Peter Ford
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Motorists Beware: Train Service Picking Up
As Royal Railway increases its traffic—there are now up to 16 freight and passenger train journeys daily along the 266-km line between Phnom Penh and Sihanoukville—big collisions and near-misses with crossing vehicles are occurring with alarming regularity. → Read More
Judge Halts Proceedings After Briton’s Outburst
Apparently tired of allowing British businessman Gregg Fryett to berate the prosecutors and other officials responsible for his imprisonment, the presiding judge in the long-running trial of the accused fraudster and four associates halted proceedings mid-hearing on Wednesday after chastising the defendant. → Read More
Memo From Judge Revises S-21 Prisoner Total to Over 15,000
Almost 3,000 more people were imprisoned at the notorious S-21 interrogation center than previously thought, the Khmer Rouge tribunal’s co-investigating judges have asserted in a recently declassified memo. → Read More
Krispy Kreme Doughnut Store Opens First Branch in Cambodia
Phnom Penh’s first location of the U.S. donut giant Krispy Kreme marked its grand opening on Sunday with boxes of free donuts to eager fans. → Read More
Russian Fugitive to Be Deported Pending Appeal
Russian fugitive Vladimir Batalin will be deported to his home country to face charges of defrauding a Russian provincial government out of hundreds of thousands of dollars, the Court of Appeal ruled on Wednesday. → Read More
Lawyer for Russian Fugitive Claims Fraud Charges ‘Political’
Some eight years after he fled fraud charges in his home country, Russian fugitive Vladimir Batalin faced a deportation hearing at the Court of Appeal in Phnom Penh on Thursday. → Read More
Disgraced Judge’s Evidence Upheld Again
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Wednesday struck down another request from embattled British businessman Gregg Fryett to reinvestigate all evidence collected by disgraced former court director Ang Mealaktei in a fraud case that has seen Mr. Fryett jailed for more than three years. → Read More
Prime Minister’s Personal Website Hacked
Prime Minister Hun Sen’s personal website was hacked by members of the group Anonymous on Saturday, its homepage replaced with a video showing graphic images of dead bodies and acts of state-sponsored violence in Cambodia over the past 30 years. → Read More
Girl Found in Ditch Likely Raped, Murdered
Police are analyzing DNA samples to try and determine if a 9-year-old girl found dead in a ditch in Kandal province on Wednesday was raped before being murdered. → Read More
Former Guard Describes S-21 Execution Sites
As many as 100 prisoners were executed outside Phnom Penh’s S-21 security center every week before the murderous operation was transferred to the Choeung Ek killing fields, a former guard told the Khmer Rouge tribunal yesterday. → Read More
British Businessman Maintains Innocence in Forgery Case
The British businessman at the center of a fraud case involving plans to grow a jatropha plantation in Banteay Meanchey province once again took the stand on Monday in a convoluted trial that has recently centered on the legitimacy of documents used to secure land. → Read More
Cambodian-American Navy Officer Sentenced
A Cambodian-American naval commander was sentenced to 6-1/2 years in prison and fined $100,000 by a San Diego federal court for his involvement in a wide-reaching scandal in which he exchanged confidential secrets for cash, gifts and prostitutes. → Read More
Hun Sen Warns Against Politicizing Drought
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Thursday warned opposition parties not to politicize the severe drought crippling the country while also accusing them of not doing enough to help those affected by it. → Read More
After Trial Run, Weekend Train Service to Begin
Following the success of a Khmer New Year trial run earlier this month, Royal Railway will begin offering regular weekend service between Phnom Penh and Sihanoukville on Saturday, with stops in the provinces of Takeo and Kampot. → Read More
S-21 Interrogator Tells of Torture of Prisoners
There were clear rules governing the behavior of guards at Phnom Penh’s S-21 prison, as well as how and when prisoners could be tortured, former interrogator Lach Mean told the Khmer Rouge tribunal on Tuesday. → Read More
Former Interrogator Tells Tribunal of Conditions at S-21 Prison
A former S-21 interrogator told the Khmer Rouge tribunal on Monday that three teams used to be on hand at the notorious Phnom Penh detention center to interrogate prisoners until they extracted a “confession,” by torture if necessary. → Read More
Prime Minister Warns of Water Shortage Amid Drought
Prime Minister Hun Sen took to Facebook on Friday to call on citizens to use water sparingly amid the worst drought in decades, also explaining that the government was trucking water to those most in need. → Read More
Former Choeung Ek Guard Describes Executions at Pits
Freshly dug pits awaited prisoners arriving at the Choeung Ek killing fields on the outskirts of Phnom Penh, where they were executed via a blow to the head and a slit throat, a former guard at the site told the Khmer Rouge tribunal on Thursday. → Read More
Montagnard Asylum Seeker Kills Himself
A Montagnard asylum seeker was found dead on Wednesday morning in a Phnom Penh residence provided by the U.N.’s refugee agency, having committed suicide in his room, according to police. → Read More
US Report Critical of Government’s Treatment of Opposition
The U.S. State Department’s annual Human Rights Report, released on Wednesday, highlights poor treatment of Cambodia’s political opposition in 2015, and raises concerns about the judiciary’s “broad interpretation” of the crime of incitement. → Read More