Three CNRP Officials To Be Tried for Old Case

The Kandal Provincial Court has summonsed a CNRP lawmaker lawyer and district councilor over a 2011 incident relating to a land dispute and the alleged illegal release of a prisoner, officials said yesterday.

Sorya Back at Negotiating Table

Former staffers of Phnom Penh Sorya Transportation will meet with a company representative tomorrow to demand reinstatement after more than two weeks of the firm’s continued refusal to comply with a decision by the Arbitration Council, they and the bus operator said yesterday.

Request Rejected to Have Union Head Step Down

The Phnom Penh Municipal Court has rejected a request from two former members of the Coalition of Cambodian Apparel Workers’ Democratic Union (CCAWDU) to have the union’s president be forced to step down as he is investigated for embezzlement.

Phnom Penh City Hall Warns of Over Vietnam Protest

City Hall on Friday threatened up to 15 years in prison for students planning a protest in front of the Vietnamese Embassy over comment made in June by an embassy official that the Kampuchea Krom region belonged to Vietnam long before it officially became part of the country in 1949.

Police Arrest Two More Opposition Officials

Eight Opposition officials, include seven lawmaker-elect, have now been arrested on charges of insurrection and incitement over the violent street brawl the broke out at a CNRP protest on Tuesday, with police yesterday apprehending Long Ry and Nuth Rumdoul.

Father Arrested Over Murder of 2-Year-Old Son

NGOs told to up advocacy

Civil society groups will have to amp up their advocacy in order to see Cambodia fulfill its human rights obligations and implement recommendations proposed by UN member states, according to a nation consultation in the capital yesterday.

Sentence slashed for convicted pedophile

The Appeal Court yesterday slashed 18 years off the sentence of a man convicted of child sex charges, drawing the condemnation of an NGO who helped bring about his conviction.

Questions Raised Over Quarry Crackdown

The Phnom Penh municipal government issued a warming to those operating unlicensed said quarries after a military helicopter plunged into one killing four people on Monday, but some questioned City Hall’s motives and commitment.

After Rights Review, Group Press Gov’t to act

Nearly a month after Cambodia’s second universal periodic review (UPR) of its human rights situation at the U.N. in Geneva, rights groups met in Phnom Penh yesterday to discuss how they can work with the government to ensure that the 163 recommendations it accepted are implemented over the next four years.

Roundup of CNRP continues

Cambodia political crisis deepened yesterday as security forces arrested two more opposition lawmaker-elect from the Cambodia National Rescue Party and a judge summonsed the party’s deputy leader to appear in court for questioning.

Union leader’s case dropped

Ath Thorn has at least one court-related problem he can forget, after a judge yesterday dismissed a corruption case filed against him and two other union leaders.

Father Killed son: police

A drunken father murdered his 2-year-old son with a hoe early yesterday morning, according to police, who have arrested the suspect and asked the court to press murder charges.

Violent Clashes Break Out Again at KDC Land Dispute Site

Violent skirmishes erupted again between workers and villagers at the restive KDC development site yesterday, with both side blaming the other for using weapons and instigating the fracas.

Garment Worker Wage Negotiations Break Down After Talks

Garment workers from two factories descended on the Labor Ministry yesterday morning as talks over their separate wage demands began and then broke down within a matter of hours.

Gov’t arrest strategy has familiar feel to it

The round-up and detention of seven opposition lawmakers-elect on insurrection charges in the past three days bears the stamp of longstanding ruling party tactics used to silence dissent. But political observers say this week’s clampdown is so wide in scale that it can only be compared to a similar blitz almost a decade ago.

Most guards ‘over worst’

A day after the government issued a statement saying that 22 of the Daun Penh district security guards beaten by opposition protesters on Tuesday were in “critical condition”, officials yesterday told the Post that most of them are now well on the way to recovery.

Employers snub talks over wages

Management at Ocean Garment factory yesterday flouted a Ministry of Labour invitation to sit at the negotiating table with employees protesting the factory’s refusal to abide by an Arbitration Council decision in their favour.

Cop Charged in Teen’s Rape

A commune police chief in Oddar Meanchey province’s Anlong Veng district was charged yesterday with the rape of a 16-year-old girl, officials said.

Paging Sam Rainsy: Amid arrests, leader plans return ‘ASAP’

Tuesday's brawl at Freedom Park and the ensuing charges against opposition members represent a turning point in the political stalemate and a worsening in relations between the two parties ahead of the one-year anniversary of the disputed election on July 28.