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A Hard Road To Phnom Penh For Marching Monks
Monks and their supporters marching to Phnom Penh on a 10-day “Peace Walk,” as part of International Human Rights Day, said yesterday that pagodas along the way have repeatedly tried to shut them out, and they have scuffled with the police on at least one occasion. About 100 monks are leading the marchers, who set out on Sunday from various points along five national roads leading to Phnom Penh.
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Eight Men Gang Rape Woman, Three Arrested
Police yesterday arrested three men accused of gang raping an 18 year-old woman in Banteay Meanchey province on Friday night, while five other suspects in the rape are still at large. Pe Bonchong, the deputy military police chief in Malai district, said that his team had begun to investigate the crime after a complaint filed by the victim with right group Adhoc on Monday was forwarded to military police.
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Coverage of Sexual Violence Needs Sensitivity
The way the media portray violent crimes against women and girls is perpetuating negative attitudes toward tem, and a focus needs to be placed on why such crimes are so common instead of focusing on the behavior of the women, NGOs said yesterday.
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Ex-Military Police Chief’s Sentence Reduced
The Court of Appeal yesterday cut nine year from the 15-year prison sentence of the former military police chief of Ratanakkiri province who in 2006 was convicted in absentia of being involved in a multimillion dollar illegal logging racket in the province’s Virachey National Park.
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Land Dispute Families, District Official Meet to End Intimidation
Three families involved in a land dispute with a private company met with the deputy Tuol Kok district governor in Phnom Penh yesterday in an attempt to end what the families say is an ongoing campaign of intimidation by businessman Khun Sear to force them from their homes.
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SL Garment Factory, Workers Agree on Terms to End Protest
A monthslong dispute between workers and management at the SL Garment Factory that turned violent last month appeared to come to an end yesterday after the factory’s administration agreed to accept workers’ demands, a union leader said.
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Cambodians Regularly Face Pre-Trial Detention: Rights Groups
Minor crime suspects are also provided a “worryingly low” level of legal representation and judges routinely fail to offer defendants a full explanation of their rights, said the report by the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR), which analyzed data collected from 354 trials in the first half of 2012.
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Man Jailed for Killing Garment Factory Union Leader Faces Court
The man who was convicted in absentia and arrested earlier this year for the murder of a garment factory union leader in 2007 appeared in court for the first time yesterday to protest his innocence. Chea Sophon, 35 along with Long Vannak, 35, was at large when he was sentenced in March 2012 to 18 years in prison for killing Hy Vuthy, a Free Trade Union (FTU) leader at Phnom Penh’s Suntex factory who was shot to death in February 2007.
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Rights Group Demands Probe of Parliamentarian’s Hit-and-Run
The U.S advocacy group Human Rights Watch (HRW) is urging the government to conduct a full investigation of CPP lawmaker Cheam Yeap and his involvement in a deadly traffic accident last month.
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Military Denies Receiving Request to Examine News Report
Senior officials at the Ministry Court and Ministry of Defense said yesterday that they have not received a request from Council of Minister Secretary of State Phay Siphan to investigate an article published in an opposition newspaper. Mr. Siphan on Monday said he had submitted a complaint to the Military Court to investigate an article in Moneaksekar Khmer newspaper that reported on an interview given by CNRP Vice President Kem Sokha.
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Try Pheap Firm in Talk to Replicate Timber Deal
Well-known timber magnate Try Pheap is preparing to expand cross- country with a scheme that already gives him exclusive rights to buy all the wood felled on economic land concession (ELCs) in Ratanakkiri province, a spokesman for the businessman said. The Agriculture Ministry’s Forestry Administration in February gave Try Pheap Import Export the exclusive rights to buy all the lumber harvested on ELCs across Ratanakkiri, where Mr. Pheap owns to ELCs of his own.
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Villagers Say Illegal Loggers Claim to Work for Try Pheap
Villagers in Mondolkiri province filed a a complaint with rights group Adhoc on Friday, saying that they had discovered loggers illegally felling trees in their local community forest who claimed to be working for businessman Try Pheap. Mr. Pheap, who owns plantation, mining concession and special economic zones across the country, was granted the rights this year to purchase all wood logged in economic land concession in Ratanakkiri province, as well as nearly 5.000 cubic meters of confiscate wood across country.
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CNRP Gives Notice of Rally in Siem Reap
The opposition CNRP yesterday delivered a letter of notice to provincial authorities of its plans to hold a rally in Siem Reap City to mark International Human Rights Day next Tuesday, a party official said. Ke Sovannaroth, the head of the CNRP’s Siem Reap working group, said that the notice was hand-delivered to provincial authorities in the afternoon.
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No Bail for Teens Arrested After Factory Clashes
Two teenagers charged with international acts of violence, damage to public officials in clashes with police during a demonstration by SL Garment Factory workers last month were denied bail yesterday. The suspects, 14-year-old Meas Non and 17-year-old Vanny Vann, were charged by the court last month after the clashes, during which police shot dead one innocent bystander and wounded several others.
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Military Court Asked to Scrutinize Newspaper Article
A senior official at the Council of Minister said yesterday that he has sent a request to the Military Court to investigate an article published in the opposition-aligned Moneaksekar Khmer newspaper. Phay Siphan, who serves as a CPP secretary of state and spokesman at the Council of Ministers, said he has asked the court and the Defense Ministry to investigate “the meaning” of an article about a speech delivered by CNRP Vice President Kem Sokha during a trip to Australia.
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US Congressman Says Hun Sen Must Resign
The chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs called on Prime Minister Hun Sen to stand down during an event attended by CNRP Vice President Kem Sokha in California on Saturday night.
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Government Pushes Ahead With NGO Law
After nearly two years of silence on its draft NGO Law, the Ministry of Interior yesterday said it was aiming to have the highly contentious piece of legislation ready for the Council of Ministers early next year and voted on by July.
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Monks Embark on 10-Day ‘Peace Walk’ to Phnom Penh
At least 100 monks and hundreds more civilians started out yesterday on a 10-day march along five major roads leading to Phnom Penh, aiming to converge on the National Assembly on December 10 to mark International Human Rights Day and submit a petition listing their grievances.
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Cambodian Authorities Move to Sue Pro-Opposition Newspaper Publisher
Cambodian authorities are moving to file a lawsuit against a pro-opposition newspaper publisher after his paper stood by its article accusing Prime Minister Hun Sen of using the military to illegally gain votes in recent national polls Ou Virak, director of the local advocacy group the Cambodian Center for Human Rights, said that in the recent case the Moneaksekar Khmer could face either a defamation suit or a lawsuit related to harming national security. Either way, it would not be appropriate for any lawsuit against Dam Sith to come from the military court, since he is a civilian, he said. “Regardless of whether the lawsuit is about defamation or national security, it is wrong to use the military court,” he told RFA.
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Report Show Election Irregularities Favored CPP
In area where electoral irregularities were the most pronounced during July’s national election, the ruling CPP saw a significant increase in its share of votes compared to that of the opposition CNRP, according to a report compiled by a coalition of human rights NGOs known as the Electoral Reform Alliance (ERA).
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