The convicted, Sivarak Chutipong, Thai engineer, was took through the behind door of Phnom Penh Municipal Court after issueing a verdict stating the 7-year imprison and 10- million- Riel fine to the man in accusation of spying in Cambodia.Read More...
Amnesty International has called on prosecutors at the Khmer Rouge tribunal to expand their strategy and reveal their decision publicly, following the appointment of a new UN-appointed prosecutor to the court.
US President Barack Obama ordered 30,000 more troops to move quickly to Afghanistan "to prevent a cancer from once again spreading through the country."
Under the Human Rights Council, member states are reviewed every four years. In a submission to the council, Human Rights Watch underscored political violence, impunity for senior government officials in serious rights abuses, forced evictions and land confiscation, among others.
Meanwhile, a detained employee of the company confessed to a Cambodian court yesterday about leaking ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra's flight information to a Thai diplomat.
Cambodian authorities temporarily controlled Cambodia Air Traffic Service (CATS) operations for national-security reasons until the case of its employee, Siwarak Chotipong, who has been accused of spying, comes to an end, a statement in Phnom Penh said.
Kaing Guek Eav, wearing a sweater given to him by his relatives, listens to closing statements given by civil party lawyers Monday. The prosecution is scheduled to give closing statements today. (Picture)
A widely anticipated anti-corruption law will be passed next month, Prime Minister Hun Sen announced Tuesday.The law, which has been in draft stage for more than 10 years, must be passed by Dec. 11, Hun Sen said.
Donors have been pushing for the law for years, threatening to withdraw funding and aid if the government did not move forward with its passage, and civic groups and government critics say it is long overdue.
SEOUL (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama and his South Korean counterpart pressed North Korea on Thursday to return to dormant nuclear talks and said it was time for the reclusive state to break a pattern of provocative behavior.Obama and President Lee Myung-bak also agreed to push for progress on approving a bilateral free trade deal that has yet to be ratified by legislatures in either country two years after it was signed.
Read More...A US congressman warns that removing immunity of the Cambodia's main opposition leader is a threat to democracy the country has barely achieved.
"The lifting of parliamentary immunity from the head of the Sam Rainsy Party is just the latest troubling sign from Cambodia's fledgling Democracy," said Ed Royce (R-Calif.) in an e-mail response to VOA Khmer on Tuesday.
Tack Fat garment workers, laid-off when the factory closed unexpectedly last month, sit around during a recent protest. The dispute hit another glitch on Tuesday when the two sides failed to reconcile during a meeting at the Ministry of Labour. The case will be sent to the Arbitration Council today, officials said.
On 19 November 2009Thailand's hopes of a quick release for Sivarak Chutipong have been dashed.
Cambodian Defence Minister Tea Banh said the alleged spy will not be freed any time soon.
In a phone interview with the Bangkok Post, Gen Tea Banh said legal proceedings against the Thai engineer must be allowed to run their course.
Thai military chiefs, including Defence Minister Prawit Wongsuwon, are using their communications channels with Gen Tea Banh to try and help the government secure the release of the Cambodia Air Traffic Services engineer who is being detained in Phnom Penh's Prey Sar prison.
AN official from the Thai embassy in Phnom Penh met with a Thai national accused of espionage at Prey Sar prison on Monday, Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Koy Kuong said.
