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Read More SCAM: Inside Asia’s Criminal Network
“I was taught how to hit on them for about three or four days. After being friends for about a week, you go in for the ‘kill’.” Poom-Jai*, 17, is talking about his job. Over several months, the Thai teenager was trained to lure, befriend and defraud lonely people online, with brutal efficiency. “I wondered when I scammed them, would they become penniless, would they face hardship.”
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Read More Justice minister suggests possibility of mediation, reconciliation for minor crimes
Deputy Prime Minister Koeut Rith, Minister of Justice, has revealed the possibility that minor criminal cases – that do not involve physical harm or security issues – could potentially be resolved through mediation, providing both parties can come to an agreement at the prosecution stage.
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Read More World Bank Updates Legacy Framework for Development in Cambodia; Government and Stakeholders Welcome Consultations
The World Bank is continuing its year-long consultation discussions with public and private stakeholders for the new 2024-2029 Country Partnership Framework (CPF) for Cambodia, a lending and advisory program devised by the financial institution to help nations with key development issues.
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Read More Revived Cambodian Nationalism Threatens to Undermine ‘Special’ Relationship With Vietnam
Cambodia’s recent withdrawal from Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam Development Triangle Area (CLV-DTA), a cross-border development cooperation scheme with Laos and Vietnam, is a cause for concern. The four northeastern Cambodian provinces affected are among the poorest regions in the whole of Southeast Asia. In general, the development of peripheral regions anywhere in the world is problematic if there are no significant cross-border value chains and trade relations. It is therefore understandable that Ratanakkiri, Mondulkiri, Kratie, and Stung Treng provinces require special economic policy initiatives in order keep pace with the rest of Cambodia.
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Read More Former Hun Sen’s Assistant Duong Dara Sent to PJ Prison On Fraud Charges
Duong Dara, an assistant of former Prime Minister Hun Sen, was sent to Phnom Penh Prison, commonly known as “PJ”, after being charged with fraud on October 14, Nuth Savana, spokesperson of the General Department of Prisons, confirmed. The Phnom Penh Municipal Court prosecutor opened an investigation, following which Dara was charged under Articles 377 and 378 of the Criminal Code, said court spokesperson Plang Sophal. However, he did not specify who filed the original complaint against Dara.
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Read More New BAKC president vows reforms to strengthen legal profession
The newly elected president of the Bar Association of the Kingdom of Cambodia (BAKC) has pledged to guide the institution toward success, despite several challenges facing the legal profession, including issues with defending clients during the judicial police phase.
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Read More More than half of Cambodian children are severely beaten. Monks are helping to change that
Not far from the ancient ruins of Angkor Wat, a group of saffron-robed monks have been learning some modern lessons. Gathered around a table inside a pagoda, they're reading about the shocking statistics that Cambodian kids face. One in two have been severely beaten, one in four emotionally abused and one in 20 sexually assaulted.
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Read More EU ready to help Cambodia tackle online scams and human trafficking
As Cambodia is being heavily criticised by some quarters over its “inability” to curb online scamming involving modern forms of human trafficking, the EU Ambassador in Cambodia reassured that the European Union is always willing to assist the country in alleviating the problem.
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Read More Police Question Son of Cambodia’s Top Islamic Cleric On Allegations of Sexual Assault in School Dormitory
The Anti-Human Trafficking and Juvenile Protection Department questioned Kamarutin Suhaimi, son of Sos Kamry, Cambodia’s top Islamic cleric, following social media reports accusing him of sexually assaulting 18 female students at an Islamic school dormitory in Phnom Penh. While an official of the department’s Quick Reaction Unit confirmed with CamboJA News that Suhaimi had been questioned, he did not share further details whether Suhaimi had been arrested.
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Read More Sexual abuse allegations leveled at Cambodian Islamic school
Police are investigating allegations that the son of Cambodia’s top Islamic cleric had raped and sexually assaulted 18 girls in a school dormitory after complaints were lodged online by students which prompted NGOs to reach out. At least one girl is reportedly pregnant, while others have refused to attend the An-Nikmah Al-Islamiyah Institute in Phnom Penh, where the dormitory manager and son of Sos Kamri allegedly physically abused six female students and sexually harassed 12 others.
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Read More Police say son of Cambodian Muslim leader facing sexual assault charges
The son of a high-ranking Cambodian Muslim cleric has been arrested on charges of sexual assault and rape after police received complaints from residents of a Phnom Penh student dormitory.
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Read More PM Hun Manet Orders Leadership Overhaul at Prey Sar Prison After Leaked Video of Prisoners’ Party
Prime Minister Hun Manet has directed Interior Minister Sar Sokha to reshuffle the leadership at Correctional Center 1, the male facility within Prey Sar prison, which is notorious for overcrowding and poor conditions. This directive follows the viral posting of a video filmed in 2023 that shows Chinese and Cambodian inmates drinking and dancing.
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Read More Angkor Plywood, the ‘timber cartel’ shipping Cambodian forests internationally
Several Cambodian journalists contributed to this report, but have requested anonymity due to the sensitive nature of the story. Rare timber species likely logged from Cambodia’s embattled protected forests have been exported to Vietnam and China for years by Angkor Plywood, one of the country’s most notorious logging companies, Mongabay can reveal.
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Read More PH to Cambodia: Filipinas in surrogacy scheme are victims, not criminals
The Philippine Embassy is appealing to the Cambodian government not to file criminal charges against the 20 Filipinas rescued from alleged surrogacy schemes, Justice Undersecretary Nicholas Ty said on Tuesday. Seven of the 20 rescued Filipinas may return to the Philippines this month, while the remaining 13 will stay in Cambodia while awaiting childbirth.
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Read More Inside Cambodia's cyber-scam centres, where workers are victims of human trafficking
It’s happened to us all: a message arrives on our phone that looks genuine but turns out to be a scam. The internet has enabled scammers worldwide to find and contact potential victims. In Southeast Asia, the problem has reached alarming proportions and generates billions of dollars. FRANCE 24's William de Tamaris, Aruna Popuri and Justin McCurry report from Cambodia and the Myanmar border. Warning: this report contains graphic content.
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Read More The son almost rises: Cambodia's Hun Sen the power behind throne
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet kept a low profile at the ASEAN summit in Vientiane, holding meetings on the sidelines with fellow leaders but making no public statements to the media. An ex-military man, he marched straight past waiting reporters as he arrived for summit sessions, his most animated moment a jovial conversation with Singapore's foreign minister. However, crackdowns on rivals and critics of the government have not let up. Mech Dara, an award-winning journalist known for reporting on human trafficking in the cyber scam industry, was arrested last month on charges of inciting social disorder.
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Read More EU Ambassador highlights common grounds and disagreements in Cambodia ties
As he has just passed his first year leading a diplomatic mission in Cambodia, the European Union Ambassador to the Kingdom, in an exclusive interview with Khmer Times, said that the bloc shares many values and beliefs with Cambodia on the international stage, but the two parties still have to settle their disagreements resulting from their differences to bring the ties to higher levels.
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Read More Southeast Asia’s war on dissent captured in Malaysia-Cambodia extradition
The image was meant to send a stark message: criticise Hun Sen and you will be punished, even if you’re not in Cambodia. Nuon Toeun appears front and centre in the photograph released by Cambodia authorities, handcuffed and flanked by armed guards outside a Phnom Penh prison. Her crime? Making a social media post critical of the strongman leader who ruled Cambodia with an iron fist for decades before stepping down last year in favour of his son, Hun Manet.
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Read More Cambodian trade union leader Chhim Sithar, released from prison: “We must keep speaking out and uniting for our rights”
Chhim Sithar believes that the primary aim of the redundancies was to weaken the LRSU’s influence within the company. The union was on the verge of representing half of the casino’s employees, which, under Cambodian law, would have allowed it to participate in annual collective bargaining. In response to the dismissals, Sithar led a series of demonstrations calling for the reinstatement of the terminated employees. These protests were among the largest Cambodia had witnessed in a decade, and continued until Sithar was arrested in January 2022.
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Read More Nine Opposition Officials Questioned For Breach of Trust Over May’s Election Candidate List
Kandal provincial court prosecutor summoned nine opposition parties officials, including Candlelight President Teav Vannol and Senator Sok Hach of Khmer Will Party to be questioned for alleged breach of trust. It is in connection with a disagreement over a candidate list’s rank number during the May provincial, municipal and district council level elections. Provincial court spokesperson Kha Denna confirmed that deputy prosecutor Va Sakada summoned them for questioning but said the case was still under investigation.
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