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RFA-journalists

RFA journalists’ espionage verdict delayed

The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Friday delayed issuing a verdict against two Radio Free Asia journalists charged with espionage. Oun Chhin and Yeang Sothearin were arrested in November 2017 and charged with “illegally providing information to a foreign state” under Article 445 of the Criminal Code. They have since had production of pornography added to the charges against them and face a prison term of seven to 15 years.

Hun Sen sues Rainsy in French court

Prime Minister Hun Sen and his son-in-law Dy Vichea filed two separate complaints against former opposition leader Sam Rainsy in a Parisian court last week. French lawyers Didlier Leick, Luc Brossollet and Frederic Doyez filed the complaints on Tuesday accusing Rainsy, living in exile in France, of defamation.
Ahmad Yahya

Former secretary of state jailed for human trafficking of Cambodian maids to Saudi Arabia

A former Social Affairs Ministry secretary of state and his nephew were sentenced to 15 years in prison for the illegal trafficking of two Cambodian maids to Saudi Arabia. Presiding Judge Koy Sao issued the sentences on Tuesday against Ahmad Yahya, the former secretary of state, and his nephew Ismael Pin Osman, 44, a former Transport Ministry official, under Article 11 of the Anti-Human Trafficking Law.
Interior Minister, Sar Kheng. Panha Chhorpoan

Kandal police chief faces disciplinary action over corruption allegations

Interior Minister Sar Kheng is poised to take disciplinary action against Kandal provincial police chief Eav Chamroeun over accusations of wide-ranging corruption, according to a letter seen by reporters. Major General Chamroeun was the target of a complaint signed by members of the provincial police force on April 19 alleging diverting election funds, appropriating cars seized from criminal suspects and taking bribes in return for promotions.

Nuon Chea appeal dropped after death

Khmer Rouge Brother No. 2 Nuon Chea’s appeal of his genocide conviction has been dropped after he died in hospital aged 93 on Sunday, his lawyer said. The Extraordinary Chambers in the Court of Cambodia held the press conference about Mr Chea’s passing away last night at Khmer-Soviet Friendship Hospital in Phnom Penh.

Khmer Rouge senior leader Nuon Chea dies in hospital

Former senior Khmer Rouge leader Nuon Chea, who was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment for genocide, died in hospital yesterday. Neth Pheaktra, spokesman for the Extraordinary Chambers in the Court of Cambodia (ECCC), said that Chea died yesterday evening at the Khmer Soviet Friendship Hospital where he had been hospitalized last month.