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Thai-Cambodia Border Decision Risks Renewing Nationalist Protests
BANGKOK — The United Nations top court is expected to rule later this year on Cambodia's request to determine ownership of disputed territory on its border with Thailand. The International Court of Justice in the 1960s declared an ancient temple around the border to be Cambodia's but did not decide on land around the temple. A clear ruling on the land risks renewing tensions between the neighbors that, in recent years, has led to deadly military clashes.
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Ruling Party, Opposition Emerge as Most Active Campaigners
PHNOM PENH - Although eight political parties are registered for the July 28 elections, on the second day of campaigning Friday not all of them appeared to be active in their outreach.
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Government Accuse EU of Interference Over Election Remark
The government reacted angrily yesterday to a statement from the European Union (E.U.) recommending that the National Election Committee (NEC) take steps to ensure next month’ national election its free and faire.
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NEC Defends Election Ban on NGO Meetings in Ratanakkiri
National Election Committee (NEC) Secretary –General Tep Nytha yesterday defended an order banning NGOs from holding meetings with villagers in Ratanakkiri province during the election period, saying that such meeting would prevent people from missing out on important campaigning messages.
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Cambodia accuses EU of "interference" over election recommendation
The government of Cambodia accused the European Union Delegation of interfering in the country's internal affairs and urged it to respect the country's sovereignty and independence. "The Royal Government of Cambodia cannot accept and rejects the Delegation's Statement as a sovereign and independent State," according to a diplomatic note the Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent to the EU Delegation on Thursday and posted on the Ministry's website on Friday. The reaction was made after the EU Delegation issued a statement on Wednesday, recommending Cambodia's National Election Committee (NEC) to take steps to ensure a free and fair general election on July 28. "A transparent and credible election is a major opportunity to consolidate democracy and secure Cambodia's future development," the EU said in the statement.
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Parties Begin Campaigning for July 28 Election
In a show of its far superior finances and penchant for pomp, the CPP yesterday took to the streets in style to mark the official start of campaigning for next month’s national election with a massive outdoor rally on Phnom Penh’s Koh Pich before fanning out in the thousand across the city.
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Families in Land Dispute With City Detained for Questioning
Three men locked in a land dispute with Phnom Penh authorities were questioned both by the police and municipal court yesterday after they were accused of destroying property on land the government has swapped with a private firm.
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Hairdresser, wife found guilty for abusing Cambodian maid
KUALA LUMPUR: A hairdresser and his wife who were found guilty of abusing a Cambodian maid, have paid a total of RM4,000 in compensation to the maid in a Sessions Court here. The money was handed over by counsel K. C. Hue who acted for Tan Mong Huwai and Eng Lay Seng, to counsel Kevin Wong who was holding a watching brief for the Cambodian Embassy. The amount was paid before Sessions Court judge Rozana Ali Yusof on Thursday in the presence of the maid, Cheah Palla. On June 20, Judge Rozana sentenced Tan to a day's jail and fined RM10,000 while Eng was jailed 12 months and fined RM6,000.
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Tribunal Hopes To Wrap Up Trial in Coming Months
PHNOM PENH - The UN-backed Khmer Rouge tribunal could complete its second case against aging leaders of the regime in the next two months, a spokesman for the court said Monday. A verdict in the atrocity crimes trial for leaders Nuon Chea and Khieu Samphan will likely not be issued until the first quarter of 2014, the spokesman, Neth Pheaktra, told “Hello VOA.”
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Parties, Police Prepare for Campaign Kick-Off
PHNOM PENH - All eight political parties set to run in the July 28 polls are now preparing for the 30-day campaign period that kicks off Thursday. The opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party expects more than 10,000 supporters to join it in a rally and motorcade in Phnom Penh after the campaign period begins.
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Free, fair election a must: EU
PHNOM PENH (The Cambodia Herald) -- Cambodia has officially entered into its electoral campaign period Thursday with eight political parties vying for votes and a place on the 123 seat National Assembly. Cambodians in the country as well as abroad, along with other organizations and NGOs are watching the election process that are taking place within the country, to ensure it will be a free and fair election.
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Khmer Rouge Suspect Sou Met Dead, Witnesses Report
WASHINGTON DC - A former Khmer Rouge commander thought to be a suspect at the UN-backed tribunal has died. Sou Met, who commanded the Khmer Rouge air force, was accused of major atrocity crimes as a ranking member of the regime. Residents in Battambang town, where he was living freely and acting as an adviser to the Ministry of Defense, say Sou Met died on June 14 and has already been cremated.
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Cambodian Political Parties Launch Official Campaigns
But Cambodia Center for Human Rights (CCHR) director Ou Virak said that the opposition leader’s announcement that he will not return to Cambodia would hurt the CNRP and weaken its support base. “If he returns ahead of the election, his support will increase,” he said.
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Future of Beehive Radio ‘Dark,’ Operator Says
WASHINGTON DC - The Cambodian government is putting an increasing amount of pressure on broadcasters, requiring complicated bureaucratic procedures for sponsors and other measures, Mam Sonando, the operator of one of Cambodia’s last independent stations, Beehive Radio, says. Mam Sonando, who was released from eight months in prison earlier this year, told VOA Khmer in an interview in Washington that the future of his own station is “completely dark.”
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Major Campaign Rallies Mark Election Run-Up
PHNOM PENH - Campaigning for Cambodia’s 2013 general parliamentary elections opened on Thursday, as political parties held rallies and began vying for the suppoer of some 9 million registered voters. The ruling Cambodian People’s Party gathered about 10,000 supporters at Diamond Island, who then marched through the capital together before dispersing into smaller groups to spread through the city’s neighborhoods to spread the party’s message.
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Rights Group Decry Failure to Arrest Bundith After Verdict
The whereabouts of Chhouk Bundith , the former Bavet governor who was on Tuesday sentenced in absentia to 18 months in prison for shooting and injuring three garment workers during a protest, was still unknown yesterday , as rights groups shammed the government for its failure to arrest him.
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UN praises Cambodia 'success' in addressing child labor in fisheries
PHNOM PENH (Cambodia Herald) -- Two UN agencies praised Cambodia's Fisheries Administration Thursday as an "example of success" for addressing child labour in fisheries. In a joint report, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the International Labour Organization recalled that the fisheries agency began raising awareness of child labour issues in October of 2011. National consultations to combat child labor in fisheries were held a few months later to identify "appropriate strategies and areas of action," a statement said.
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Former Governor Found Guilty in Demonstration Shooting
PHNOM PENH - Svay Rieng provincial court on Tuesday convicted a former city governor in absentia for the shooting injury of three women last year, after he fired into a crowd of demonstrating factory workers. Chhouk Bandith, former governor of Bavet city, was sentenced to one year and a half in jail and fined $10,000 for the shooting.
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Security measures to safeguard upcoming campaign
PHNOM PENH (The Cambodia Herald) -- According to Lt. Gen. Kirt Chantharith, spokesman for the National Police, Wednesday, security forces are ready to be deployed to ensure the security, safety and public order during the election campaign from June 27 to July 26. "We will deploy about 20,000 security forces during the one- month election campaign and up to 70,000 forces during the election day,"he said in a press conference. "We will do by all security means to ensure security for all political parties and voters."
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Bundith Gets ‘Slap on the Wrist’ for Triple Shooting
Seventeen months after Chhouk Bundith opened fire into a crowed of angry protesters , the Svay Reing Provincial Court yesterday sentenced the former Bavet Ciry governor to just 18 months in jail for shooting and injuring three female garment workers.
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