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ECCC Aims for Legacy With European Donors Working on New Criminal Procedure Code Joint Corruption Aid Strategy
The U.N.’s human rights office has published an annotated version for Cambodian criminal procedure code that explains to judges and prosecutors how the Khmer Rouge tribunal has dealt with procedural issues.
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Court Hears of Chinese Marriage Trafficking
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday heard the case of three people who were charged with fraudulently obtaining passports for four Cambodian in an attempt send them to China for marriage.
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ACU Threatens Jail for Students Caught Cheating
The Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) will join with the Minister of Education this year to curb cheating during national-level high school and junior high exams, according to ACU chairman Om Yentieng.
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Women Charged for Abusing Teen Worker
During her hearing at Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday, a 31-year-old woman claimed that sleeping pills were to blame for alleged abuse and acts of violence she committed on her domestic servant.
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Labor Ministry to Inspect Migrant Worker Recruitment Agencies
The government today will begin strict inspections of agencies that recruit workers to send oversea, Labor Minister Ith Sam Heng said yesterday.
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Labor Minister Responds to Brands’ Concerns
Labor Minister Ith Sam Heng said yesterday that he has sent a letter responding to 30 international clothing brands who recently wrote to the government expressing their concerns over a draft union law which could allow for the arbitrary breakup of unions.
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Forestry Official Attempts to Flee Car Accident
A Siem Reap provincial forestry official hit and injured a woman on a motorbike with his Rang Rover while driving drunk on Sunday afternoon, police said.
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Land Dispute Families Turn Down Offer of New Apartments
Three families involved in a bitter land dispute with a powerful land developer in Phnom Penh’s Tuol Kok district yesterday rejected City Hall’s offer of new housing, saying the apartments being offered were far too small.
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No Court for Accused Health Officials, ACU Says
The government’s anti-corruption czar said he would not pursue charge against former health officials accused of soliciting more than $450,000 in bribes to secure big contracts for two multinational mosquito net providers.
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Illegal Ivory a Sign Cambodia Is New Transit Point
The seizure on Friday of a large haul of American elephant tusks in Svay Rieng province, only one month after police intercepted a large ivory haul in Siem Reap, could indicate that Cambodia is becoming a major transit point for illegal ivory, experts said yesterday.
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City Hall Rejects Man Sonando’s Protest Plan
Beehive Radio station owner Man Sonando said yesterday that the Phnom Penh City Hall informed him during a meeting yesterday that it will not allow a protest planned for March 31, once again citing the need to restore public order.
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Police Say Activists Shooting Not Political
Police yesterday denied claims by anti-eviction activists that a shot fired at them by a motorist while they were on a bus in Phnom Penh on Saturday was politically motivated.
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Electoral Reform Meeting Ends in Deadlock
Representatives of the ruling CPP and opposition CNRP refused event to appear alongside each other yesterday after the fourth meeting of the bipartisan Electoral Reform Commission, with the head of the ruling party’s delegation saying the government is now preparing to push ahead with reforms on its own.
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Union Leader Denied Bail, Barred From Hearing
The Court of Appeal yesterday again denied bail to Vorn Pao, the leader of the main union for the country’s large informal sector.
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Campaign Calls for Justice After State Killings
The Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR) yesterday launched a one-month campaign designed to highlight “gross human rights injustices” committed by state security force against civilians since July’s national election.
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ACU Says Police Chief Stole Money
The Anti-Corruption Unit revealed that a district police chief and his deputy in Kompot province who were arrested last week made more than $64,000 by embezzling money, taking bribes and stealing from his subordinates.
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Sugar Plantation Under Investigation for Using Child Labor
Police and human rights workers are investigating claims that a Chinese-owned sugarcane plantation in Preah Vihear province has been employing child workers since December.
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Government Says Drug Seizures, Trafficking Rose in 2013
Drug seizures jumped last year, while drug arrests remained relatively steady, according to the annual report from the National Authority for Combating Drugs (NACD) released yesterday.
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New Policy to Combat Corruption in School
The Education Ministry will reconfigure how it ranks high school graduates seeking placement at state universities as part of its campaign to promote accountability in the school system.
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Cambodia Lagging on Energy, Water, Says UN
A United Nation study released on Friday shows that Cambodia has the highest rates- among 11 Asian countries surveyed- of people lacking access to electricity, clean water and sanitation.
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