The Phnom Penh Municipal Court has scheduled for Jan. 15 the trials of Rong Chhun, president of the Cambodian Confederation of Unions and a representative of the Cambodian Watchdog Council, and Sar Kanika, a member of the youth group Khmer Thavrak, their attorney Sam Sokong said on Jan. 7.
Cambodian anti-drug police made more than 21,000 arrests and seized 3 tons of drugs, almost 3,000 motorbikes, 26 assault weapons, five residential properties and a warehouse, pointing to domestic production as well as a continued rise in trafficking across Southeast Asia.