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Police Tattoo Ban Causes Stir
A ban on people with tattoos sitting the entrance exam for the police service has sparked a flurry of interest and some criticism.
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News Publisher Put Under Court Supervision Over Land Dispute Broadcast
Los Seng, publisher of Los Seng News, has been placed under court supervision for six months over a live video report by two staff members in Kampot province.
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US Lawyer’s Support for CNRP Defendant Violated Tourist Visa: Interior Ministry
Interior Ministry spokesperson Khieu Sopheak said an international lawyer assisting CNRP-linked Seng Chan Theary had damaged Cambodia’s honor by attending her trial. Jared Genser, Chan Theary’s lawyer, says he was only attending a friend’s trial hearing.
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Interior Ministry monitoring Funcinpec’s ‘internal conflict’
Amid fights for legitimacy for the upcoming two separate congresses to be held by two royalist Funcinpec factions, the Interior Ministry said its legal experts are monitoring the move, urging them to resolve the “internal conflict” through legal procedures.
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Funcinpec faction asks aunt to support Prince Chakravuth
The current royalist Funcinpec led by “acting president” Prince Norodom Chakravuth has called on his aunt, former Funcinpec president and half-sister of King Norodom Sihamoni, Princess Norodom Arunrasmy, to help him lead the party to regain popularity amid a dispute over the presidency after the death of Prince Norodom Ranariddh.
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US lawyer permanently banned from entering Cambodia
A United States citizen who violated immigration law and entered Cambodia fraudulently has been permanently banned from ever entering The Kingdom.
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Opposition Mass Trial Reviews Announcement of ‘Rescue Movement’
A three-hour video from 2018 about the formal announcement in California of a Cambodian opposition movement was presented on Thursday as evidence of plotting and incitement in the ongoing mass trials against leaders and supporters of the dissolved opposition CNRP.
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Family of Hun Sen Assistant, General Receive Plots on Rapidly Dwindling Lake
In sub-decrees from November that were made public this week, four more sets of plots totaling to 219 hectares were distributed. These include five locations totaling 122 hectares given to Som Sokdaramonuerika, Som Somalika and Som Sokdararikio; 70 hectares to Say Sorphea; 6 hectares to Chim Pisey; and 19 hectares to Chen Srunheng.
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Cambodian whistleblowers are exposing corruption and exposed to persecution
When Cambodian university student Kong Bunrith claimed on Facebook that dozens of his classmates paid bribes to pass their exams and named the government officials allegedly involved, authorities promptly began an investigation.
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UN chief says world must vaccinate everyone to defeat pandemic
The world must vaccinate everyone against COVID-19 in order to defeat the pandemic, said the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.
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Kem Sokha treason trial resumes
Sokha, former president of the Supreme Court-dissolved Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), was charged in late 2017 with “conspiring with a foreign power” – allegedly the US – to topple the government. He faces a prison sentence of up to 30 years if found guilty.
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Seven International Labor Groups Back NagaWorld Strikers
International labor groups criticized NagaWorld’s “long-standing failure” to respect workers’ rights and authorities’ “undue interference” of a legitimate strike, as one representative said the groups would bring the dispute before the ILO and Asean, and affiliated workers overseas would also look to exert pressure.
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One Young Girl’s Ambition to Promote Cambodian Females in Tech
More young people, especially women, should turn to tech to solve their communities’ problems. That’s the message from Kao Menghorng, a grade 11 student at Hun Sen Peam Chikang High School in Kampong Cham Province whose passion for coding has seen her win many awards.
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Former CNRP officials face uncertain political careers
Chak Sopheap, executive director of the Cambodia Center for Human Rights, said that the 18-month long detention of the two former CNRP party members was the result of “ridiculous charges of incitement”, which exemplifies how grim the human rights situation has become in Cambodia.
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Opposition Leader Says Reconciliation Is Near as Treason Trial Resumes
Sokha also said he believed Prime Minister Hun Sen wanted a reconciliation and that the charges against him would be dropped, while a prosecutor said the only way the trial would finish early was if Sokha admitted his guilt or he died.
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Indigenous Community Sues Cosmetics Tycoon Try Dana Over ‘Bunong’ Insult
The Bunong community is asking high-profile online cosmetics and jewelry seller Try Dana to visit them and join a traditional ceremony as an apology after Dana publicly disparaged her violent husband as “Bunong.”
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As his treason trial resumes, Kem Sokha calls on court to drop its case
The case against the long-time opposition figure had been suspended since March 2020, paused amidst the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the court’s normal functions have resumed for months now, including the initiation of new trials against rights activists and Sokha’s fellow members of the banished CNRP opposition.
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Party Policies Prioritize Investment in Farms as Commune Elections Loom
Less than five months to commune elections, the ruling CPP and minor opposition parties are pointing to agriculture as key planks of their agendas, many echoing a desire to increase investment in farms and “find markets” for exports.
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Seeing the forest for the trees: Cambodia commits to achieving carbon neutrality by 2050
Cambodia begins the new year as the first nation in Southeast Asia to publish a plan to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. The roadmap, known officially as a “Long-term strategy for Carbon Neutrality (LTS4CN)”, was submitted to the United Nations Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) on the 30th of December 2021.
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Thy Sovantha Chat Not About Dropped Charges, Says CNRP South Korea Head
The former head of the opposition CNRP in South Korea said he had already spent an hour with ex-CNRP president Kem Sokha, but denied that his absolution came about due to the intervention of opposition-activist-turned-ruling party celebrity Thy Sovantha.
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