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Court releases activist, former capitol tours bus driver on bail
Former Capitol Tours bus driver Nan Vanna and labor activist Ros Siphay were released on bail Wednesday, nearly two months after they were arrested for taking part in a demonstration against the company during which protesters were attacked by a mob of angry tuk-tuk drivers. ...
Activist monks found guilty of drug possession, death threat
Two defrocked monks were handed prison sentences at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Friday, with one of them found guilty of drug possession and making a death threat and the other of using fake documents and improperly wearing monks’ robes. ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/activist-monks-found-guilty-of-drug-possession-death-threat-110771/
UN rights envoy to visit in wake of ‘color revolution’ case
The U.N.’s human rights envoy to Cambodia will arrive for her second fact-finding mission today, following the U.N.’s censure of the government over the widely-criticized conviction of a political science student for calling for a “color revolution” on Facebook. ...
Zsombor Peter
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/un-rights-envoy-to-visit-in-wake-of-color-revolution-case-110152/
Sam Rainsy summoned to court over Facebook lawsuit
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court has summoned opposition leader Sam Rainsy to appear for questioning in yet another court case, the third lawsuit he has been hit with since a warrant was issued for his arrest in November, according to a copy of the new ...
Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/110119-110119/
CNRP ‘insurrection’ appeal hearings begin
Appeal hearings began on Thursday in the case of 11 opposition figures who were convicted in July for insurrection over a 2014 political protest, with a CNRP official blasting the municipal court over double standards for rejecting his request to get medical treatment outside prison. ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cnrp-insurrection-appeal-hearings-begin-110060/
Foreign national pleads ignorance in drug case
A Nigerian man charged with drug trafficking told the Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday that he did not know the packet he was handling contained methamphetamine. ...
Kim Sarom
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/foreign-national-pleads-ignorance-drug-case
Four suspected human traffickers tried
Four suspects in a human trafficking case were tried by Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday over allegations that they organized the forced marriage of a 21-year-old woman to a Chinese husband in 2015. ...
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/21166/four-suspected-human-traffickers-tried/
Capitol protesters charged over brawl
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday charged two protesters involved in a bloody scuffle that left scores injured over the weekend, while another four prominent unionists were also charged in a significant expansion of the controversial case. ...
Niem Chheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/capitol-protesters-charged-over-brawl
Foreign affairs minister dodges defamation case
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court has thrown out a defamation case against Foreign Affairs Minister Hor Namhong that was filed by Khmer Power Party (KPP) President Sourn Serey Ratha in December after Mr. Namhong called the politician’s supporters terrorists. ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/foreign-affairs-minister-dodges-defamation-case-107255/
Drug trial delayed over false statement claims
Two women charged with drug trafficking told the Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Friday that their original police statements, which placed them in a trafficking ring, had been falsified by police. ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/archives/drug-trial-delayed-over-false-statement-claims-85494/
Man arrested for alleged death threat against PM on Facebook
A 28-year-old man was arrested and brought in for questioning at Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday for allegedly insulting and threatening to kill Prime Minister Hun Sen in a social media post, while a soldier was also questioned this week after a Facebook account linked ...
Phak Seangly, Mech Dara and Shaun Turton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/man-arrested-alleged-death-threat-against-pm-facebook
Bus protesters vow to defy court ban
Phnom Penh Municipal Court has ordered 50 former and current drivers of Capitol Tours Bus Company to cease their protest in front of its office, but the drivers – most of whom were fired last year – said yesterday they will not only ignore the ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/19442/bus-protesters-vow-to-defy-court-ban/
Lawyer questioned in CNRP lawmaker attack investigation
A lawyer for two opposition lawmakers brutally beaten in front of the National Assembly two months ago appeared at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Monday on behalf of his clients, who earlier this month filed an attempted murder complaint against their attackers. ...
Sek Odom
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/lawyer-questioned-in-cnrp-lawmaker-attack-investigation-104086/
Dissident files lawsuit against Hor Namhong
Sourn Serey Ratha, president of the nascent Khmer Power Party (KPP), on Monday filed a defamation and incitement lawsuit against Foreign Affairs Minister Hor Namhong at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court, following through on a threat he made last week. ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/dissident-files-lawsuit-against-hor-namhong-103578/
CNRP lawyer argues for attempted murder
A lawyer for CNRP lawmakers Nhay Chamroeun and Kong Saphea, who were severely beaten on October 26 in front of the National Assembly, filed a new complaint with the Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Monday asking that those arrested for the crime be charged with ...
Mech Dara
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cnrp-lawyer-argues-for-attempted-murder-102347/
Court issues new summons for opposition leader Sam Rainsy
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 ...
Hul Reaksmey
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/court-issues-new-summons-for-opposition-leader-sam-rainsy/3084587.html
Rainsy hit with third court case in three weeks
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. ...
Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/rainsy-hit-with-third-court-case-in-three-weeks-101823/
Senate blasts EU resolution seeking Rainsy’s return
The Senate on Friday released a statement condemning a European Parliament resolution on the political situation in Cambodia approved the day before, accusing the E.U.’s legislative body of meddling in the country’s internal affairs and disrespecting the rule of law. ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/senate-blasts-eu-resolution-seeking-rainsys-return-101424/
New charge for Maltey’s muscle
The former right-hand man of disgraced Phnom Penh Municipal Court president Ang Maltey, convicted on Friday of meddling in a court investigation, has been slapped with a new charge that could extend his stay behind bars. ...
Taing Vida
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-charge-malteys-muscle
Ang Maltey aide given suspended sentence
Pich Prumhmony, the former aide of disgraced Phnom Penh court president Ang Maltey, was convicted of meddling in a court investigation on Friday, but is slated to be released from prison on December 19. ...
Taing Vida
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ang-maltey-aide-given-suspended-sentence
Police arrest three for trafficking Heroin
Three people were provisionally charged by the Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Sunday for smuggling 1 kg of heroin, police said, as officers continued searching for a Vietnamese couple they believe to be the ringleaders of the operation. ...
Saing Soenthrith
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/police-arrest-three-for-trafficking-heroin-101167/
Court questions union members over brawl
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Friday questioned two members of the Free Trade Union (FTU) over a complaint filed against them for attacking members of another union during protests at a factory in June, a unionist said. ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/court-questions-union-members-over-brawl-101133/
Fresh summons for Rainsy
Senior opposition officials met with party president Sam Rainsy in Manila yesterday, even as the Phnom Penh Municipal Court issued a fresh summons to the embattled opposition leader calling him for questioning in apparent connection with the case of jailed Sam Rainsy Party Senator Hong ...
Phak Seangly and Stuart White
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/fresh-summons-rainsy
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