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Judge forces sparse settlement on family of beaten children
- 19 June 2013
- The Phnom Penh Post
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- Adhoc / agro-industry / assault / Bribery / compensation / Corruption / criminal activity / Disputed Land / DM Group / Eng Chamnag / judge Eng Chamnag / judiciary / land / land demarcation / Land grabs / Ratanakkiri / Ratanakkiri Province / Ratanakkiri provincial court / Ratanakkiri Provincial Court investigating judge Eng Chamnag / rubber / Rubber Companies / rubber plantations / rubber trees / rule of law
The Ratanakkiri Provincial Court yesterday forced a family whose three children were allegedly beaten by DM Group firm employees last month to accept only $1,000 in compensation in place of the $40,000 the family initially had demanded, the children’s father claimed. Ry Sarun, 52, said that ...
Jail Sentence for Anti-Eviction Activist Upheld
- 15 June 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
- Human rights / Judiciary and courts / Land / Land tenure and land titling / Social development
- assault / Boeng Kak / Boeng Kak Lake / Boeung Kak Lake / Boueng Kak / compensation / Court of Appeal / evictions / forced evictions / Hun Sen / Judge Taing Sunlay / judiciary / Khmer-Soviet Friendship Hospital / land / land activists / LICADHO / Ministry of Justice / Phnom Penh Municipal Court / Police / Prime Minister Hun Sen / protests / riot police / Taing Sunlay / Yorm Bopha
The Court of Appeal on Friday upheld the guilty verdict for anti-eviction activist Yorm Bopha, but reduced her sentence from three-to two-years imprisonment, of which one year was suspended. The ruling means that Ms. Bopha will not be released until late 2014. Supporters and human rights groups ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/jail-sentence-for-anti-eviction-activist-upheld-31073/
Judge Denies Coercion Claim in Land Dispute Assault Case
- 24 May 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
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A father whose three children were badly beaten by employees of a rubber plantation has accused a Ratanakkiri Provincial Court judge of threatening to send two sons, aged 14 and 21, to jail unless they accept $1,000 in compensation and drop the assault complaint. Ry Saron ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/judge-denies-coercion-claim-in-assault-case-26546/
The canes of wrath
- 10 May 2013
- Southeast Asia Globe
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Satiating the demands of the global sugar industry is big business for Cambodia’s sugarcane plantations. Yet accusations of human rights abuses and land grabs in the Kingdom have left a bitter aftertaste for many on the ground as companies vie for a larger slice of ...
