The National and International Co-Investigating Judges of the Extraordinary
Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) yesterday issued a split
conclusion today in Case 003 of former Khmer Rouge navy commander Meas Muth,
leaving the case in limbo.
Cambodian financial investment company GoldFX Investment announced a
temporary suspension of operations on March 29 after claiming staff members
had embezzled more than US$20 million from the firm. The chairwoman of
GoldFX is Ke Suon Sophy, the daughter of former military commander-in-chief
Ke Kim Yan. She is also the wife of Sar Sokha, secretary of state for the
Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports and the son of powerful Interior
Minister Sar Kheng.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation has dismissed
as regrettable a US report claiming that Cambodia had violated citizens’
rights last year. Cambodian Human Rights Committee (CHRC) has rejected the
claims made by Amnesty International that Cambodia had "severely" violated
human rights and restricted the opposition, civil society and media in 2020,
calling it an "exaggeration".
