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Sok Bun seeks release

Real estate tycoon Sok Bun, charged with the brutal bashing of a former TV presenter in July, has applied to leave prison for medical treatment, claiming he is suffering from stress and high blood pressure, his lawyer said yesterday. ...

Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sok-bun-seeks-release

New boss to take over from Sok Bun

Following real estate tycoon Sok Bun’s resignation last month, Teho International, developers of the $500 million The Bay condominium and hotel project, have appointed Yim Chhay Line as a director to the board of the joint venture in Cambodia. ...

Ananth Baliga
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/new-boss-take-over-sok-bun

On Facebook, a potential venue for women’s rights

When police arrested real estate tycoon Sok Bun earlier this month, it seemed to be in response to an outcry on social media, which showed closed-circuit footage of him beating a famous TV actress at a restaurant in the capital. It was a rare arrest, ...

Oum Sonita
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/on-facebook-a-potential-venue-for-women-rights/2881566.html

Chhouk Bandith's victims see hope in Sok Bun arrest

Three factory workers shot more than three years ago by a town governor who remains at large have come to Phnom Penh to ask Prime Minister Hun Sen to take action in their case, given the recent success of the premier’s call to arrest a ...

Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/chhouk-bandiths-victims-see-hope-sok-bun-arrest

No side deals, says Sasa’s dad

After appearing in court yesterday, the father of Ek Socheata, a local TV presenter better known as Ms Sasa, confirmed he would reject compensation from Sok Bun if it meant the tycoon would escape charges for viciously assaulting his daughter earlier this month. ...

Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/no-side-deals-says-sasas-dad

Police search for Bun guard

After the arrest of wanted tycoon Sok Bun this weekend, authorities are now searching for his bodyguard, police said yesterday, though a lawyer for the woman Bun was charged with assaulting has accused the disgraced real estate magnate of obscuring the man’s identity. ...

Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/police-search-bun-guard

Cambodia tycoon arrested after alleged attack of actress

A Cambodian real estate magnate whose violent assault of a female TV star was captured on video was arrested Saturday, authorities said, in a case that has sparked national outrage. He returned to Cambodia on Saturday, two days after Prime Minister Hun Sen called the ...

VOA Khmer News Staff
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/cambodia-tycoon-arrested-after-alleged-attack-of-actress/2869273.html

Property tycoon Sok Bun accused of rape

A former TV hostess savagely beaten by property mogul Sok Bun after intervening to stop his unwanted advances on her friend appeared in court yesterday as it emerged the friend has now filed a rape complaint against the tycoon for a previous alleged assault. ...

Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/post-weekend/rape-claim-hits-tycoon

Sok Bun arrest warrant issued

The Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday issued an arrest warrant for property mogul Sok Bun, more than two weeks after he allegedly savagely beat a former TV hostess in a Phnom Penh restaurant. ...

May Titthara and Charles Parkinson
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sok-bun-arrest-warrant-issued

Police seeking arrest warrant to widen search for Sok Bun

Sok Khemarin, the police official leading the investigation into Sok Bun, said Wednesday that he was waiting on an arrest warrant so that he could call on the assistance of Interpol and deflected suggestions of police collusion with the disgraced real-estate magnate, who remains at ...

Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/police-seeking-arrest-warrant-to-widen-search-for-sok-bun-88539/

Sok Bun begs for mercy

Property tycoon Sok Bun, wanted for the vicious attack of a former TV star, publicly pleaded for his freedom yesterday, pledging to relinquish his “oknha” title and offering his victim $100,000 in compensation, even as Interior Minister Sar Kheng called for his arrest. ...

Chhay Channyda and Charles Parkinson
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sok-bun-begs-mercy

Tycoon resigns after beating

Property tycoon Sok Bun has resigned as director of joint ventures between his company and Singaporean partner TEHO International, amid ongoing controversy over footage showing him viciously attacking a female TV host earlier this month. ...

Charles Parkinson
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/tycoon-resigns-after-beating

Young Cambodians launch campaign to combat violence against women

About 400 young Cambodians and members of the armed forces have launched a campaign calling for an end to violence against women and girls in response to a brutal attack by a real estate tycoon on a former female TV presenter. ...

RFA Khmer News Staff
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/young-cambodians-launch-campaign-to-combat-violence-against-women-07102015135041.html

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