Khy Sovuthy
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Military Official, Three Others Charged Over Illegal Logging
A military official and three businessmen involved with a company in Preah Vihear province were charged on Thursday over their alleged involvement in logging illegally on the site of a world heritage-listed, 11th century temple, authorities said. → Read More
Indian Man at Large After Conviction for Teen Sexual Abuse
An Indian man who was inexplicably released by the Siem Reap Provincial Court last year following his arrest for sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl was convicted in absentia on Thursday, but authorities have made no attempt to rearrest him and his whereabouts remain unknown. → Read More
Witness, Court At Odds Over Account of Fatal Crash
The provincial court’s account on Wednesday of a key witness’s recollection of a fatal car crash that effectively absolves a senior government official directly contradicted what the witness himself claims he told the court. → Read More
Disgraced General Loses Supreme Court Verdict
The Supreme Court on Monday upheld a guilty verdict and 20-year prison sentence handed down to a former military general and an accomplice in 2013 for large-scale drug trafficking. → Read More
Pagoda Chief Gets 15 Years for Rape of Boys
The Siem Reap Provincial Court sentenced a former pagoda chief to 15 years in prison on Thursday for raping at least 10 young boys in a case that has become a lightning rod for criticism of the monkhood. → Read More
CPP Takes Advantage of CNRP’s No-Show
What was meant to be a victory in the CNRP’s campaign to assert the National Assembly’s sovereignty from the executive ended up being a field day for the ruling CPP, as the opposition’s lawmakers on Thursday boycotted the questioning of Justice Minister Ang Vong Vathana. → Read More
Minimum Wage Talks Scheduled
The Ministry of Labor has instructed employers and unions in the country’s crucial garment sector to begin preparations for the next round of minimum wage negotiations. → Read More
On Fifth ‘Black Monday,’ Seven Protesters Arrested
At about 9:50 a.m., police stopped five activists traveling to the prison in a tuk-tuk and forced them into the bed of a police truck and brought them to the Dangkao district police station. Two more activists were arrested 10 minutes later as they attempted to lay lotus flowers in front of the prison’s gate. → Read More
Lawyers Rally Around Colleague Jailed for Bribery
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Thursday charged attorney Pich Rattana with attempted bribery of a judge, as dozens of fellow lawyers rallied to have him released on bail. → Read More
Parliament Passes Juvenile Justice Law
A new juvenile justice law designed to steer youth offenders toward restorative justice instead of incarceration was passed by the National Assembly on Monday after more than a decade in the works. → Read More
CPP Lawmakers Clear Sokha’s Path to Prison
Holed up in the CNRP’s headquarters for yet another day, deputy opposition leader Kem Sokha was still a free man as of late Monday night despite the ruling CPP’s lawmakers meeting in the National Assembly on their own earlier in the day to approve his arrest. → Read More
PM’s Bodyguards Get One Year for Beating
Three members of Prime Minister Hun Sen’s personal bodyguard unit were found guilty of aggravated intentional violence on Friday for savagely beating two opposition lawmakers last year but were handed suspended sentences that will see them walk free in less than six months. → Read More
Interior Minister Tells Firefighters Not to Demand Bribes
Firefighters were urged by Interior Minister Sar Kheng on Thursday to act in the interest of victims and not demand bribes before putting out blazes. → Read More
Grandfather, 2 Grandchildren Killed by Old Artillery Shell
A grandfather and two of his grandchildren were killed by a decades-old artillery shell on Tuesday in Prey Veng province when it exploded as the old man was using it as a makeshift workbench. → Read More
Years After Theft, Relics Returned to Odong
Almost three years after they were quietly stolen from a stupa here under the cover of darkness, Cambodia’s prized relics of the Buddha were returned Friday under markedly different circumstances. → Read More
General Banh Tells Protesters to Get Permission or Go to Jail
Defense Minister Tea Banh yesterday used a speech in Phnom Penh to accuse the opposition CNRP of planning a putsch and threatened to arrest anyone who protested without permission—in apparent contradiction of the law. → Read More
CNRP Lawmaker Denied Bail; Investigation Continues
Opposition lawmaker Um Sam An, who was imprisoned last month over a Facebook post in which he accused the government of illegal border demarcation, was again denied release on bail on Tuesday by the Appeal Court. → Read More
Officials Told to Pay Traffic Police Their Share
Interior Minister Sar Kheng on Monday complained that traffic police had yet to be paid their promised share of traffic fines and threatened senior police officials with demotion unless they rectified the problem shortly. → Read More
Active Government Can Avert Revolution: Sar Kheng
Interior Minister Sar Kheng made the rather frank assessment on Monday that a much-discussed “color revolution” could occur in Cambodia only as a response to an inactive government. → Read More
Activists to Stay Away From Planned 'Black Friday' March
Amid government threats of a crackdown, members of civil society on Friday said they would not proceed with next week’s planned “Black Monday” protest against the imprisonment of rights activists and other figures on what the U.N. has dubbed “politically motivated” charges. → Read More