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Read More “Balancing Integrity and Responsibility, A Critical Examination of David Hutt’s Journalism on Cambodia”
David Hutt, a well-known journalist recognized for his sharp and analytical writing style, often focuses on political developments in countries like Cambodia, Vietnam, and the wider ASEAN region. He also examines the strategic interests of major powers like China, the U.S., and the European Union in Southeast Asia. As a commentator on platforms like Voice of America and Radio Free Asia, both funded by the U.S. government, his worldview is often aligned with American perspectives, whether Democratic or Republican. One of Hutt’s characteristic methods is to harshly critique governments and politicians by basing his analysis on anecdotal evidence, often jumping to conclusions about a country’s overall situation.
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Read More Islamic cleric’s son charged over rapes
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Saturday charged and detained Kamarutin Suhaimi, a son of a high-ranking Islamic cleric, accused of allegedly raping and sexually abusing four underage girls at a school dormitory in Russei Keo district. Plong Sophal, a Deputy Prosecutor and spokesman at Phnom Penh Municipal Court, said that Suhaimi, 33, was charged with two counts on “rape with aggravating circumstances (status of victims) and indecent assault with aggravating circumstances” under Articles 240, 246 and 247 of the Criminal Code.
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Read More Cambodian logging syndicate tied to major U.S. wood flooring supply chains
On a rain-sodden day in September 2023, reporters entered the Sihanoukville Special Economic Zone on the southwest coast of Cambodia, in the country's largest port city. Established in 2008 through a partnership between Chinese and Cambodian private companies, in the Sihanoukville SEZ hosts a range of Cambodian and Chinese ventures exporting products worldwide. Among them is Nature Flooring(Cambodia), a Chinese-owned company established in the Sihanoukville SEZ in May 2019. Nature Flooring is just one of the many subsidiaries of China's Nature Home Group, focused on wooden flooring and doors. The firm's website states that the group is valued at 87.6 billion yuan (about $12 billion) and boasts several partnerships with U.S. companies.
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Read More NGOs, Political Parties Reiterate Shrinking Freedom of Speech and Political Rights in Cambodia
Civil society organizations and political parties have called on Prime Minister Hun Manet and his government to restore the space for freedom of speech and political rights in conjunction with the 33rd anniversary of the Paris Peace Agreements. Government spokesperson Pen Bona, however, denied that rights and freedoms have shrunk. Organizations and political parties, as well a embassies and hundreds of youths celebrated the event at the Freedom Park on Sunday, urging the government to implement the Paris Peace Agreement signed on October 23, 1991.
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Read More Cambodia: Joint statement urging World Bank action on Cambodian civil society reprisals
In recent months, there has been a worrying escalation in the Cambodian government's repression of critical voices, as part of a broader crackdown on civil society. The undersigned organizations, including International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and World Organization against Torture (OMCT) within the framework of the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, urge World Bank President Ajay Banga to condemn the Cambodian government's assault on human rights groups, including reprisals against World Bank project stakeholders.
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Read More PM warns youths not resort to extremist ideologies
Prime Minister Hun Manet warned young people not to resort to extremist ideologies that cause divisions and undermine national unity.
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Read More SCAM: Inside Asia’s Criminal Network
“I was taught how to hit on them for about three or four days. After being friends for about a week, you go in for the ‘kill’.” Poom-Jai*, 17, is talking about his job. Over several months, the Thai teenager was trained to lure, befriend and defraud lonely people online, with brutal efficiency. “I wondered when I scammed them, would they become penniless, would they face hardship.”
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Read More Justice minister suggests possibility of mediation, reconciliation for minor crimes
Deputy Prime Minister Koeut Rith, Minister of Justice, has revealed the possibility that minor criminal cases – that do not involve physical harm or security issues – could potentially be resolved through mediation, providing both parties can come to an agreement at the prosecution stage.
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Read More World Bank Updates Legacy Framework for Development in Cambodia; Government and Stakeholders Welcome Consultations
The World Bank is continuing its year-long consultation discussions with public and private stakeholders for the new 2024-2029 Country Partnership Framework (CPF) for Cambodia, a lending and advisory program devised by the financial institution to help nations with key development issues.
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Read More Revived Cambodian Nationalism Threatens to Undermine ‘Special’ Relationship With Vietnam
Cambodia’s recent withdrawal from Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam Development Triangle Area (CLV-DTA), a cross-border development cooperation scheme with Laos and Vietnam, is a cause for concern. The four northeastern Cambodian provinces affected are among the poorest regions in the whole of Southeast Asia. In general, the development of peripheral regions anywhere in the world is problematic if there are no significant cross-border value chains and trade relations. It is therefore understandable that Ratanakkiri, Mondulkiri, Kratie, and Stung Treng provinces require special economic policy initiatives in order keep pace with the rest of Cambodia.
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Read More Former Hun Sen’s Assistant Duong Dara Sent to PJ Prison On Fraud Charges
Duong Dara, an assistant of former Prime Minister Hun Sen, was sent to Phnom Penh Prison, commonly known as “PJ”, after being charged with fraud on October 14, Nuth Savana, spokesperson of the General Department of Prisons, confirmed. The Phnom Penh Municipal Court prosecutor opened an investigation, following which Dara was charged under Articles 377 and 378 of the Criminal Code, said court spokesperson Plang Sophal. However, he did not specify who filed the original complaint against Dara.
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Read More New BAKC president vows reforms to strengthen legal profession
The newly elected president of the Bar Association of the Kingdom of Cambodia (BAKC) has pledged to guide the institution toward success, despite several challenges facing the legal profession, including issues with defending clients during the judicial police phase.
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Read More More than half of Cambodian children are severely beaten. Monks are helping to change that
Not far from the ancient ruins of Angkor Wat, a group of saffron-robed monks have been learning some modern lessons. Gathered around a table inside a pagoda, they're reading about the shocking statistics that Cambodian kids face. One in two have been severely beaten, one in four emotionally abused and one in 20 sexually assaulted.
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Read More EU ready to help Cambodia tackle online scams and human trafficking
As Cambodia is being heavily criticised by some quarters over its “inability” to curb online scamming involving modern forms of human trafficking, the EU Ambassador in Cambodia reassured that the European Union is always willing to assist the country in alleviating the problem.
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Read More Police Question Son of Cambodia’s Top Islamic Cleric On Allegations of Sexual Assault in School Dormitory
The Anti-Human Trafficking and Juvenile Protection Department questioned Kamarutin Suhaimi, son of Sos Kamry, Cambodia’s top Islamic cleric, following social media reports accusing him of sexually assaulting 18 female students at an Islamic school dormitory in Phnom Penh. While an official of the department’s Quick Reaction Unit confirmed with CamboJA News that Suhaimi had been questioned, he did not share further details whether Suhaimi had been arrested.
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Read More Sexual abuse allegations leveled at Cambodian Islamic school
Police are investigating allegations that the son of Cambodia’s top Islamic cleric had raped and sexually assaulted 18 girls in a school dormitory after complaints were lodged online by students which prompted NGOs to reach out. At least one girl is reportedly pregnant, while others have refused to attend the An-Nikmah Al-Islamiyah Institute in Phnom Penh, where the dormitory manager and son of Sos Kamri allegedly physically abused six female students and sexually harassed 12 others.
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Read More Police say son of Cambodian Muslim leader facing sexual assault charges
The son of a high-ranking Cambodian Muslim cleric has been arrested on charges of sexual assault and rape after police received complaints from residents of a Phnom Penh student dormitory.
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Read More PM Hun Manet Orders Leadership Overhaul at Prey Sar Prison After Leaked Video of Prisoners’ Party
Prime Minister Hun Manet has directed Interior Minister Sar Sokha to reshuffle the leadership at Correctional Center 1, the male facility within Prey Sar prison, which is notorious for overcrowding and poor conditions. This directive follows the viral posting of a video filmed in 2023 that shows Chinese and Cambodian inmates drinking and dancing.
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Read More Angkor Plywood, the ‘timber cartel’ shipping Cambodian forests internationally
Several Cambodian journalists contributed to this report, but have requested anonymity due to the sensitive nature of the story. Rare timber species likely logged from Cambodia’s embattled protected forests have been exported to Vietnam and China for years by Angkor Plywood, one of the country’s most notorious logging companies, Mongabay can reveal.
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Read More PH to Cambodia: Filipinas in surrogacy scheme are victims, not criminals
The Philippine Embassy is appealing to the Cambodian government not to file criminal charges against the 20 Filipinas rescued from alleged surrogacy schemes, Justice Undersecretary Nicholas Ty said on Tuesday. Seven of the 20 rescued Filipinas may return to the Philippines this month, while the remaining 13 will stay in Cambodia while awaiting childbirth.
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