The Phnom Penh Post - ENGLISH: “Rainsy appeal postponed” plus 9 more

The Phnom Penh Post - ENGLISH: “Rainsy appeal postponed” plus 9 more


Rainsy appeal postponed

Posted: 11 May 2011 01:02 AM PDT

A HEARING in Sam Rainsy's appeal against a 10-year jail term handed down against him last year for falsifying public documents and spreading disinformation was delayed yesterday, as the opposition leader was judged not to have legal representation.

Co-prosecutor responds to Cayley

Posted: 11 May 2011 01:02 AM PDT

110511_3KHMER Rouge tribunal co-prosecutor Chea Leang has responded to a statement from her international...

Official 'recruited air forces' illegally

Posted: 11 May 2011 01:02 AM PDT

A DEPUTY district governor from Kampong Thom province and a local villager were charged on Sunday with illegally recruiting seven local residents to work as air force officials, police said yesterday.

Ministers agree on observers

Posted: 11 May 2011 01:02 AM PDT

CAMBODIA and Thailand have finally hammered out an agreement to allow teams of Indonesian military observers to be dispatched along their shared border, after deadly fighting between the two countries broke out once again last month.

Hundreds face Siem Reap eviction

Posted: 11 May 2011 01:02 AM PDT

HUNDREDS of villagers living in Siem Reap's Prey Choam forest, who were sold the land by a military brigadier in 2005, have been told they will be evicted in July to make way for a reforestation project.

Debate on sub-national finance law begins

Posted: 11 May 2011 01:02 AM PDT

NATIONAL assembly members debated a draft law on financial structuring and the management of state's assets at a sub-national level yesterday. The draft law aims to give more power to provincial, town and district authorities to manage their own finances and state property...

Teamwork tackles land rights

Posted: 11 May 2011 01:01 AM PDT

110511_5aANTICORRUPTION Unit head Om Yentieng has agreed to jointly investigate land disputes across Cambodia with outspoken local rights group Adhoc.

Laos agrees to suspend work on hydro-dam

Posted: 11 May 2011 01:01 AM PDT

THE Laos government has temporarily suspended work on a proposed US$3.8 billion hydropower dam on the lower Mekong, Vietnamese state media reported yesterday.

Warning systems need to weather the storm

Posted: 11 May 2011 01:01 AM PDT

110511_5bBETTER early warning systems are needed to prepare small communities for extreme weather events as the effects of climate change begin to impact on the Kingdom, according to a report released yesterday.

Brothel owners caged over child sex

Posted: 11 May 2011 01:01 AM PDT

A HUSBAND and wife who recruited a child prostitute at Phnom Penh's Sorya shopping mall were given 10-year jail terms yesterday.

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