A police officer stands guard in front of the Phnom Penh Municipal Court during the trial of Chuop Somlap, who is accused of murdering the political commentator and prominent government critic Kem Ley, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, March 1, 2017. A man accused of murdering prominent Cambodian government critic Kem Ley told a court on Wednesday that he killed him over money, in a shooting that drew suspicions of a political motive.
Category: Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Tribunal won’t try rest of Case 002
Former Democratic Kampuchea second-in-command Nuon Chea looks on during a trial hearing in the Khmer Rouge tribunal’s Case 002 in Phnom Penh. ECCC The Khmer Rouge tribunal yesterday announced it will not try senior Khmer Rouge leaders Nuon Chea and Khieu Samphan for more than a dozen allegations that still remain stacked against them in Case 002.
Another bank’s logo on notice
A man passes the head office of Sathapana Bank in Phnom Penh yesterday, which was recently stripped of its corporate logo. Sathapana Bank has begun removing its logo from signage at some of its branches in preparation for a possible network-wide logo change – though it has not received any direct notification from the central bank that it must abandon its corporate branding, a bank executive said yesterday.
Jolie to unveil Khmer Rouge film in ‘second home’ Cambodia
Angelina Jolie will unveil her new film on the horrors of the Khmer Rouge era on Saturday at the ancient Angkor Wat temple complex in Cambodia, a country the star shares a deep affinity with through her adopted son Maddox. Cambodia’s king and survivors of the communist regime will be among some 1,500 people invited to the debut screening of “First They Killed My Father”, directed by Jolie and based on the memoirs of Loung Ung.
Cambodian king to open Jolie’s film on Khmer Rouge survivor
This Nov. 16, 2013 file photo shows Maddox Jolie-Pitt, with Angelina Jolie on the red carpet at the 2013 Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Governor Awards, in Los Angeles. Cambodia’s King Norodom Sihamoni will preside over the premiere of Angelina Jolie’s film based on a memoir from a Khmer Rouge survivor.
Cambodia’s estates look to reap benefits of Thai ‘Industry 4.0’ drive
THE GOVERNMENT’S “Thailand 4.0” development drive is seen as providing a potential windfall for Phnom Penh Special Economic Zone Plc , whose industrial-estate operators hope manufacturers from Thailand and other countries with production at the Industry 1.0 or Industry 2.0 stage will shift their operations to Cambodia’s economic zones. PPSEZ, which was founded in 2006, runs two industrial estates one in the capital and the other in the Poipet Special Economic Zone.
Cambodian opposition chief resigns from party
In this Aug. 16, 2015 file photo, Sam Rainsy, leader of the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party , waves from a car upon his arrival at Phnom Penh International Airport in Phnom Penh, Cambodia as hundreds of cheering supporters greeted him on his return from a trip abroad. The head of Cambodia’s opposition party has announced his resignation from the group after the country’s long-serving prime minister announced plans for a law that could lead to the party’s dissolution.
At Valentino’s, a palatial club for late-night revellers
A new venue in the heart of Phnom Penh is aiming to offer Cambodia’s gay community something it doesn’t have yet: a place to dance until daybreak. “We’re going to have three floors of music blaring everything from 1970s, ’80s, and ’90s music to Rihanna,” says William Sanz, the club’s Spanish manager who has been working in the capital’s sizeable bar and restaurant scene for three years.
Appeal Court upholds Rainsy’s guilty verdict
The Appeal Court yesterday upheld a defamation conviction against opposition leader Sam Rainsy for accusing a Cambodian People’s Party official of ordering members to artificially boost Prime Minister Hun Sen’s Facebook “likes”. Presiding judge in the case Sam Rith Sophal ruled to uphold the November decision delivered by the Phnom Penh Municipal Court, which ruled in favour of CPP official Som Soeun.
Police not toeing line on carrying weapons
Chhoun Sovan, Phnom Penh municipal police chief, on Wednesday took local police and members of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces to task for ongoing weapons-related crimes in the capital. The speech had a familiar ring to it.
Cambodia’s explanation for killing of activist draws doubt
In this April, 6, 2016, file photo, Cambodian prominent political analyst Kem Ley smiles as he celebrates the 67th anniversary to commemorate the Kampuchea Krom territory’s return to Vietnam by the French government at Chroy Changvar in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Kem Ley, a poor farmer’s son turned champion of Cambodia’s have-nots, was killed in a still-unresolved case that has both silenced opposition figures and ignited a pro-democracy surge.