A Chinese businessman wanted a child in 2017 and paid a Chinese company to find him a surrogate. The surrogate, who was in Cambodia, gave birth to the child. But after the businessman arrived here to receive the baby, he was arrested for trafficking and sentenced to 15 years in prison.
The Appeal Court on Tuesday upheld one-year jail sentences against two former opposition activists for incitement and insult after they criticized the distribution of Chinese-made Covid-19 vaccines in Cambodia before they were approved by the WHO.
Seven video clips were presented at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Thursday as evidence of plotting and incitement in ongoing mass trials against the dissolved opposition CNRP.
A former military police officer who is in prison over a fatal shooting at a Phnom Penh mini-mart asked the Supreme Court to reduce his sentence as his lawyer argued he was remorseful and the killing had been unintentional.
On-trial opposition activist Seng Chan Theary said she needed more time to study her case after enlisting the help of a new defense lawyer, as a judge reprimanded her for her ongoing online criticisms of the court.
The government is in debt to the Ly Chhuong construction company due to a series of infrastructure projects given to the company without a bidding process, with payments deferred in a “build first, settle later” racket, the prime minister said.
As a strike at Phnom Penh’s monopoly casino enters its second week, NagaCorp will take into consideration the workers’ demand to reinstate nearly 300 employees, including top union leaders, a union representative said on Friday.
The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by a fledgling political party that was denied registration by the Interior Ministry for allegedly having a couple dozen individuals thumbprint a few times each for its application documents.
A former provincial governor and his ex-provincial police deputy brother have had their 13- and 10-year prison sentences for the murder of a mistress upheld by the Supreme Court, which also upheld an incitement conviction against journalist Ros Sokhet.
Ruling party also expected to choose two new vice presidents, possibly hear members of recently proposed, younger cabinet-in-waiting.
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