After a year in prison on an incitement conviction for his music, 22-year-old rapper Kea Sokun was released from a Siem Reap prison on Friday and returned home with no regrets about his songs or his refusal to apologize for the lyrics in court.
A military police official pleaded innocent to drug charges at a trial on Friday, saying he was framed and alleging that a karaoke proprietor, who is the co-accused, was the only one dealing drugs.
A tanker company says it is concerned over its arrested crew’s human rights as Cambodia pursues the return of some 300,000 barrels of allegedly stolen crude oil, but the government said the matters will simply “take their legal course” and are “neither political nor commercial.”
Boeng Tompun residents whose homes were demolished by Phnom Penh authorities last month to make way for a reservoir said they are rebuilding sections of their homes because they have no other alternative.
A Kampot fishing community’s attempt to set up a radio station to keep its members informed has been caught up in red tape, with funding allocated for the project now expired.
Crimes are up 18 percent in the first eight months of the year in Banteay Meanchey as drunkenness, violence and theft have risen with Covid-19 hitting hard in the Thai-border province, the provincial police chief said.
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