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Officials set for murder probe

22 September 2015
The Phnom Penh Post
Criminal litigation / Unions
Chea Vichea / Hy Vuthy / Ros Sovannareth

The prime minister has selected 14 senior officials – all members of the ruling party – to probe the cold-case murders of three union leaders, including Free Trade Union (FTU) president Chea Vichea, though scepticism remains about the timing and motivation behind the new investigation.According ...

 Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/officials-set-murder-probe

Gov’t to reinvestigate Union leaders’ slayings

26 June 2015
The Cambodia Daily
Civil society / Law and judiciary / Laws and regulations / Legal framework / Social development
Chea Vichea / Hy Vuthy / Ros Sovannareth

An interministerial committee has been established to once again investigate the assassinations of Free Trade Union leaders Chea Vichea, Hy Vuthy and Ros Sovannareth between 2004 and 2007, according to a government decree obtained Thursday. ...

 Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/govt-to-reinvestigate-union-leaders-slayings-86605/

The Assassination of Union Leader Chea Vichea—A Decade On

22 January 2014
The Cambodia Daily
Crime and law enforcement / Government / Human rights / Labor / Law and judiciary / Ministries and other national bodies / Ministry of Interior / Ministry of Justice / Social development
Born Samnang / Chea Mony / Chea Vichea / Community Legal Education Center / Free Trade Union / FTU / Hy Vuthy / International Labor Organization / LICADHO / Ministry of Interior / Pung Chiv Kek / Ros Sovannareth / Sam Rainsy / Sok Sam Oeun / Stanford Law School / Supreme Court / Wat Lanka

Ten years after his assassination, friends and associates remember Chea Vichea, the founding president of the Free Trade Union, as a quiet man but a charismatic leader, passionate about labor issues and the right for workers to collectively bargain for higher wages and better conditions. ...

 Denise Hruby
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/the-assassination-of-union-leader-chea-vichea-a-decade-on-50951/

Beyond Chea Vichea, Many Cases Lack Accountability, Justice

21 January 2014
The Cambodia Daily
Civil society / Crime and law enforcement / Garments and textiles / Government / Human rights / Industries / International laws and treaties / Judiciary and courts / Labor / Labor policy and administration / Law and judiciary / Laws and regulations / Legal and judicial reform / Ministries and other national bodies / Ministry of Interior / Social development / Unions
Born Samnang / Cambodian Defenders Project / Cambodian People's Party / Chea Mony / Chea Vichea / CPP / Free Trade Union / FTU / Heng Chantha / Heng Pov / Hok Lundy / Hy Vuthy / Interior Ministry / Judicial Central Department / Lieutenant General Mok Chito / Mok Chito / Phnom Penh police chief Heng Pov / Ros Sovannareth / Sok Sam Oeun / Supreme Court

Ahead of the 10-year anniversary on Wednesday of the assassination of Free Trade Union (FTU) President Chea Vichea, police said Monday that despite their inability to bring anyone to justice for the high-profile slaying, the case remains open. However, Chea Mony, the brother of Chea Vichea, ...

 Khy Sovuthy and Lauren Crothers
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/eu-ambassador-distances-local-delegation-from-resolution-50914/

Grenade Attack Remembered Amid Promised Reform

1 October 2013
The Cambodia Daily
Crime and law enforcement / Government / Human rights / Judiciary and courts / Law and judiciary / Legal and judicial reform / Social development
Born Samnang / Chea Vichea / Chut Wutty / CPP / Free Trade Union / FTU / Heng Serei Oudom / Hun Sen / In Rathana / Kem Sokha / Khim Sambo / Ministry of Interior / Ministry of Justice / Moneaksekar Khmer newspaper / Om Radsady / Ros Sovannareth / Sam Pracheameanit / Sam Rainsy / Sar Kheng / Sok Sam Oeun / Vorakchun Khmer newspaper

Opposition leaders Sam Rainsy and Kem Sokha joined dozens of monks and hundreds of supporters on Monday for a Pchum Ben ceremony at the memorial stupa in Phnom Penh honoring the 16 people who were killed by a grenade attack on an opposition rally in ...

 Aun Pheap and Colin Meyn
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/grenade-attack-remembered-amid-promised-reform-43996/

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