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Hun Sen’s Fixer Steps In To Mediate Rainsy’s Return
Soy Sopheap, a prominent media personality and longtime fixer for Prime Minister Hun Sen, is mediating a resolution that could allow opposition leader Sam Rainsy to return to the country without facing arrest, according to those involved in the discussions. Foreign Minister Hor Namhong on Friday requested the enforcement of a 2011 court decision sentencing Mr. Rainsy to two years in jail for claims that the minister had been a Khmer Rouge collaborator —even though the conviction was widely believed pardoned in 2013.
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Defence walkout follows Chea's tirade at KRT
Appeal hearings in the Khmer Rouge tribunal’s Case 002/01 were cut short yesterday, following a 20-minute speech by appellant Nuon Chea that concluded with him instructing his defence lawyer to walk out of the proceedings. Chea – the former deputy secretary of the Communist Party of Kampuchea who, along with Khieu Samphan, was found guilty of crimes against humanity in Case 002/01 – was granted permission by the Supreme Court judges in the morning session to deliver a statement, purportedly to explain the absence of his international co-lawyer, Victor Koppe.
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Villagers to contest authorities’ assessment in Battambang
More than 200 families in Battambang’s Rokhakiri district are preparing to file a petition against local officials who they allege destroyed their homes on Monday in the Prey Tralach community forest. Following a protest by the community, Chhay Matinal of the provincial administration visited the area yesterday to gather information.
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Cambodia Seventh Worst for Budget Transparency, Report Finds
Cambodia’s 2014 national budget was significantly less transparent than the 2012 budget, according to the latest report by the International Budget Partnership, released on Tuesday by NGO Forum in Phnom Penh.
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Nuon Chea’s Defense Stages Walkout at Tribunal
Proceedings were halted at the Khmer Rouge tribunal on Tuesday after Nuon Chea’s lead national lawyer left the courtroom on his client’s instructions, prompting judges to order the appointment of standby counsel to represent the former regime leader.
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Ratanakkiri families demand land dispute resolution
More than 150 ethnic Kachak families in Ratanakkiri province have accused the provincial governor of not settling their land dispute despite a months-old order from Prime Minister Hun Sen’s office to do so. The 162 families in Andong Meas district’s Talao commune filed a complaint to the cabinet office on October 27 last year.
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Budget transparency at all-time low: report
The government’s budget transparency score has fallen to its lowest measure on record, according to a recent survey, but officials remain optimistic that the score will improve in the future. Cambodia’s score of eight out of 100 in 2015’s Open Budget Survey put it near the very bottom of the 102 countries examined, while Myanmar was the only country listed as faring worse in the region.
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Stripped of immunity, Rainsy delays return
Three days after a warrant was issued for his arrest, Cambodia National Rescue Party president Sam Rainsy yesterday backed off a pledge to return to the Kingdom and face the prospect of jail, but insisted he would arrive soon. A day of drama that began with the National Assembly’s permanent committee stripping Rainsy of his lawmaker status ended with the threat of protests having seemingly dissipated, though large numbers of armed police patrolled the area around Phnom Penh International Airport into the night.
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‘People’s Congress’ Takes Over Freedom Park
About 600 people involved in land disputes across the country gathered at Phnom Penh’s Freedom Park on Monday to air their grievances on a host of issues in preparation to submit a petition to the government.
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Early issues crop up in voter registration test
The recent testing of a new electronic voter registration system has fallen significantly short of expectations, with only about 50 per cent of the hoped-for registrations completed, according to officials. The National Election Committee (NEC), which is tasked with organising new voter lists for the 2017 commune elections and 2018 national ballot, has been rolling out the new biometric voter registration system in selected areas since November 1.
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Activists call for delay of controversial union law
A group of more than 20 union leaders filed a petition in front of the National Assembly yesterday demanding a delay in the passage of the draft trade union law, while yet again requesting a full copy of the controversial legislation. The draft law, which was approved by the Council of Ministers on Friday, is set to be presented to parliament this week, where it is expected to easily pass thanks to the majority enjoyed by the ruling Cambodian People’s Party.
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Protesting Families Burn Tires In Sokha Hotel Land Dispute
Two families claiming a plot of land that is slated for development behind the Sokha Hotel on the Chroy Changva peninsula in Phnom Penh burned tires in protest on Monday before being dispersed by a small team of military police and district security guards.
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Unions Petition Against Draft Union Law, Warn of Protests
Several trade unions representing some of the garment sector’s 700,000 workers petitioned lawmakers on Monday to make important changes to a controversial draft union law before passing it and warned of mass protests if they were ignored.
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Houses Razed During Protest In Battambang
As about 100 villagers in Battambang province blocked the road to their district office on Monday and demanded the removal of a local official accused of pillaging a community forest, authorities took the opportunity to raze their homes, an official said.
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Appeal hearings set to resume at KRT today
With appeals in the Khmer Rouge Tribunal’s Case 002/01 set to resume today, defendants Khieu Samphan and Nuon Chea are in “stable” health, and are expected to be in attendance, court officials told reporters yesterday. Speaking at a press briefing, court legal communications officer Lars Olsen stated that both convicted parties are expected to be present in the courtroom, in spite of recent absences. “Over the past month, their health condition has been stable, there have been no hospitalisations,” he said.
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NEC Voter Registration Pilot Comes Up Short of Goal
The National Election Committee (NEC) on Sunday ended its 15-day pilot test of a new computerized voter registration system, but managed to register only half of its goal of 32,528 adults. “We think that this program was successful, but we had some problems with the number of people who come to register and problems related to technology,” said Hang Puthea, the NEC spokesman.
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Accusations fly over logging of Battambang forest
A mass eviction in Battambang province yesterday saw 100 locals kicked out of the Prey Tralach community forest, which local authorities claim was illegally inhabited and deforested by villagers.
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Rainsy Cancels Return to Phnom Penh
Turning his back on a public promise, opposition leader Sam Rainsy canceled his scheduled return to Cambodia on Monday night and said he would instead return “in the next few days,” refusing to guarantee that his time abroad would not stretch into weeks or months.
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Facing Arrest, Sam Rainsy Promises to Return Today
Opposition leader Sam Rainsy is set to be arrested upon arrival at Phnom Penh International Airport late Monday night after saying he will return from abroad as scheduled despite orders last week that he be arrested for defaming Foreign Minister Hor Namhong.
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Vietnamese border at centre of new book
A new book by veteran journalist Chhay Sophal, released on Saturday, argues that politicians on both sides on the political divide should discuss a concerted strategy to “claim back” territory from Vietnam that was once part of a Khmer kingdom. The book is likely to be controversial, coming amid heightened tensions between the two countries and political forces in Cambodia that led to protests and clashes earlier this year.
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