Unionist Rong Chhun, two CNRP activists and one political party leader had their prison sentences reduced by the Appeal Court Friday morning. All four could be released soon.
The Appeal Court ruled that CNRP activist Pen Chansangkream’s 18-month jail sentence would be reduced to 10 months and 20 days, but that he will remain under probation for three years.
Eng Malai is the sixth activist to be released since Friday, with two of her Khmer Thavrak colleagues, Hun Vannak and Chhoeun Daravy, expected to be released this month.
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court sentenced two men to eight-month suspended jail sentences over their involvement in unlicensed clinics in Phnom Penh, where authorities found genitals stored in bottles.
Courts in Phnom Penh and Ratanakiri had a flurry of cases and appeal hearings this week, some of which were delayed without reason. Here is a roundup of five cases from Wednesday and Thursday this week.
Two-star general Soy Chansoeun was denied bail Wednesday by the Supreme Court for allegedly beating up and confining a woman in January. The defendant’s lawyer described the altercation as a “little clash”, a characterization the judge rejected.
Kem Sokha has been looking to sell his Phnom Penh villa since 2020, said a close colleague, with plans to move to the city’s outskirts or to a different province.
Prime Minister Hun Sen announced the reopening of the country at a vaccination event on Monday, and did not detail if there would be further relaxing of existing quarantine measures but said he was considering lifting restrictions on “high-risk” businesses.
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court handed an eight-month sentence to a teenager, whose father is an imprisoned CNRP activist, and suspended the sentence to four months and 15 days.
The three remaining districts — Chroy Changva, Prek Pnov and Daun Penh — will commence their booster-shot campaigns on Saturday at nine locations.
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