A man was “severely tortured” in a forest, extorted for $80,000 and required 15 stitches on his abdomen in a Sihanoukville attempted murder case, authorities said.
A Stung Treng spokesperson has defended the use of violence in arrests related to “red-handed” crimes as he responded to a video of seemingly unnecessary violence while handcuffing a man in front of his young child.
Dozens of foreign workers were taken from a central Phnom Penh condominium under heavy police presence and driven straight to the airport on Thursday.
Under the cover of heavy rain last night, 10 rescued scam workers fled an immigration center in Phnom Penh, as a resident of another of the capital’s facilities spoke of bug bites and paying “tips” to police and said: “One nightmare ended, another began.”
CCHR’s Chak Sopheap will attend a hearing at Kem Sokha’s trial this week. Sixteen Vietnamese nationals arrested from a suspected Siem Reap compound were sent to court.
Over the past week, top government officials have spoken in various forums of the human trafficking of foreign workers to scam compounds in Cambodia, some estimating tens of thousands of foreign workers are in the country.
A 36-year-old scavenger accused of stealing under $30 of car equipment died after three days in police custody in Phnom Penh, as the family alleges violence but police and an autopsy say the death was caused by a chronic illness.
The family of a Battambang man allegedly tortured to death by police officers wants U.N. rights officers in Cambodia to pay attention to the case and get the family justice.
Authorities released details of several crackdowns on forced labor and human trafficking of foreigners that were reported to the Interior Ministry’s hotline, but a ministry spokesperson again denied foul play or forced labor at almost all raided compounds.
A Kratie city military police officer was given bail in a case where he allegedly abused two girls working in his house. A former CNRP official’s plotting conviction was upheld by the Supreme Court on Friday.
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