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Beer Promoter Union Formed In Siem Reap
A Phnom Penh-based union for beer promoters and hostesses established a brabch in Siem Reap on Monday to improve working conditions there, including low wages, sexual harassment and heath hazards, union officials said.
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Soldiers Accuse Commander's Wife of Land Grab
More than 30 former Khmer Rouge soldier have accused the spouse of their deceased commander of grabbing land that they say belongs to them in Pailin city, officials said yesterday. Ros Samom, 58, a representative of 33 families in the area, said that villagers claimed that leang Vannak and her brother-in-law, Sim Sothy, who both work in the Pailin provincial tax department, have occupied eight hectares of Land that families shared prior to 1996.
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KRT Begins Dissemination Of Kaing Guek Eav Verdict
At crime scenes around Ohnom Penh yesterday, the Khmer Rouge tribunal distributed the first copies of the printed and bound verdict in the trail of crimes against humanity convict Kaing Guek Eav, alias Duch.
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Police Searching For Rape Suspect In Stepsister Cas
Kompong Chhnang provincial police are searching for a 23-year-old man who fled his home after allegedly raping his 13-year-old stepsister numerous times in Kompong Tralach district's Ampil Toek commune, police said yesterday.
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Verdicts Vary on The Wrap of Mu Sochua Case
SRP lawmaker Mu Sochua was found guilty of defaming Prime Minister Hun Sen last year and lost two subsequent appeals against the decision. She narrowly missed being sent to jail and will have more than $4000 docked from her parliamentary salary. It is not yet certain that she will be able to stand at the 2013 national election. But despite the appearance that she lost the court war. against Mr Hun Sen, civil society organizations said yesterday that picking a winner from the 15-month case was not such an easy task.
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Committee to Finish B'Bang Land Dispute Investigation
Authorities in Battambang province's Samlot district are to conclude their investigation this week in a longstanding land dispute involving nearly 200 families that is reportedly linked to an district official said yesterday. Deputy district governor In Sarith said a committee of Samlot district officials, created for this purpose on July 26, would verify the results of their inquiry into the number of villagers involved in the O'Samril commune dispute, as well as the villagers' exact land claims.
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Man To Be Prosecuted For Raping Daughter in B'Bang
Battambong Provincial Court will try a 34-year-old man today for allegedly sexually abusing his 8-year-old daughter in Battambang City's Toul Ta Ek commune, police said yesterday. Toun Sophea was arrested on Tuesday evening after his wife filed a complaint with the provincial department of social affairs alleging that Mr Sophea had molested the girl, said Thuch Ra, Battambang City police chief .
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Parents Complain Over Application Fee Demands
The Cambodian Independent Teachers Association yesterday lodged a grievance with the Education Ministry on behalf of parents of primary school students allegedly forced to pay for secondary school applications in Kandal province's Kein Svay district, officials said. Parent claim that sixth-grade students at Kdei Takoy and Veal Sbov primary school have been charged 7000 riel, or about $1.75, for recommendation when applying for further study, said CITA president Rong Chhun.
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Court Decides Against Jail For Mu Sochua
SRP Lawmaker Mu Sochua will not go to jail for refusing to pay a court fine handed down after she was convicted of defaming Prime Minister Hun Sen last year. Nearly a month after a court-imposed deadline for paying the fine passed, Mr Sochua this week received a letter from Phnom Penh Municipal Court information her that the fine would be taken from her parliamentary salary.
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Thailand's UN Letter Rejects Cambodian Claims
Thailand delivered a letter to the UN Security Council and the General Assembly on Tuesday, denying Prime Minister Hun Sen's claims that Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva had threatened to use military force to solve a border dispute near Preah Vihear temple. Mr Hun Sen warned the UN Security Council and General assembly on Sunday that a newspaper has quoted Mr Abhisit as threatening to use the military to solve the border dispute.Mr Hun Sen's letter also claimed that thai troops were illegally stationed inside Cambodian territory near the World Heritage-listed temple.
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With Late Lawyers, 800 Face Exclusion at Tribunal
The Khmer Rouge tribunal last week assigned lawyers to nearly 800 people who say they were victimized by the Pol Pot regime, more than a month after a deadline t o show proof of their claims of suffering had passed. Among the most remote and least informed of the 400 people who have applied to become civil parties in the coming trails of senior regime leaders, these applicants are now at distinct disadvantage, more likely than others to be rejected for lack of evidence, according to civil party lawyers.
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Gov't Refutes Court Order On Land Dispute
Ratanakirri Provincial Court has ordered the province's largest rubber company to temporary stop operations until a decision is made on a complaint filed by local residents who claim that they own the land where the Tai Seng rubber company is operating
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Question of Further Indictments Continues to Hang Over Tribunal
An unidentified former soldier looks on near the once Khmer Rouge-stronghold border town of Pailin. “If they just arrest people continuously, there will be much impact, and the situation will change to turmoil and then to war.” Following the recent Khmer Rouge tribunal verdict for Duch, the UN-backed court has still been unable to deal with the question of more indictments beyond five leaders currently in custody.A former Khmer Rouge district chief who could face charges for her role in the regime says five defendants is enough already. But tribunal observers warn that truth and reconciliation will be diminished if the UN-backed court does not expand the number of suspects.
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Man Attacked With Acid on Way Home From Work
A 55-year-old man was doused with acid on Monday evening in Phnom Penh's Russei Keo district by two unknown assailants who fled on motorcycle, Russei Keo commune police chief Sun Kannareth said yesterday. Nuon Bunthoeun, who is being treated for serious burns to his back and left leg, was walking home from work at around 9 pm when the attack occurred, according to Mr Kannareth. police are now searching for suspects to arrest, Mr Kannareth said, adding that police have no leads in the case. Police could not find out if the suspects are male or female because it was to dark, he said. Chhun Sophea, program manager at the Cambodian Acid Survivor Charity, said Mr Bunthoeun, who suffered burns to half of his body, expects to be discharged today and plans to visit their center. this year the charity has recorded 25 acid attack cases, compared to 33 in 2009 Ms Sophea said. It used to mainly be female victims but now men attack men as well, she said .
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Suspected Animal Smuggler Claims Abuse by Police Officers
A 40-year-old member of the Kreung ethnic minority lodged a complaint with Ratanakkiri provincial court on Monday alleging that three police officers had beaten him for suspected wild animal smuggling, a court official said yesterday. That Khmeng said by telephone yesterday that three police officers from the O'cheng checkpoint in Kon Mom district's Ta Ong commune caught him with two pangolins on Thursday and then allegedly assaulted him. that Khmeng said he planned to sell the live beasts, which he said he stumbled on while collecting rubber in the jungle.
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Families in K Chhnang Dispute say Food Is Scarce
Villagers in Kompong Chhnang province said yesterday 64 families feared food shortages next year as they were now unable to grow rice on 145 hectares of land at the center of longstanding court battle with a company. Two villagers were also question by provincial police on Friday over a complaint lodged in the dispute by a representation of KDC Development-a firm owned by Chea Kheng the wife of Minister of Industry, Mines and Energy Suy Sem .
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Man Detained in P Sihanouk Prison Dies From Stroke
A 49-year-old man in provisional detention at Preah Sihanouk Provincial prison died Monday evening from a stroke while being treated at the provincial referral hospital, prison and hospital officials said yesterday. Va Chan, who was charged in Marh with the attempted rape of 7-year-old girl, was sent to the referral hospital at about 8am after he complained of director chief Sok Saophea. However, Thom Noeurn, The victim's wife, said sh did not believe Mr Chan died from a stroke. I saw that my husband's body was brutally injury on the neck and left ear and he had never had problems with high blood pressure befor, she claimed. Chan Vibol, director of the provincial referral from his medical exam show that he had high blood pressure, with caused the stroke. He didn't take enougt medicine to treat his condition, Mr Vibal said.
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After 10 Years, a Cure For Poverty Still Elusive
Three hundred km from Phnom Penh in Preah Vihear's Romtom commune, doing the people's business is a modest affair: Commune officials write down community data by hand on creased notepads and often work half days. Nevertheless, 83-year-old Romtom commune chief Lun chea is by law responsible for improving local living standards, managing public services and listening to the complaints and views of commune residents.
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SRP Activist Detained Over K Thom Land Dispute
Kompong Thom Provincial Court yesterday ordered the provisional detention of an activist from the opposition SRP in Stong district on charges that she forget a document as part of a land dispute, according to provinial prosecutor Pen Sarat.
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Abhisit Tells Thai Newspaper He Was Misquoted
Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejajiva has claimed he was misquoted in the newspaper story that led to the latest escalation in tension between Thailand and Cambodia, according to a Thai news report. Prime Minister Hun Sen informed the UN Security Council and General Assembly on Sunday that Mr Abhisit had been quoted in Thai media threatening military force in a dispute over border territory near the World Heritage-listed Preah Vhear temple.
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