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Cambodia passes bill criminalizing genocide denial
Ou Virak, president of the Cambodian Center for Human Rights, said his group believes it is not necessary to have a law that prohibits denials that serious crimes were committed under the Khmer Rouge. "Restricting debate, discussion and education about the Khmer Rouge period through such a law would be to the detriment of survivors, rather than for their benefit," he said in a statement. "The law is therefore a blatant politicization of our country's history in order to score points before the national elections."
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Khmer Rouge Prison Chief Transferred for Life Sentence
PHNOM PENH - Khmer Rouge torture chief Kaing Kek Iev, better known as Duch, has been transferred to a prison in Kandal province, outside the capital, where he will serve a life sentence for his role as supervisor of Tuol Sleng prison. Duch was transferred early Thursday morning to the detention facility in Kandal, 30 kilometers from Phnom Penh, to serve out a sentence for atrocity crimes, torture and murder. More than 12,000 people were tortured and sent to their executions at the center overseen by Duch, who was found guilty for his crimes by the UN-backed tribunal in February 2012. He will have a cell to himself, but other than that, “he’ll be treated the same as the rest of the prisoners,” tribunal spokesman Neth Pheaktra told VOA Khmer.
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Cambodian parliament unanimously passes law to criminalize denial of Khmer Rouge crimes
PHNOM PENH, June 7 (Xinhua) -- The National Assembly of Cambodia on Friday unanimously adopted the Law on the Denial of Crimes Committed during the Period of the Democratic Kampuchea, or Khmer Rouge regime, from 1975-1979. "Under the law, individuals who refuse to acknowledge, diminish, deny, or challenge the existence of crimes or glorify crimes committed during the regime will be jailed from six months to two years and fined between 250 U.S. dollars and 1,000 U.S. dollars," said Pen Panha, chairman of the National Assembly's commission on legislation and justice.
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CNRP Wants Delay in Khmer Rouge Crime Law Debate
The Cambian National Rescue Party (CNRP) submitted a letter to National Assembly President Hen Samrin yesterday requesting that debate of a contentious law on the denial of Khmer Rouge crimes be delayed until a new National Assembly is formed fllowig parliamentary elections on July 28.
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Hun Sen Reminds Cambodians of Darker Times-Again
As the July 28 national election draws near, Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday again lauded the ruling CPP for taking Cambodia from the post-Khmer Rouge era to an economic success story, Without the CPP, he said, Phnom Penh would have “become a coconut plantation.”
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Cambodia moves to outlaw denial of Khmer Rouge crimes
Under Cambodia's draft law, offenders face up to two years in jail and a fine. Commentators have suggested that a provision to prosecute legal entities could be used against political parties. Ou Virak, the president of the Cambodian Center for Human Rights, believes the draft law is wholly political, and says Hun Sen himself has made its purpose clear on numerous occasions.
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Proposed law against those who do not recognize the Khmer Rouge crimes has been approved
President of the Cambodian Center for Human Rights, Mr.OuVirak said members of parliament work with the person before the election and not respect to the people: "I think it is necessary and still important we remembernew parliament we approval to where it is not too late, we wait to see who win the election, so we are near the end of the mandate." For the Executive Director of the Law Protect the rights Mr. Sok Sam Aoeun and director of election monitoring organization Comfrel Mr. KhulPanha consider approval of the proposed law a political story.
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Exiled Rainsy Accuses Cambodia of Pressuring Thailand to Deny Entry
BANGKOK — Cambodia's exiled opposition leader, Sam Rainsy, has accused the government of pressuring Thailand into rejecting his entry into Bangkok. Cambodian and Thai authorities deny any pressure. But Rainsy says Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen is losing ground ahead of the July election and is doing his best to hinder the opposition. Rainsy, who lives in in France, was scheduled to launch his autobiography - We Didn't Start the Fire: My Struggle for Democracy in Cambodia - Wednesday night at the Foreign Correspondents Club of Thailand (FCCT).
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KR Prison Chief to Serve Out Life Sentence in Kandal Prison
KaingGuekEav, alias Duch,he former chief of the Khmer Rouge’s S-21 prison, was taken yesterday to a specially built cell in Kandal Provincial Prison to serve out the remainder of his life sentence for crimes against humanity, court and prison officials said.
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City Hall starts probe into Boeung Kok land dispute
PHNOM PENH (The Cambodia Herald) -- Officials from Phnom Penh City Hall went to the Boeung Kok community Thursday to find solutions for the residents there in the land disputes case, an official said. "Experts started to record statistical data from the Boeung Kok residents to be submitted to Phnom Penh governor, Pa Socheatvong," said Long Dimong, spokesman for Phnom Penh City Hall. The activities of the authorities at the property development site was made after the newly-appointed Phnom Penh government vowed last month to find step by step solutions to the land disputes in that area of Phnom Penh.
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Hun Sen in Apparent Bid to Stifle Opposition
from parliament and prosecute a key opposition leader on allegedly distorted charges linking him to the widely despised Khmer Rouge movement, sources say. A key committee of the National Assembly, the country's lower house of parliament, controlled by Hun Sen's Cambodian People's Party (CPP) has approved a measure to dismiss the 29 opposition members from the legislature because their parties have merged into a new group, sources said.
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Union Warms of Mass Demonstration if Protesters Are Not Freed
The head of the Free Trade Union (FTU) has threatened a huge protest and national strike if eight people arrested during a violent demonstration Monday are not released.
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Khmer Rouge Survivor Threatens Demonstration Against Opposition
PHNOM PENH - A survivor of the infamous Khmer Rouge prison of Tuol Sleng told reporters Tuesday he will hold a demonstration against senior opposition official Kem Sokha and will call for an apology for his alleged remarks about the prison. Kem Sokha has been accused by Prime Minister Hun Sen of claiming Tuol Sleng was faked by the Vietnamese after they ousted the Khmer Rouge.
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Genocide Not Included in Law on Denial of KR Crimes
A new law called for last week by Prime Minister Hun Sen to criminalize the denial of crimes during the Khmer Rouge regime does not contain the word genocide.
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After Showing Remorse, Nuon Chea Denied KR Intent to Kill
Less than a week after saying he felt morally responsible for crimes committed during the Khmer Rouge regime, 86-year-old war crime defendant Nuon Chea yesterday reverted to his long-held stance that systematic extermination and not Khmer Rouge policy.
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Khmer Krom in Cambodia Mark Loss of Their Homeland
Nearly 1,000 ethnic Khmer Krom living in Cambodia on Tuesday marked the 64th anniversary of the loss of their territory to Hanoi amid calls to protect the rights of the remaining members of the group in Vietnam. Thach Setha, president of the Khmer Kampuchea Krom Community (KKKC) in Cambodia, spoke at a rally in Phnom Penh urging the Vietnamese government to “end the persecution of Khmer Krom” and to protect the group’s indigenous rights.
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NGO's to host political forum Thursday
PHNOM PENH (The Cambodia Herald) -- A major political forum to hear different political party's views on policies will take place Thursday, June 6, 2013 at 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Imperial Garden Hotel and Villa in Phnom Penh. Key NGO's will host the forum to address issues and policies where political representatives will be asked to comment on and include policies on Economic and Land Reform; The Environment, Forestry and Climate Change; Social and Human Development and Rule of Law, Good Governance and Access to Information.
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Man Charged for Raping 12-year-Old Sister –in-Law
A 22-year-old man in Banteay Meachey province has been charged with the rape of his 12-year-old sister-in-law and is being held in pretrial detention, a clerk at the Banteay Meachey Province Court said yesterday.
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Union leader warns of bigger protest over arrest of workers
PHNOM PENH (The Cambodia Herald) -- Chea Mony, President of the Free Trade Union of Workers of Cambodia (FTUWC), warned that he will hold a mass protest if authorities do not release union representatives arrested in yesterday's clash with police.
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Man arrested for raping a minor
PURSAT (The Cambodia Herald) -- The police have arrested a man Tuesday for raping a minor in the village of Thmey, the Talor commune of the Bakan district. No Vannith, 21, was arrested after he raped a 14-year-old girl on Monday. They were from the same village.
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