Duong Ngeap, who railed against court corruption last week while facing a fraud charge, adultery conviction and $5-million bail order, was arrested this morning.
Kampong Speu resident Sam Sokha — who spent four years in prison for throwing a sandal at a CPP billboard — paid about $2,500 in court fines on Thursday and will not have to return to prison, said a court prosecutor.
Battambang police officials summoned a Thma Kuol resident because he criticized the demolition of an elevated road on Facebook. He was “educated” and made to apologize for the comment.
A three-star police general and tycoon has unfurled a slew of corruption accusations against the country’s courts, a business associate and his family, saying he has reached out to senior government officials for help to no avail.
Phnom Penh police on Sunday disseminated four more arrest warrants against NagaWorld protesters for obstructing official measures, explaining that they were for Covid-19 Law violations.
Prisons deputy director In Reaksmey Rithea is facing “administrative procedures” over allegations that he took $71,000 from one family to find seven police jobs but failed to follow through.
Residents of a borey gated housing development near the Phnom Penh airport wake up at night to see if they have running water. Since last month, they’ve had little to no water during the day, so they use a pump at night to fill buckets to use in the morning.
Cambodian authorities seized 4.7 tons of drugs and 84 tons of precursor chemicals last year, a major increase especially in precursors, according to government figures.
The government continued its land privatization drive by allocating more than 400 hectares of Phnom Penh’s Boeng Tamok to businesspeople and the National Election Committee, leaving little of the lake.
Cambodian police investigated and detained more than 20 individuals in three separate criminal cases across the country in the last two weeks, where foreign victims were kidnapped, killed, illegally detained or in one case had their tourist bus intercepted by suspects.
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