Crime and law enforcement

Cambodian police arrested 22 Chinese, who were suspected of transnational telephone fraud, in southeast Cambodia’s Svay Rieng Province on Saturday, August 29. ...

Police in Banteay Meanchey province’s Poipet city exchanged gunfire on Monday’s night with three suspected thieves on, leaving one suspect died at the scene. ​ ...

Phnom Penh governor Pa Socheatvong held a meeting with the city’s bus companies Thursday to inform them that starting next year, their depots and pickup points must be located outside the city center as part of efforts to ease worsening traffic congestion. ...

The Ministry of Interior yesterday ordered all prisons across the country to release inmates scheduled to be freed on weekends and public holidays ahead of time rather than prolonging their sentence. ...

The announcement last month that traffic cops will collect 70 per cent of fines they give out has already seen enforcement increase, according to a senior official at the Interior Ministry.Speaking yesterday, General Run Roth Veasna, director of the ministry’s Department of Order, said tickets ...

After nearly a year of dry taps, the water supply at Phnom Penh’s Prey Sar prison has finally been restored, but inmates are still being forced to pay for the so-called luxury commodity, according to those who live and work there. ...

A Cambodian court on Sunday charged opposition senator Hong Sok Hour with three counts of crimes and ordered to place him in a pre-trial detention, according to court officials and a defense lawyer. ...

The number of casualties from last week’s fatal bus crash in the Dankrek Mountains rose to 17 on Friday, after victim Sem Sambath, 58, succumbed to her injuries, Siem Reap Provincial Hospital director Pen Phalkun said yesterday. ...

At least 16 were killed and another 23 injured yesterday when a bus careened off an embankment in the Dangkrek Mountains as its brakes and transmission failed, police said. ...

A new provincial prison in Pailin’s Sala Krao district still has no running water supply six months after it accepted more than 100 prisoners, local officials say.The prisoners arrived in early March after being transferred from their former prison – an old movie theatre in ...

The Minister of Interior has ordered senior officials to conduct unannounced spot checks of the Kingdom’s detention centres in an effort to ensure that inmates are not receiving ill treatment behind bars. ...

Rights group Licadho has welcomed an announcement from the Interior Ministry that conditions at prisons, social rehabilitation centers and drug rehabs will be improved to ensure that the rights of inmates, patients and others housed or confined at the centers will be respected. ...

The Svay Rieng Provincial Court director said Tuesday that the bus company involved in a deadly crash that killed 19 people and injured 21 in Svay Rieng province in May has had its latest compensation offer rejected by the victims’ families. ...

Justice Minister Paiboon Koomchaya says Thailand and Laos are considering inviting Cambodia and Vietnam to join the “Safe Mekong” anti-drug operation. ...

As Phnom Penh’s population expands in the coming decades—with expectations of 2.6 million people by 2035 and 5 million by 2050—Japan’s development agency on Thursday hosted a conference to review its plan to curb traffic congestion in the capital. ...

Police in Siem Reap City on Thursday questioned a traffic police officer over an incident on Tuesday in which the son-in-law of the Siem Reap provincial prison director allegedly punched the woman in the arm and threatened to run her over after she pulled him ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen signed off a sub-degree for penalties on those who commit the road offenses such as speeding and drunk driving. ...

Phnom Penh Municipal Court decided to detain two activists of the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) in prison after finishing the questioning process. ...

A Cambodian court on Wednesday charged three activists from the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party with insurrection in connection with a protest last year that turned violent. ...

Rights groups say the Cambodian government should prioritize the passage of a law that would provide better guidance on the treatment of juveniles by the court system. ...

The Ministry of Social Affairs has completed drafting a law on juvenile justice that will soon be moved forward for approval and debate at the legislature. The new law, as drafted, aims to provide rehabilitation opportunities for juveniles, rather than simple prison sentences, and meets ...

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. ...

A traffic accident in Battambang’s Sampov Loun district involving a Lexus and a Hyundai truck on Wednesday evening left four people dead, including two children, and seven injured, as police continue to search for the truck’s driver, who fled the scene. ...

Opposition leaders have been unable to negotiate a release of 11 political activists handed steep sentences earlier this month for their alleged involvement in violent demonstrations last year. ...