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EU Asks Government to Increase KRT Support
The European Union has called on the government to provide more funds for the cash strapped Khmer Rouge war crimes tribunal, where resignation have slowed proceedings and national court staff are threatening to strike after going for more than two months without pay.
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Sex Workers and Homeless Round Up for ‘Re-Education’
Phnom Penh authorities on Wednesday night rounded up 21 homeless children and sex workers in Dam Penh district and sent them to the municipality’s social affairs department for ‘re-education,’ official said yesterday.
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Hearings on KRT’s ‘Mini-Trials’ Come to Close
Submissions by prosecutors, defense teams and party lawyers came to a close at the Khmer Rouge tribunal yesterday regarding how the court’s Case 002 should proceed : in its entirety as a full investigation of the alleged crimes or in separate “mini-trials.”
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Appeal Court Summons Rainsy for Hearing
The Court of Appeal has summonsed opposition leader Sam Rainsy, who currently is in self-imposed exile in Paris, to a hearing next month, an official said yesterday.
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Election List May Widen Divide in Hun Sen's Party
Ou Virak, the president of the Cambodian Center for Human Rights, said that nominating only the rich and powerful children within the CPP to become lawmakers would discourage other CPP members' children sidelined from the polls. "Children of other CPP leaders will think they don't have any chance like those of the rich and powerful," he told RFA's Khmer Service. Ou Virak believes that Hun Sen, prime minister since 1985 and Southeast Asia's longest serving government leader, is paving the way for his oldest son Hun Manet, currently a two-star general, to replace him in the future. "Hun Manet is holding a very crucial position in the military. I think during Hun Sen's regime, the military will play an important role in controlling the country. I think this is what Hun Sen is thinking," Ou Virak said.
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Defense Attorneys at Tribunal Say They Are Not Receiving Travel Expenses
PHNOM PENH — Defense attorneys for an additional suspect at the UN-backed tribunal say the international side of the court is impeding a fair trial for their client. Defense attorneys say they have been refused expenses for travel by the Defense Support Section to see one of the three suspects in Case 004, which is still under investigation.
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Lawyers Say KR Suspect’s Trial Rights Not Met
Lawyers hired by Pol Pot regime suspect Ta An yesterday hit out at the Khmer Rouge war crimes tribunal, claiming that their client’s fair trial rights are being threatened due to a lack of help from the court’s Defense Support Section (DSS).
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Son and son-in-law of Cambodian strong man Hun Sen to run for parliamentary seats in July
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia – A son and son-in-law of Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen will run for parliament in July general elections that are expected to renew the long-ruling leader's mandate for power. Cheam Yeap, a top member of Hun Sen's Cambodian People's Party, said Wednesday that party leaders decided last week to submit the candidacies of the prime minister's youngest son and aide, 30-year-old Hun Many, and his son-in-law, Dy Vichea.
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Civil Society Needs More Self Reliance, Researcher Says
WASHINGTON — Cambodian civic groups depend too much on foreign aid, undermining their independence and the functions of civil society, a Cambodian researcher says. Sothy Khieng, a doctoral candidate in organizational science and the University of Amsterdam, told “New Voices” on Monday that their dependence on outside aid means civic organizations don’t have the stability they need.
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KRT Defense Lawyers Call Case 002 to Be Heard in Full
Two denfense team from the Khmer Roug tribunal yesterday argued that case 002 should proceed in its entirety , after the prosecution and civil party lawyers argued on Monday that the case should continue as a “mini-trail,” but with an expended scope.
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Hun Sen says 1.5 mln hectares of land conceded last year
PHNOM PENH (The Cambodia Herald) -- Prime Minister Hun Sen said Wednesday that the government provided companies with 1.5 million hectares in economic land concessions last year. Speaking at an economic forum, he said the concessions were balanced and needed to create jobs to reduce poverty.
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Sam Rainsy Optimistic on Chances for Return Ahead of Elections
Opposition leader Sam Rainsy says he has renewed optimism he will find a way to return to Cambodia for the July national elections. Without him there, the elections will not be considered free and fair, he told VOA Khmer by phone on Wednesday. “When the Cambodian leaders understand the situation, I will return to Cambodia,” he said, a day after a senior US diplomat met with Cambodian officials to in part call for his return
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EU wants Cambodia to pay up for court
PHNOM PENH - The European Union is calling on Cambodia to come up with more cash for a Khmer Rouge war crimes tribunal, where resignations have slowed proceedings and some staff are threatening to strike after going for more than two months without pay. Up to 2.2 million people died under the ultra-Maoist Khmer Rouge regime from 1975 to 1979, a quarter of the population. The tribunal, set up in 2005, has found only one person, a relatively lowly prison chief, guilty of crimes connected with the killings. Under the agreement for the UN-backed tribunal, the United Nations was to pay for international staff and operations, while Cambodia paid for the national side, but the government has been repeatedly criticised for a lack of support. "The EU keeps encouraging the Royal Government of Cambodia to continue substantially increasing its own contribution to the tribunal, as a sound measure to improve its sustainability and its ownership by Cambodia itself," EU Ambassador Jean-Francois Cautain said in an email to Reuters.
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Teen Charge With Rape-Murder of child
A17-year-old who has comfessed to raping a 10-year-old girl in Prey Veng province on Monday afternoon has been charged with murder , torture and rape-punishable by up 30 years in the prison, according to deputy provincial prosecutor Sai Nora.
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Sesan River Dam Approved in Assembly
PHNOM PENH — The National Assembly has approved the construction of a hydroelectric dam on the Sesan River, renewing concerns of villagers who will be displaced by the dam and of activists who say it will disrupt important fish migrations. Some 5,000 people will have to be moved once the 8-kilometer dam is built. In the National Assembly last week, opposition lawmakers said they wanted the construction of the Lower Sesan II Dam postponed while more impact assessments are made and while villagers are properly helped in their relocation.
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Workers from Hong Kong factory demand to see owner
PHNOM PENH (The Cambodia Herald) -- More than 200 workers from Kingsland Garment Cambodia Ltd gathered Thursday at the Phnom Penh Tower Hotel demanding to see the owner of the Hong Kong-owned factory. Worker Sorn Sothy said the owner disappeared in September after paying employees only half of their salaries. Based in Meanchey district, Kingsland has about 300 workers producing panties.
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Tuk-Tuk, Moto0Taxi Drivers Counter Anti Protests
About 50 tuk-tuk and motorcycle-taxi drivers protested outside the Justice Ministry yesterday in response to a protest staged a day earlier by supporters of imprisoned Boeng Kak anti-eviction activist Yorm Bopha.
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Government Says Request Regarding Sonando, Rainsy Improper
Foreign Minister Hor Namhong told a visiting U.S official that jailed radio station owner Mam Sonando could not be released from prison and opposition leader Sam Rainsy could not have his prison sentence dropped, saving to do so would make Cambodia a “lawless country,” a ministry official said.
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About 100 Protest Electricity Price in Mondolkiri
About 100 residents of Mondolkiri province’s Sen Monorom City protested outside the provincial hall on Monday, demanding that local authorities reduce the price of electricity in the city, official said yesterday.
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Hun Sen and EU Ambassador Talk Elections, Land Reform
The European Union’s ambassador to Cambodia raised issues of judicial reform, land reform and the upcoming national elections in a meeting with Prime Minister Hun Sen on Monday morning. Speaking with reporters after the meeting at the prime minister’s office, Mr. Hun Sen’s personal assistant, Eang Sophalleth, said that E.U. Ambassador Jean-Fran¬cois Cautain had offered his support for the July 28 national elections but made no mention of the E.U. sending observers to the polls. “He [Mr. Cautain] said all 27 countries in the Eu¬ropean Union and the European institutions will support and help Cambodia in the upcoming parliamentary elections. He expressed their support and urged free and fair elections,” Mr. Sophalleth said. “In response, [Mr. Hun Sen] said regular elections in Cambodia were very important to push Cambodia toward development and democracy,” he added.
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