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Victims of 2013 Wat Phnom Attack Questioned
Penal police on Wednesday finished questioning the 10 plaintiffs suing Daun Penh district officials they accuse of leading a pack of armed men in an attack on them in Phnom Phnom in 2013.
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Lawyers say Sokha not attending court today
Lawyers for CNRP acting president Kem Sokha have informed the Phnom Penh Municipal Court that he plans to ignore a second summons to testify today in relation to “prostitution” allegations involving an alleged mistress. Sokha was due to appear this morning for a second time after ignoring a May 17 summons in relation to the same matter. He also declined to attend after being summonsed on May 11 in relation to a separate defamation case.
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Sparring as PM announces date for national elections
Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday revealed a late July date for the 2018 national election while urging authorities to speed up the process of registering more than 2 million people still lacking an ID card ahead of next year’s commune elections. Hun Sen told 2,000 graduates at the National Institute of Education in Phnom Penh the national poll would take place on July 22, 2018. He also demanded that the new, electronic voter lists be transparent, lest his opposition opponents be given a reason to reject the election results.
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Lawmaker Um Sam An mute for court’s questioning
Imprisoned CNRP lawmaker Um Sam An – accused of committing “incitement” by claiming the government ceded territory to Vietnam – yesterday availed himself of his right to silence during questioning by a judge, his lawyer said. Sam An, who last year spearheaded a campaign to draw attention to alleged Vietnamese encroachment, was grilled by Phnom Penh Municipal Court investigating judge Top Chhun Heng for one hour, said his attorney Sam Sokong.
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Violent encounter recounted as Wat Phnom victims appear in court
In the pitch darkness, as riot police massed nearby, Steve Tripp saw a shadowy figure appear from behind a monument at Wat Phnom. It was late at night on September 22, 2013, and the New Zealand native, at the time a human rights monitor, was observing a peaceful candle-light vigil staged by about a dozen land dispute victims, some of whom yesterday testified at the Interior Ministry about the brutal crackdown that ensued that night.
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One More Arrested Over Thumbprint Campaign
An opposition commune councilor was arrested Tuesday in Kampot province for circulating a petition as part of a nationwide effort by the CNRP to free more than 20 party activists and human rights workers currently behind bars. Doung Thon, 54, a CNRP council member in Chhuk district’s Trapaing Phlaing commune, was arrested at his home after ignoring a police summons allegedly based on complaints from local residents that he was pressuring them to thumbprint the petition, said provincial police chief Mao Chanmathurith.
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Official Jailed for Fraud Released for Wedding
The Banteay Meanchey Provincial Court on Wednesday ordered the release of a former government official and convicted fraudster from prison so he could attend his daughter’s wedding, court officials said. Tou Thean Teu, who was deputy governor of Banteay Meanchey until 2007, was arrested last week over a February conviction stemming from fraud committed in 2004 but spent only a week in jail before being let out again.
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Man jailed overnight for CNRP prisoner campaign
An opposition commune representative, who spoke out about politically motivated harassment during a petition drive calling for the release of 29 men and women identified by a rights group as political prisoners, was arrested on Tuesday evening. Doung Thon, 54, who was collecting thumbprints in Kampot’s Chhouk district to send to the King, was held overnight at Trapaing Phlaing commune police station. He was subsequently released from police custody yesterday evening after signing a contract drafted by police.
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Date set for 2017 commune elections
Elections for Cambodia’s commune councils will take place on June 4 next year, according to a directive from Prime Minister Hun Sen released yesterday. The brief missive, signed by the premier, was issued to end the “concern and curiosity” of “some political parties”, said ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) spokesman Sok Eysan.
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Commune Elections Set for June 4 Next Year
Next year’s commune council elections will be held on June 4, according to a decision signed on Tuesday by Prime Minister Hun Sen, marking the first nationwide ballot since the 2013 election that led to the reform of the National Election Committee (NEC).
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Amnesty Mobilizes for Adhoc Five
Amnesty International has designated four human rights officers and an election official who were jailed earlier this month as “prisoners of conscience” and will call on millions of members around the world to petition the government for their release.
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Gov’t touts rights record in new videos
The government, accused recently of launching a “crackdown” on its political opponents, yesterday released two videos touting the improvements made in press freedom and civil liberties in Cambodia. The short clips, produced by the government’s Cambodian Human Rights Committee, feature narration by Hun Sen, who has ruled the Kingdom as prime minister for more than 30 years.
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Just been arrested? There’s an app for that, UN says
Amid what has been characterised as a government crackdown on civil liberties, people confronted by police in Cambodia can now utilise a new UN-developed app to remind officers of their rights under the Kingdom’s laws. Developed by the UN Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights for Android devices, the app uses “interactive voice response” technology and can articulate the legal rights owed to an individual in the event of their arrest.
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Round of Capitol bus negotiations fruitless
Negotiations between former drivers of the Capitol Bus Company and their ex-employer, mediated by Prampi Makara district authorities, yielded no settlement yesterday, although both parties agreed to continue talks. Following nearly six months of protests demanding reinstatement and compensation, 45 drivers who allege they were sacked for trying to form a union yesterday had their demands rebuffed, according to District Governor Lem Sophea.
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Victims summonsed three years after Wat Phnom crackdown
The Interior Ministry has issued a summons to 11 victims of a brutal 2013 crackdown by police and masked thugs at the capital’s Wat Phnom to answer questions regarding their nearly three-year-old complaint, which an investigator yesterday maintained had “just arrived” at his department. Eleven people, including two elderly women, were injured when masked men and police descended on a peaceful vigil held by about 20 land dispute victims from the Boeung Kak and Borei Keila communities on September 22, 2013, amid tension over the disputed national election.
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Dangkao District Security Guards Go on Strike
More than 30 security guards from Phnom Penh’s Dangkao district briefly went on strike on Monday, although officials gave differing reasons for the dispute. The city’s district security guards are ostensibly hired to keep order, but in practice often end up being deployed in lieu of police to break up protests, and have been involved in numerous violent brawls over the past several years.
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Scuffles between protesters, police on ‘Black Monday’
Black Monday protests yesterday took on a different tone, with evening candlelight vigils that saw some scuffles between protesters and police but ultimately no arrests. The previous two demonstrations led to the arrest and brief detention of multiple protesters clad in black, who were demanding the release of four human rights workers and a National Election Committee official.
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Kofi Annan Foundation Head Visits to Talk Election Reform
Alan Doss, executive director of former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s eponymous foundation, met with officials from the CPP, CNRP and National Election Committee (NEC) on Monday as the first step in the body’s efforts to help election reform here. The Kofi Annan Foundation in 2013 launched its Electoral Integrity Initiative to provide expertise to countries to help them run more legitimate elections, and the NEC said in a statement on Thursday that it had reached out and asked for its support.
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Dangkor security guards strike for better conditions
Fifty Dangkor district security guards removed their uniforms in front of the district hall yesterday morning in protest for better pay and conditions. According to a National Police statement, the men were demonstrating against District Governor Nuth Puth Dara “for using them without good pay or a daily meal, which is different from the previous governor”.
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Vigil Dispersed as Third ‘Black Monday’ Ends
It wasn’t until the sun set on the third “Black Monday” on Monday that activists calling for the release of a group of jailed human rights officers again scuffled with state security guards, after the guards descended on a candlelight vigil being held in Phnom Penh’s Boeng Kak neighborhood. At about 6 p.m., dozens of security guards descended upon a group of about 30 activists as they began a ceremony calling for the release of four officers for local rights group Adhoc and an election official jailed for their alleged role in bribing a woman involved in a sex scandal.
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