Publication : Press Release

Yesterday, 4 January 2012, it was reported in The Cambodia Daily (“Punish Judges in Case of Hun Sen’s Cousin, Lawyer Says”) that a lawyer, Mr Kao Ty, had filed a complaint with the Supreme Council of the Magistracy (the “SCM”) accusing three judges of bias and calling for the SCM to either transfer the judges from their workplace or suspend them from duty if misconduct on their part is found to have occurred. Mr Kao states that the judges had abused the Code of Criminal Procedure 2007 (the “Code”) and violated the laws of the Cambodian Bar Association.

Information Source : Efforts to Seek Suspension of Judges for Alleged Procedural Failings Obscures Flaws in the Law

• CCHR