While the government has not reported a new Covid-19 case in three days, the global pandemic promises to alter traditional Khmer New Year festivities next week, with religious and most public gatherings banned and police tasked with preventing large assemblies of people.
The government has raised traffic fines by as much as five times the previous rates in an effort to reduce rising roadway injuries and deaths, but officials said new penalties would not be immediately imposed to give police time to adjust.
Police say they have yet to make any arrests in the beating of a former opposition commune councilor on Monday.
The family of a former opposition activist who died after falling off a police motorbike on the way to being questioned has demanded that the officers take responsibility for her death.
National Police Commissioner Neth Savoeun on Tuesday ordered police chiefs from across the country to be ready to prevent any attempt by the political opposition to overthrow the government, and maintain security on the upcoming Pchum Ben Day, a police spokesman said.
Four men, including three police officers, have been arrested in Kandal province and another is on the run after a woman entertaining them at a “KTV” karaoke parlor died after taking ecstasy, local police said.
Chinese-built surveillance cameras with a range of up to 10 km may soon be coming to Phnom Penh, according to municipal police chief Sar Thet.
Preah Sihanouk provincial police arrested two men allegedly involved in murdering another man and dumping his body onto the streets of Sihanoukville.
Kandal Provincial Police Chief Iv Chamroeun faces a complaint alleging he siphoned election funds, kept cars confiscated from criminals and took bribes from cockfighting rings, among 16 total accusations.
Phnom Penh Municipal Police Chief Sar Thet warned his officers on Monday that they would be drug tested and terminated if found to be using illegal substances.
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