Politics
Choung Choungy outside the Supreme Court in Phnom Penh on November 11, 2020. (Chorn Chanren/VOD)

CNRP Lawyer’s Amnesty Request Delayed by Legal Complaint

Former CNRP lawyer and board member Choung Choungy has applied for political rehabilitation — after being banned by the Supreme Court in 2017 — but an Interior Ministry spokesperson said his reentry into politics could be hampered by an unresolved court case.

Bou Rachana drives away in a car carrying her murdered husband’s body in Phnom Penh on July 10, 2016. (VOD)

Interview: Kem Ley’s Wife Says Jailed Killer Is ‘Fake’

Though a killer was tried and sentenced to life in prison in 2017, Bou Rachana, wife of slain political analyst Kem Ley, says she is still in pain, raising their children alone in Australia, and has no faith in receiving true justice.