Preah Sihanouk Provincial Administration has issued a rebuttal against
claims in the Khmer language press and social media that a widespread COVID
outbreak in Sihanoukville Casino has left over 400 staff infected and
blocked from treatment by the owners of the casino – who, it is also
claimed, have forcefully confined staff in the casino since March 2020.
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The Phnom Penh and Kampong Thom courts on Tuesday delayed expected verdicts
against members of activist group Khmer Thavrak and a Prey Lang
environmentalist charged with attempted murder.
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court tried the 17-year-old son of a former CNRP
official who was charged with incitement and insulting government leaders in
a private Telegram group a case that has been decried by civil society as a
surveillance overstep.
The Supreme Court yesterday heard the appeal of a former lawyer who was
sentenced in 2016 by the lower court to five years in jail for attempting to
give a $5,000 bribe to an investigative judge in exchange for not detaining
his client who had been sent to court over a theft.
The Bar Association is reviewing a clarification letter from a member after
he posted a message in a Telegram group: Sell 1 ballot for $1,000.
