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Another Military Official Accused Opposition Party of Causing Chaos
General Neang Phat has become the second senior military official to wade into the current political impasse between Prime Minister Hun Sen’s CPP government and the CNRP, accusing the opposition party of tring to destabilize the country, according to a local media report.
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Alleged Violent Protest Provocateur Charged
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday charged a man with committing violence under aggravating circumstances after he was detained by protesters at a demonstration in Phnom Penh on Sunday and handed over police on suspicion of instigating violence at the rally near Freedom Park.
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Police Seek Chinese New Year Beer From Local Businesses
With Chinese New Year approaching, the long arm of the law has once again reached out to local businesses in at least one Phnom Penh commune asking for their help to ensure police have enough beer to usher in the Year of the Horse in true celebratory style.
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Report Says Cambodia Still Not Free, Political Rights Absent
Cambodia has again been ranked as “not free” by U.S.- based Freedom House, which released its 41st Freedom in the World index on Friday. In the ranking, Cambodia is deemed one 48 nations that are “not free” placing it in among countries where “basic political rights were absent, and basic civil liberties are widely and systematically denied.”
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Military Police Baton Charge Peaceful Protesters
Military police chased down and beat several protesters bloody who had gathered in central Phnom Penh yesterday for a peaceful rally to demand that the government grant a radio relay station and TV license to independent broadcaster-and frequent government critic-Mam Sonando.
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Sesan Dam Construction to Start Next Month
Construction of the lower Sesan 2 dam will begin early next month, residents and authorities said after a meeting in Stung Treng province yesterday.
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Cambodian Blamed Fatal Shooting of Thai Protest Leader
Thailand’s anti-government protest leader, Suthep Thaugsuban, has claimed that a gunman who shot a colleague in Bangkok on Sunday might have been Cambodian.
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Union Reps Questioned Over Violent Protests
The Interior Ministry’s penal department yesterday questioned two representatives of the Cambodian Alliance of Trade Unions (CATU) over claims that they incited violence during protests at a Kandal province garment factory in late December.
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CPP Takes Steps to ‘Reform’ Human Rights Commission
Prime Minister Hun Sen passed a sub-decree late last year to expand the scope of his government’s Cambodian Human Right Committee (CHRC) by creating new department and placing rights monitors in villages, according to copy of the Royal Gazette dated December 31 and distributed yesterday.
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Ministries Discuss New Appeal Courts; Judicial Reform
The Ministry of Justice is moving ahead with plans to expand the Appeal Court system around the country as part of inter-ministerial talks that began on Monday on the subject of judicial reform.
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CNRP Cancels Meeting as CPP Supporters Turn Out in Force
SA’ANG DISTRICT, Kandal Province – Several hundred civilian supporters of Prime Minister Hun Sen, backed up by an equal number of military police and provincial police armed with automatic rifles, batons and tear gas launchers, forced opposition leaders Sam Rainsy and Kem Sokha to cancel a meeting with party followers yesterdays.
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Report Says Cambodia in ‘Human Right Crisis’
Last year disputed national election was the tipping point after which Cambodia “became engulfed in a human rights crisis,” according to a report by Human Rights Watch released yesterday.
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Court Hears Request to Reinvestigate Slaying of FTU Leader
Chan Sophon, who was found guilty in 2012 of the February 2007 murder of Hy Vuthy, a senior leader of the Free Trade Union (FTU), faced the Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday as part of his ongoing effort to have the court reinvestigate the murder and overturn his 18-year sentence.
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LGBT Community is Calling for Anti-Discrimination Law
Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) activist are calling for an anti-discrimination law to be passed that would improve their access to education, employment and health as well as their acceptance in families and society.
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Protest Ban Will Last Until Opposition Takes Seats
The government’s ban on public protests and demonstrations could be around for quite some time, at least as long as the present political standoff lasts between Prime Minister Hun Sen’s ruling CPP and the opposition, a top military police official said yesterday.
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Rainsy Says Talks with CPP Stuck on Issue of Early Election
Talks between the CPP to end a nearly six-month post-election political impasse have stalled after the ruling party’s refusal to discuss the possibility of mid-term election, CNRP President Sam Rainsy said yesterday.
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Beyond Chea Vichea, Many Cases Lock Accountability, Justice
Ahead of the 10-year anniversary on Wednesday of the assassination of Free Trade Union (FTU) President Chea Vichea, police said yesterday the despite their inability to bring anyone to justice for the high-profile slaying, the case remains open.
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Brain Surgery for Teenager Beaten on Veng Sreng
Thet Theng has lost the use of his arm. For 18 days, his mother, a constant at his bedside in the Intensive Care Unit of the Khmer-Soviet Friendship Hospital in Phnom Penh, has repeated the same process: lifting her son’s right arm into the air and hoping that he can muster the strength to keep it up there.
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EU Ambassador Distances Local Delegation From Resolution
European Union (E.U.) Ambassador to Cambodia Jean-Francois Cautain distanced himself yesterday from a European Parliament resolution calling for an independent investigation July’s disputed national election and the killing of five striking garments workers this month.
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Union Leader Released; ‘Free the 23’ Protests to Continue
Phnom Penh police released union leader Sok Chhun Oeung from custody yesterday, a day after dragging him off the street at a peaceful protest he had organized along Phnom Penh’s riverside against the detention of 23 men still in jail for participating in demonstrations over garment factory wages earlier this month.
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