court official said. ...
Sek Odom
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/man-who-sold-clinic-license-faces-10-years-imprisonment-85889/
Hijacked tanker did not enter Cambodian waters, officials say
A Malaysian-flagged oil tanker that was hijacked by pirates last week was spotted in Cambodian waters by the Australian air force Thursday, according to Malaysian state media. Cambodian Defense Minister Tea Banh, however, said the vessel never passed through the country’s territorial sea. ...
Two injured in shooting in sand-dredging dispute
Police said Thursday that a land dispute in Kampot province’s Toek Chhou district was likely the motive for a drive-by shooting in the district on Wednesday that left two men with multiple gunshot wounds. ...
Ouch Sony
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/two-injured-in-shooting-in-sand-dredging-dispute-85897/
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/