Sek Odom
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Gov’t Seeks Arrest for Minister Death Rumor
The Defense Ministry has ordered the arrest of the owner of a Facebook account that posted a message—denied by the government—claiming Defense Minister Tea Banh had recently died in Beijing. → Read More
Police Ask Companies to Register Drivers as Road Deaths Rise
Following an increase in deaths caused by company drivers overtaking, speeding, drifting off to sleep or driving drunk, the National Police has called for the cooperation of nearly 40 businesses in keeping better records of their employees, according to an official. → Read More
100 More VoIP Scammers Nabbed at Phnom Penh Hotspot
The Interior Ministry’s anti-terrorism department has arrested more than 100 additional Chinese nationals believed to be involved in an internet extortion scam, all found in the same apartment block where they detained 225 people → Read More
Hun Sen Offers More Land to Boeng Kak Holdout Families
Prime Minister Hun Sen, in an attempt to settle an eight-year land dispute, on Tuesday offered additional land in the Boeng Kak lake development to the seven families who had not yet accepted compensation. → Read More
Grenade Girlfriend Co-Defendants Testify to Murder Plot
The lawyer for a woman accused of plotting a grenade attack to kill her former boyfriend said during the second day of her trial on Friday that there was no evidence to support the charges, despite incriminating testimony from her alleged accomplices. → Read More
Appeal Court Upholds 20-Month Sentence for Sam Rainsy
The Appeal Court on Friday upheld a 20-month sentence against former CNRP President Sam Rainsy over his claim that the ruling party orchestrated last year’s murder of political analyst Kem Ley. → Read More
Firebrand Kim Sok Ordered to Pay Hun Sen $200,000, Gets 18 Months in Prison
Outspoken commentator Kim Sok was this afternoon handed an 18-month prison sentence and ordered to pay Prime Minister Hun Sen $200,000 in compensation in the latest stage of what has been a theatrical trial for the provocateur. → Read More
Court Upholds ‘Espionage’ Charge for Australian Filmmaker
A bid to quash the charges against a 68-year-old Australian filmmaker and ruling party critic accused of jeopardizing national security was rejected on Wednesday, sending the case to trial, his lawyer said. → Read More
In Japan, Hun Sen Guarantees ‘Peace, Security’ for Investors
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Tuesday told Japanese investors that he would “guarantee peace, security and a stable political situation” despite next year’s looming national election, ahead of which the premier has ratcheted up threats and intimidation of opponents. → Read More
Curses Cast as Court Upholds 30-Month Tep Vanny Sentence
Human rights observers in Cambodia and abroad on Tuesday decried the court’s continued incarceration of leading grassroots activist Tep Vanny after the Court of Appeal upheld her 30-month prison sentence for an intentional violence charge. → Read More
Appeal Court Upholds 30-Month Tep Vanny Sentence
The Court of Appeal this morning upheld a sentence of more than two years laid against prominent land rights activist Tep Vanny for allegedly attacking state security guards during a demonstration in front of Prime Minister Hun Sen’s mansion in March 2013. → Read More
Villagers Seek Help in Long-Lasting Land Dispute
About 50 members of a Svay Rieng province community that has been caught in a land dispute with a sugarcane company for seven years delivered petitions to the Council of Ministers and Land Management Ministry on Monday seeking government intervention, community representatives said. → Read More
From Housewife to Grassroots Warrior: The Rise of Tep Vanny
Amid one of the biggest mass evictions since the Khmer Rouge—3,000 families violently expelled from Phnom Penh’s Boeng Kak neighborhood in 2008—protracted protests turned shop owners and housewives into full-time activists. → Read More
Expressway to Laos Is News To Ministry
Two companies have signed a formal agreement to build a $5 billion, 522 km expressway from Phnom Penh to the Laotian border, according to a government news release, but a spokesman at the Transport Ministry said he could not confirm the report. → Read More
Hundreds Nabbed in Biggest-Ever VoIP Raid
Police raided two guesthouses in Poipet City on Wednesday and arrested about 200 Chinese nationals suspected of operating an internet blackmailing scam, the biggest-ever detention of fraudsters using Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) technology in Cambodia, an official said. → Read More
Worker Recruitment Agency Shut by Anti-Trafficking Department
A Phnom Penh labor recruitment agency was shut and three of its employees were arrested on Tuesday after the firm allegedly took money from would-be migrant workers and failed to set them up with jobs abroad, an official said. → Read More
CNRP Commune Donation Box Sparks Ruling Party Outcry
A newly elected opposition commune chief who allowed constituents to put a donation box in his office to fund commune services has found himself under fire by ruling party peers and higher-ups. → Read More
Storms Threaten Capital, Stung Treng Flooding Continues
A new storm headed for Cambodia overnight could flood Phnom Penh and areas of the Mekong river downstream from the capital, adding to the woes of disaster planners already dealing with flooding in Stung Treng province, officials said Friday. → Read More
Tensions Rise During Tep Vanny Appeal Court Hearing
Prominent land activist Tep Vanny remained defiant on Thursday during an Appeal Court hearing to dispute her more than two-year prison sentence over charges related to a 2013 demonstration in front of Prime Minister Hun Sen’s mansion. → Read More
City Hall to Measure Land of Lake Families Fearing Eviction
Phnom Penh will begin measuring the homes of hundreds of families seeking land titles to stave off potential eviction by a massive real-estate project filling in a pair of lakes, a municipal government spokesman said on Tuesday. → Read More