Law and judiciary
Vacated bodyguard HQ signals end of an era
The former headquarters of late CPP President Chea Sim’s personal bodyguard unit, which was disbanded following his death in June, is now the office of a private security firm. ...
Khy Sovuthy and Anthony Jensen
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/vacated-bodyguard-hq-signals-end-of-an-era-107984/
Railway residents told to stay calm over expressway
Uncertain residents who have protested the lack of information surrounding a planned elevated toll road linking central Phnom Penh and the airport were yesterday urged to remain calm as authorities work out a “solution” for those affected. ...
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/railway-residents-told-stay-calm-over-expressway
Chinese new year fire destroys 97 houses in Phnom Penh
A fire destroyed 97 houses in Phnom Penh’s Meanchey district early Monday morning, with authorities blaming an unattended candle from a resident’s Lunar New Year celebration for sparking the blaze. ...
Ben Sokhean and Peter Ford
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/chinese-new-year-fire-destroys-97-houses-in-phnom-penh-107837/
Thai company’s return to sugar group challenged by NGOs
Three local NGOs have filed a complaint with international sugar industry group Bonsucro for readmitting Thai sugar giant Mitr Phol even though thousands of families forced off the company’s former plantations in Oddar Meanchey province have yet to be fully compensated. ...
Zsombor Peter
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/thai-companys-return-to-sugar-group-challenged-by-ngos-107852/
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
Trear 4 villagers affected by sewage water logging demand for compensation from lake filling company
4 families living in Trear 4 village, Stung Meanchey commune, Mean Chey district, asked the local authority for providing compensation due to lake filling by a private company that caused sewage water and mud logging, also house and other properties damaging. ...
Sereymony
http://www.rfa.org/khmer/news/land/villager-demands-compensate-02072016033412.html
Murder suspect of dismembered spaniard arrested in cambodia
A Spanish man who is the prime suspect in the gruesome murder of a fellow Spaniard was arrested in Cambodia, where he is believed to have fled after the victim’s dismembered body was recovered piece by piece from Bangkok’s Chao Phraya River, police said Monday. ...
SOPHENG CHEANG
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/murder-suspect-dismembered-spaniard-arrested-cambodia-36781445
Reservoir residents could face eviction
A government sub-decree dated February 3 defined 3,200 hectares of Tamoak Lake as state-owned land, sparking eviction fears among residents. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/reservoir-residents-could-face-eviction
Protesting capitol bus drivers attacked
A bloody scuffle in Phnom Penh on Saturday left scores injured after protesting bus drivers and their supporters were brutally set upon by a rival association armed with sticks, metal bars and hammers. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/protesting-capitol-bus-drivers-attacked
Lengthy Banteay Meanchey land dispute finally ends in payout
After a seven-year struggle, a Banteay Meanchey teacher finally got $8,000 in compensation for her land, which was seized by the Cambodian military during a border flare-up with Thailand. ...
Niem Chheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/lengthy-banteay-meanchey-land-dispute-finally-ends-payout
Another toll road contract canceled by prime minister
For the third time in as many months, the government has canceled a contract with a private company operating a toll road in response to complaints from motorists. ...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/another-toll-road-contract-canceled-by-prime-minister-107691/
Appeal court upholds Veng Sreng riot convictions
The Appeal Court on Thursday upheld convictions of intentional violence and causing property damage against 13 unionists and workers who were arrested during a riot outside a Phnom Penh industrial park on January 3, 2014, at which military police shot dead at least five people. ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/appeal-court-upholds-veng-sreng-riot-convictions-107532/
Online crime ring raid nets ‘23’ Koreans
Police working with Ministry of Post and Telecommunications officials yesterday arrested more than 20 South Korean nationals allegedly running an illegal telecom operation, an officer said yesterday, though an embassy representative said the bust related to online gambling. ...
Bun Sengkong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/online-crime-ring-raid-nets-23-koreans
Two Cambodians convicted following Thailand market melee
Officials are attempting to secure the release of two Cambodian men who were sentenced to three months in a Thai prison on Thursday after being summarily convicted of attacking government inspectors at a market in Sa Kaeo province the day before, according to the Ministry ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/two-cambodians-convicted-following-thailand-market-melee-107655/
Construction law may be enacted by mid-year: Gov’t advisor
A draft construction law has been completed, will soon be submitted to the Council of Ministers and may be enacted by the middle of the year, Sok Siphana, a senior advisor to the government, told Khmer Times yesterday. ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/21038/construction-law-may-be-enacted-by-mid-year--gov---t-advisor/
Shots fired in Mondulkiri timber chase
A former Mondulkiri provincial military police officer, Sou Marith, fired on authorities who had chased a car carrying timber to his home, but managed to make good his escape in the hours it took authorities to procure an arrest warrant, local authorities said. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/shots-fired-mondulkiri-timber-chase
Worker road deaths spike in ‘15
The number of workers killed and injured by traffic accidents nearly doubled in 2015, according to a report released by the National Social Security Fund yesterday. ...
Sen David and Charles Rollet
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/worker-road-deaths-spike-15
Shots fired in Mondulkiri timber chase
A former Mondulkiri provincial military police officer, Sou Marith, fired on authorities who had chased a car carrying timber to his home, but managed to make good his escape in the hours it took authorities to procure an arrest warrant, local authorities said. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/shots-fired-mondulkiri-timber-chase
Police reinvestigating case of local journalist killed by mob
Prosecutors in Kompong Speu province have ordered police to reinvestigate the demise of a newspaper reporter who was reportedly bludgeoned to death by an angry mob on Sunday, while the victim’s family and employer cast doubt on the official version of events. ...
Niem Chheng
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/police-reinvestigating-case-of-local-journalist-killed-by-mob-107540/
No warrant yet for pedo thought to be in country
Siem Reap police say they are waiting on an arrest warrant from the National Police before taking steps to locate and apprehend convicted Dutch pedophile Pieter Ceulen, who Siem Reap residents placed in town 11 days ago, the very day he was sentenced in Belgium. ...
Mech Dara and Alessandro Marazzi Sassoon
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/no-warrant-yet-pedo-thought-be-country
Illegal logging has become more violent than ever
Criminal loggers and land snatchers are committing more murders around the world, but they almost always escape justice. ...
Rachel Nuwer
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/02/160202-Illegal-loggers-murders-violence-defending-land/
Law needed to protect informants
Transperancy International Cambodia yesterday called on the authorities to fulfill their commitment to the introduction of a whistleblower law, saying it would be key in protecting those who otherwise might not call out corruption. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/law-needed-protect-informants
Free Unionists, FTU pleads
The Free Trade Union has sent a letter to police seeking the release of two union officials arrested on Tuesday over protests at the Cerie garment factory in Kampong Speu province. ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/free-unionists-ftu-pleads
Families in Ratanakkiri file ELC complaint
More than 220 ethnic Tompuon families in Ratanakkiri’s Lumphat district yesterday filed a complaint to rights group Adhoc over a 2,000-hectare land dispute against an economic land concession. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/families-ratanakkiri-file-elc-complaint