Despite illness, no bail for labour activist

16 January 2014
The Phnom Penh Post
Civil society / Crime and law enforcement / Human rights / Judiciary and courts / Labor / Law and judiciary / Prisons / Social development
Correctional Centre 3 / Independent Democracy of Informal Economy Association / LICADHO / Naly Pilorge / Phnom Penh Municipal Court / Vorn Pov

Labour activist Vorn Pov, who is facing serious health issues while being held in pre-trial detention in Kampong Cham’s Correctional Centre 3 prison, has been denied bail by the Phnom Penh Municipal Court. His NGO-provided lawyer, San Sokunthear, immediately filed an appeal against the bail denial yesterday, saying that her client’s health is deteriorating. … The court denied Pov’s bail on the grounds that the court was still investigating and could not release him while it continued its procedures, Sokunthear said. Prak Sovanary, Pov’s wife, who visited her husband at the prison yesterday, confirmed his condition was worsening. …

 May Titthara
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