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Military Police Remain in Custody After Rally Shooting
Military police yesterday said they will still holding two of their own officers arrested in an incident Friday during which shots were fired into air as a scuffle broke out during a opposition party election rally in Phnom Penh. According to account of the incident Friday evening a Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) procession was making its way its way through the street of Chamkar Mon district’s Phsar Deum Thkov commune when supporter clashed with CPP supporter who were drinking at party in large villa.
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Sam Rainsy Promise Return Before Election
Cambodia National Resource Party (CNRP) President Sam Rainsy, who fled the country in 2009 prior to being sentenced in absentia to 11 years in prison, on Saturday promised to return to Cambodia before the national election in July, 28.
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Exiled Cambodian Opposition Chief Vows to Return Before Polls
Cambodia's opposition leader Sam Rainsy has decided to return home from exile ahead of the July 28 general elections despite facing the risk of being jailed, saying he wants to "test" his country's democratic credentials and remind the international community of its obligations to ensure "free and fair" polls. Sam Rainsy fled to France in 2009 after being convicted of various offenses the opposition leader say were politically motivated and for which he had been ordered to serve a total of 11 years in prison.
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Critics Say Hun Sen’s Land Title Program Is Biased
PHNOM PENH — A controversial land titling program set up by Prime Minister Hun Sen has been suspended ahead of the July 28 elections, but critics say the program should not be restarted. The program relies on youth brigades loyal to the ruling party to settle land disputes that have become an ongoing, vexing issue for national and local authorities. The rights group Adhoc says it has received 17 complaints in 2013 alone related to the alleged bias of the youth program.
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Sam Rainsy to return ahead of election: official
PHNOM PENH (The Cambodia Herald) -- A senior official for the National Rescue Party (NRP) has said Saturday that Sam Rainsy will return to the country soon to lead his party in their election campaigns ahead of the general election later this month. Yim Sovan, spokesman for the NRP, made the statement after a chanting ceremony for the victims killed during armed clash on July 5-6, 1997. The ceremony was held at the party's headquarters in Meanchey district.
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Arrested Activist Asked To Join Ruling Party in Exchange for Freedom
PHNOM PENH — An opposition activist who was arrested last month has been quietly asked to join the ruling Cambodian People’s Party in exchange for his freedom, officials said Friday. Sou Torn, 51, who was arrested June 29, was told he should join the CPP or face a jail sentence for allegedly transporting illegal timber, his son, Nget Phally, told VOA Khmer. “They said we should join silently the CPP,” he said. In the end, they refused, he said.
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Four arrested freed over Friday's altercation:police
PHNOM PENH (The Cambodia Herald) -- Police have freed the four suspects arrested linked in Friday night’s shooting altercation during a National Rescue Party campaign. “Police released the four men arrested Friday night because there were no evidence that involved them with the violence and gun fire," said police military spokesman Kheng Tito. He said the only man who owned a gun was required to answer in a court hearing over the incident. The four were arrested after gun shots were heard and rocks thrown on National Rescue Party activists marching in campaign in front a villa. The altercation took place in the district of Chamkar Morn and led to three injuries.
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First Campaign Week Sees 70 Complaints Filed; Threats Decrease
Political parties filed 70 complaints against each other during the first official week of campaign for July 28 national, the National Election Committee (NEC) announced yesterday.
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Lawyers Prepare for Case Against Opposition Activists, as Campaigning Continues
PHNOM PENH — Lawyers for five opposition activists say they are preparing a defense for their clients, who are accused of illegally transporting protected timber, in what their supporters say are politically motivated charges ahead of July’s national elections. The activists for the Cambodia National Rescue Party were arrested this week and are being detained in Kampot province.
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Rights and Land Activists Often Threatened With Incarceration
Almost 500 human rights activists and villagers defending their land with homes have been threatened with jail since 2008, while a total of 40 were sentenced on charges of incitement, fraud and intentional violence, an NGO and community representatives said yesterday.
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Anti- Election T-Shirt Trio Charged With Terror Plot
Banteay Meanchey Provincial Court yesterday charged three men with breaking the election law and participating in an anti-government movement after they were caught transporting T-Shirts urging Cambodians to abstain from voting in the July 28 national election.
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Cambodia's Khmer healers get schooled in ancient art
PHNOM PENH (AFP) -- A lizard dipped in wine may not seem like an obvious asthma remedy, but as Cambodian traditional healers strive to turn their ancient wisdom into a professional industry such treatments are finding their way into the classroom. For generations, the secrets of "Kru Khmer" traditional remedies have been passed down by word of mouth -- often from father to son -- with each expert tweaking the methods along the way.
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Election Official Links Anti-Vote T-Shirts to ‘Terrorist’ Group
An election official said yesterday that a consignment of “anti-election” T-shirts seized by police in Banteay Meanchey province on Monday were commissioned by a dissident Khmer-American group that the government has labeled a terrorist organization.
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Parties Attention Turns to Women and Children
Nearly one week into an election campaign period that has seen Phnom Penh’s streets play host to thousands of political party supporters, attention turned yesterday to policy, when representative from seven of the eight parties running for seats delivered their manifestos on issues affection women and children.
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Man Involved in Land Dispute Attacked
Police in Phnom Penh said yesterday they are investigating an attack on a 70-year-old man whose family are locked in a land dispute with the city and are refusing to give up their home unless the city increases its compensation offer.
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Adhoc Says Courts Enable Impunity of Traffickers
The failure of the country’s courts to process complaints against human traffickers in a timely manner has led to impunity for perpetrators in many cases, local rights group Adhoc said yesterday.
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U.S. seeks to cut aid to Cambodia
PHNOM PENH (The Cambodia Herald) -- Lawmakers in the U.S. and human rights activists are pushing for cuts of more than $70 million in aid to Cambodia if Prime Minister Hun Sen wins the July 28 elections. Many factors have pushed the U.S. to this point be it unfair and unjust, such as as the expulsion of opposition lawmakers from parliament after they joined the newly-formed National Rescue Party and the exclusion of opposition leader Sam Rainsy from the election.
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Conflicting Reports Emerge on Arrest of Chhouk Bundith
Confusion over Chhouk Bundith’s arrest abounded yesterday, as a local news outlet reported that the former Bavet City governor had been arrested in Mondolkiri province, a claim that an official at the Interior Ministry later denied.
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Pressure grows for US to cut aid to Cambodia
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. lawmakers and human rights activists are pushing for a cut in the more than $70 million in annual American aid to Cambodia if its prime minister Hun Sen extends his 28-year rule in unfair elections this month. Whether one of Asia’s longest-serving and most ruthless leaders cares much is another matter.
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Opposition Activists Arrested Amid Campaigning
PHNOM PENH — At least two activists for the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party have been arrested in Kampot province, accused of illegal acts of deforestation. Hong Viravuth was arrested in Phnom Penh on June 25 and taken to detention in Kampot. Four days later, Sou Tourn was arrested. Both men were known supporters of the Rescue Party.
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