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Fugitive Ex-Governor Turns Himself In to Police
Chhouk Bundith, the former Bavet City governor who shot three factory workers in 2012, turned himself in to police in Phnom Penh on Saturday morning after more than two years on the run and has begun serving his 18-month prison sentence, officials said.
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Officials Meet With Villagers In Land Dispute With UDG
A delegation from the National Authority for Land Dispute Resolution on Saturday met with more than 400 people involved in a land dispute with the Chinese-owned Union Development Group, which is building a $3.8-billion tourist mecca in a coastal forest in Koh Kong province.
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Existing Mechanisms to Protect Women, Children Are Effective
In regard to the article “Rape Cases Up 64% in First Half of 2015, Adhoc Says” (August 6), the Ministry of Women’s Affairs (MoWA) would like to clarify a few points.
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Groups Have Their Say on Access to Information Law
PHNOM PENH—A United Nations agency will soon begin holding public meetings nationwide to consult the public on a long-awaited law that would give Cambodians access to important information held by the government. Representatives of local and international nongovernmental organizations met in Phnom Penh on Friday to put forward their views on the touted Access to Information Law. The government has been working on a draft of the law for at least a decade. Supporters say that if it finally comes to fruition, the legislated could help combat Cambodia’s endemic corruption and aid advocates by making the government release vital information about how the country is governed.
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Press clubs denounce attack on journalists
Press freedom groups have condemned a violent attack on two reporters by security guards at a rally in Phnom Penh yesterday. Voice of Democracy (VOD) journalist Khut Sokun was “hit and kicked” while covering a rally by Boeung Kak activists at City Hall, while guards attempted to seize and destroy VOD photographer Heng Vitchet’s camera equipment, according to a statement released by the Cambodian Centre for Independent Media, which runs VOD.
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Journalists Accuse Ratanakkiri Forestry Official of Intimidation
Four reporters accused a forestry official in Ratanakkiri province of locking them behind the gate of the local Forestry Administration headquarters Thursday morning in an attempt to stop them from reporting on the transport of illegally logged luxury wood.
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Ministry Slams NGOs for Criticism of Prime Minister
The Ministry of Women’s Affairs released a statement Thursday expressing its “grave regret” at a joint NGO statement that criticized Prime Minister Hun Sen for a speech in which he referred to an unnamed female protester as a female animal.
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Arrests lead to sit-down request
Oppostition Cambodia National Rescue Party deputy president Kem Sokha is seeking a meeting with Interior Minister Sar Kheng following the arrest of three more CNRP activists this week. Ou Chanrith, a CNRP spokesman, said the request was made on the sidelines of a ceremony to open an elderly care centre at the Khmer-Soviet Friendship Hospital in Phnom Penh yesterday, which was also attended by Prime Minister Hun Sen and King Norodom Sihamoni, among other dignitaries. “We would like to appeal [to the Cambodian People’s Party] to continue the culture of dialogue.
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TI calls for reforms at polls
Low-income factory workers and illiterate citizens risk being left behind in the country’s voter registration process if current policies remain unchanged, Transparency International Cambodia warned yesterday, as it forwarded a list of recommendations to the National Election Commission. Civil society groups had until yesterday to submit feedback on the proposed regulations governing voter registration.
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High-profile arrest in land deal gone awry
Influential businesswoman You Chantha was arrested on Wednesday over allegations she cleared 17 hectares of land in Phnom Penh’s Por Sen Chey district, defying a court order handed down as part of an ongoing land dispute. “After her arrest, she was sent to the Ministry of Interior for questioning,” said district police chief Yim Sarann. Chantha reportedly constructed buildings on the plot in Trapaing Krasaing commune’s Prey Daun Ouk village, despite an ongoing legal battle with the Chinese Hok Kien Association since 2007.
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Man, Sisters Jailed in Sexual Enslavement Case
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Thursday charged a man with the purchasing of child prostitution and two sisters with unlawful confinement and soliciting child prostitution over the sexual enslavement of their 13-year-old niece, despite their protests that the man and girl were engaged.
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At Protest, Guards Back On the Attack
Daun Penh district security guards prevented journalists from interviewing land rights activists near Phnom Penh City Hall on Thursday, kicking some of the reporters and activists, attempting to confiscate cameras, and deleting photos.
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Ten B Kak activists dispersed by police
Gathering yesterday in front of Phnom Penh City Hall to demand a speedy resolution to longstanding land disputes, 10 Boeung Kak villagers were forcibly dispersed by security personnel citing traffic concerns. Van Ny, 58, who attended the peaceful gathering said her family settled for less than half the land previously owned. But she claims authorities have yet to allocate any new property. “We are deeply concerned . . . we decided to gather and ask for information and a solution so we can rebuild our home,” Ny said.
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Villagers Accuse ELC of Reneging on Deal
NEARLY 200 Kuoy villagers protested yesterday at the Forestry Administration Office in Preah Vihear province to demand a Malaysian-owned company return 1,100 hectares of land and a tractor confiscated by officials last month.
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Tbong Khmum Farmer Arrested for Rape of Girl, 5
A farmer was arrested at his house in Tbong Khmum province’s Ponhea Krek district on Tuesday afternoon for raping his 5-year-old neighbor just two hours earlier, a police official said Wednesday. Chak Sok Kao, acting chief of the provincial police’s serious crimes bureau, said district police apprehended Chheng San, 49, at his home in Krek commune at about 3 p.m. on Tuesday after receiving a complaint from the girl’s parents.
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CNRP Activists Jailed
THREE new opposition activists have been charged over a violent anti-government protest last year, with police swooping in less than 48 hours after Prime Minister Hun Sen demanded more arrests in the case.
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Monk in Hiding after Arrests
ACTIVIST monk Soeun Hay has gone into self-imposed exile out of fears for his safety following the arrest earlier this week of two other Kampuchea Krom monks living at Ang Taminh Pagoda.
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Rape Cases Up 64% in First Half of 2015, Adhoc Says
Rights group Adhoc recorded 131 rape cases in the first six months of the year, compared to 80 cases in 2014—a nearly 64 percent increase—due to the influence of “uncontrolled foreign cultures” such as pornography, according to a report released by the NGO on Wednesday. The report says that 100 of those cases involved the rape of a minor: 63 cases in which the victim was between 10 and 18 years old, 32 cases in which the victim was between 5 and 10, and five cases in which the victim was younger than 5.
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Three more Cambodia activists held for 'insurrection'
PHNOM PENH: A Cambodian court Wednesday detained three more opposition activists for insurrection over their alleged roles in protests that turned violent last year, a move condemned as politically motivated by a rights group. Last month 11 opposition members and activists were jailed on the same charges - including three who received 20-year sentences. The legal moves against supporters of the Cambodian National Rescue Party (CNRP) stem from clashes between protesters and authorities in July last year during a demonstration against the closure of Freedom Park, a key site for public rallies in Phnom Penh. Dozens of security officers and several protesters were injured in the clashes.
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Reporter ‘threatened over photo’
In an incident condemned by a Cambodian journalists’ organisation, a reporter said he received a death threat for posting the photo of a drug raid suspect on Facebook on Sunday. Taing Ho, a Siem Reap-based reporter for Apsara News Network, said a man he believed to be a relative of the suspect began insulting him on the social media site after he posted a photo of military police cracking down on alleged drug traffickers. After Ho filed a court complaint the next day, the reporter said he received a menacing phone call from an unknown number.
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