Law and judiciary
Foreign minister says Cambodia’s judiciary is fair
Cambodia’s foreign minister defended the country’s judiciary before a group of diplomats Thursday, addressing an arrest warrant issued last week for opposition leader Sam Rainsy. ...
Hul Reaksmey
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/foreign-minister-says-cambodia-judiciary-is-fair/3065440.html
Fake birth certificate posted to Facebook prompts investigation
The Interior Ministry is searching for a man who posted a doctored birth certificate to Facebook that lists his birthplace as Takeo province, Vietnam—reasoning that the suspect had “poisoned the environment,” officials said on Thursday. ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/fake-birth-certificate-posted-to-facebook-prompts-investigation-100973/
Construction feud embroils local gov in Ratanakkiri
The governor of Ratanakkiri’s Banlung town was sued on Wednesday by a local resident and army veteran for allegedly seizing construction materials and violating private property rights without a court warrant. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/construction-feud-embroils-local-gov-ratanakkiri
Cambodia opposition leader seeks deal to return
Cambodian opposition leader Sam Rainsy, for whom an arrest warrant was issued last week, will not be returning to Phnom Penh until a deal is struck to secure his freedom. ...
David Fisher
http://www.newsfultoncounty.com/politics/news/1917111-cambodia-opposition-leader-seeks-deal-to-return
Cambodia denies Sam Rainsy arrest warrant was politically motivated
Cambodia’s Foreign Minister Hor Namhong on Thursday dismissed claims that a court decision to issue an arrest warrant for Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) President Sam Rainsy was politically motivated and said his lawyer had acted alone in pursuing a defamation case against the opposition ...
Thai Tha
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/warrant-11192015170611.html
Group of fifteen illegal loggers arrested in Thailand
A group of 15 Cambodians was arrested in Thailand on Tuesday for illegal logging in the country’s Sa Kaeo province, a Cambodian official said on Wednesday. ...
Saing Soenthrith
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/group-of-fifteen-illegal-loggers-arrested-in-thailand-100806/
Biofuel case stalls again; British defendant claims extortion
The trial of a British entrepreneur accused of fraud was delayed again at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Wednesday, while the defendant alleged he received an offer to buy his freedom for $1 million. ...
Matt Blomberg and Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/biofuel-case-stalls-again-british-defendant-claims-extortion-100808/
Customs officials demolish 52 modified trucks
The cabs of 52 container trucks deemed unfit for the road were destroyed on Wednesday morning after being found among shipments of other vehicles at the Stung Hav Special Economic Zone and Port in Preah Sihanouk province, officials said. ...
Sek Odom
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/customs-officials-demolish-52-modified-trucks-100823/
CNRP leader accuses Hun Sen of constitutional coup
Cambodia’s opposition leader, Sam Rainsy, is accusing the ruling party of carrying out a constitutional coup after a local court issued an arrest warrant for him and a parliamentary committee stripped him of his seat. In a message published on Facebook, the politician said the ...
Robert Carmichael
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/cnrp-leader-accuses-hun-sen-of-constitutional-coup/3063073.html
Going viral in Cambodian cyberspace
Social media is on the rise in Cambodia, and it may just mark the beginning of the end of the systemic culture of judicial impunity, as well as the long-dysfunctional democratic system. ...
Sebastian DuChamp
http://www.asiasentinel.com/politics/going-viral-cambodia-cyberspace/
Activist monk a wanted man
Phnom Penh Municipal Court has issued a warrant for the arrest of a prominent activist and former monk currently living in self-imposed exile who it says has been found guilty of forging public documents and wearing monks’ robes after being defrocked. ...
Taing Vida
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/activist-monk-wanted-man
Cambodia must bridge skills gap: report
Cambodia must work to close the skills gap between its labor force and the domestic job market in order to maintain its economic growth, according to a report released on Monday by the Asian Development Bank and the International Labor Organization. ...
Anthony Jensen
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cambodia-must-bridge-skills-gap-report-100518/
Police detain five following slaying of Chinese woman
Authorities have detained five Chinese nationals for questioning following the brutal slaying of a Chinese woman at her apartment in Phnom Penh’s Pur Senchey district on Sunday evening, police said on Monday. ...
Buth Kimsay
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/police-detain-five-following-slaying-of-chinese-woman-100506/
Soldier in murder case starts serving 2001 robbery sentence
A soldier arrested last week as a suspect in the recent murder of a police officer and a forest ranger in Preah Vihear province has started serving a 10-year prison sentence for a years-old armed robbery conviction. ...
Vietnamese tourists released after drone flies near palace
Three Vietnamese tourists were briefly detained on Saturday for flying a drone over the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh, a week after a Hong Kong national was similarly arrested and released without charge for the same offense. ...
Ouch Sony
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/vietnamese-tourists-released-after-drone-flies-near-palace-100359/
One dead, 1 injured after thwarted gun sale
Police in Tbong Khmum province on Friday shot one man dead and injured another—both suspects in a string of robberies—during a thwarted gun sale, an officer said. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/one-dead-1-injured-after-thwarted-gun-sale-100355/
Rights group: Drop warrant for Cambodia opposition leader
An international rights group Saturday called the warrant for the arrest of Cambodia’s opposition leader in a years-old defamation case “politically motivated”, saying it should be dropped immediately. ...
Turkish Weekly News Staff
http://www.turkishweekly.net/2015/11/14/news/rights-group-drop-warrant-for-cambodia-opposition-leader/
Sam Rainsy faces arrest warrant
Citing a seven-year-old defamation case, the Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday issued an arrest warrant for opposition leader Sam Rainsy, forcing the travelling Cambodia National Rescue Party president to choose whether to stay abroad or return and face a two-year prison term.The warrant, stemming from ...
Phak Seangly and Shaun Turton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/post-weekend/sam-rainsy-faces-arrest-warrant
55 garment workers injured in truck crash
Fifty-five garment workers from three factories were injured in a traffic accident on Thursday evening when a truck carrying them home from work ran off a highway in Kompong Chhnang province, officials said. ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/55-garment-workers-injured-in-truck-crash-100334/
Cambodia: Court orders arrest of opposition leader
A Cambodian court on Friday ordered the arrest of an opposition leader, Sam Rainsy, in connection with a seven-year-old defamation case, and his party accused Prime Minister Hun Sen of being behind the move to gain the upper hand in their political fight. ...
The Associate Press News Staff
http://nyti.ms/1MLUWIU
Kidney-sale sentence cut in half on appeal
A woman who had been sentenced to 15 years for organ trafficking in March had her sentence halved at the Appeal Court yesterday, while her two relatives convicted in absentia saw their 10-year sentences dropped entirely. ...
Kim Sarom
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kidney-sale-sentence-cut-half-appeal
Investment protection law with Russia set to pass senate
A new law protecting investment from Russia and Belarus will help Cambodia diversify its export markets as well as encourage more investments from Russia and Eastern Europe, Senate spokesman Mam Bun Neang said yesterday. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/17761/investment-protection-law-with-russia-set-to-pass-senate/
Police chief abuses power, commune chief says
More than 200 villagers living on the fringe of a giant hydropower project in Stung Treng province are lobbying for their commune’s police chief to be removed, alleging that he habitually confiscates illegally logged wood from villagers on behalf of powerful business interests. ...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/police-chief-abuses-power-commune-chief-says-100217/
Traffic woes vex Phnom Penh governor
Phnom Penh’s municipal governor yesterday called on citizens to start obeying traffic laws and using the city’s fledgling public-transportation system as he addressed widespread discontent with traffic issues. ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/traffic-woes-vex-phnom-penh-governor