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Buth Reaksmey Kongkea   A Court prosecutor has filed an appeal case on Friday in the Supreme Court against an Appeal Court ruling to amend the charges of a senior penal police officer and sentencing him to only three years in jail and subsequently order his release for attempting to kill a businessman and causing his pregnant wife to be unconscious by smashing the mirror of his car window, all because he overtook his car.   The Phnom Penh Appeal Court had amended his initial charge of ‘attempted murder and unauthorised holding weapons’ to ‘intentional acts of violence with aggravating circumstances’.     Presiding judge Nil Nol identified the accused as Duong Nakry, 49, the former Deputy Chief of Penal Police Department in the Ministry of Interior living in Boeng Keng Kang 3 commune, in Phnom Penh’s Chamkarmon district.    The two victims were identified as Phoris Storann, 37, director of a security company living in Prek Pra commune, in Phnom Penh’...

Buth Reaksmey Kongkea  Cambodia’s top leader, Prime Minister Hun Sen, has said on Thursday that he wants to see Russia and Ukraine enter the negotiating table to find a peaceful solution together.   Premier’s saying was made at a joint press conference with Malaysian Prime Minister Dato Sri Ismail Sabri Bin Yaakob at the Peace Palace in Phnom Penh on Thursday after the two Prime Ministers concluded their meeting and talks.   Samdech Hun Sen told reporters that during the meeting, he and Malaysian Prime Minister Dato Sri Ismail Sabri Bin Yaakob also discussed the conflict between Russia and Ukraine.   He said   that he and Ismail wanted to see a peaceful solution between Russia and Ukraine.   “ Indeed, what we want to see is a peaceful solution ... but the events in Ukraine we need to discuss in silence,” said Premier Hun Sen.   “His Excellency Ismail and I agree that a dialogue and a peaceful solution are needed. However, ASEAN does not hav...

Buth Reaksmey Kongkea  Seng Theary, an opposition activist charged with incitement, arrived at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday donned in a costume as a Chinese peasant after walking three hours to get there.  Theary is the founding president of the Center for Cambodian Civic Education (CIVICUS) and founder of the Cambodian Center for Justice & Reconciliation (CCJR).  Presiding Judge Ros Piseth said that Theary was charged with two counts of “incitement to commit a felony or cause social unrest and plotting” under Articles 494, 495 and 453 of the Criminal Code for her posts on Facebook in 2018 and 2019. She faces between five and 10 years in prison.  Judge Piseth said the court has shown Theary favor by granting her bail rather than detaining her while she is on trial for a criminal case.    However, he admonished her for creating difficulties during court hearings and even insulting Cambodia’s judiciary, daring to call the Supreme C...

Buth Reaksmey Kongkea  The Phnom Penh Appeal Court on February 2022 upheld the sentence of two men convicted of murder and robbery by the lower court on July 1, 2016 and sentenced to life in prison.  Presiding Judge Pov Phousun identified the duo as Som Kimsean, 41, publisher of Sovann Nokor newspaper, and Seng Pharada, 42, and said that an additional accomplice, Suon Saray, 38, received the same sentence in absentia and had a warrant issued for his arrest.  He identified the victim as Srun Sopheak, 35.  Judge Phuousun recommended them to appeal the Appeal Court’s decision to the Supreme Court if they do not agree.  He said they were found guilty of “premeditated murder” under Article 200 of the Criminal Code. “The three… had persuaded the victim to drink and sing karaoke at a KTV lounge in Boeng Trabek commune. While they were drinking, the trio put hypnosis medicine into the victim’s glass and then he became drunk and went to the bathroom,” said ...

  Buth Reaksmey Kongkea A real estate company owner was charged and placed in prison on February 18, 2022 by Phnom Penh Municipal Court for issuing of dud cheque worth $ 100, 0000 to settle his debts.  Phnom Penh Municipal Penal Police Officer Major Lay Vanna told Khmer Times on Sunday that the accused is identified as Lim Sovann, 39, the Owner of a real estate company living in Phnom Penh's Sen Sok district.  Maj. Vanna said that the accused Sovann was charged with issuance of dud cheque under Article 231 of Law on Negotiable Instrument and Payment Transactions.  If convicted, he is facing the punishment up to two years in prison.  He said that Sovann was arrested on February 18 in accordance with the court's arrest warrant.  He added that Sovann was sued by his friend (Mr.) Chan Sokpov, 39, the money lender living in Por Senchey district's Choam Chao commune.  Related to the case, Maj. Vanna said that according to plaintiff's complaint,...

  Buth Reaksmey Kongkea  Municipal Police on February 21, 2022 sent a Cambodian woman accountant to Phnom Penh Municipal Court for questioning over alleged breach of trust involving more than $100,000 at a South Korean company.  Municipal Penal Police Officer Major Cheng Lida identified her as Lach Sok-Eang, 40, living in Por Senchey district’s Choam Chao III commune.  Maj Lida said that the suspect is allegedly accused with “breach of trust, embezzlement and forging the company’s stamp”  He said that the suspect was arrested on February 18, 2022 in accordance with a Phnom Penh Municipal Court warrant dated February 10.  Maj Lida added that the suspect was sued by a South Korean businessman named Shin Dongjin, the representative of a South Korean-owned-company named “HYUDAI PACKANGING (CAMBODIA) CO., LTD   which employed Sok-Eang.  He said that according to plaintiff's complaint, the suspect was employed as Chief Accountant with the co...

Buth Reaksmey   Kongkea   The Cambodian Entomology Initiatives in Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries in collaboration with the REDD + Plus project recently conducted a study on the presence of reptiles in the entire project area in Kampong Thom province.  As a result of study and researches, the researchers found 49 herpetofauna species in the project area, said the Cambodian Entomology Initiatives, this is according to the report of The Cambodian Entomology Initiatives issued on Thursday.  The report added that that in the past, the Cambodian Entomology Initiatives have studied the presence of insects in the entire project area, collecting a total of 1582 samples, equal to 283 species.      

  Buth Reaksmey Kongkea   The Supreme Court on February 17, 2022 upheld the decision of a lower court in sentencing a chief of bodyguards to life in prison three years ago for killing a tycoon Ung Meng Chue in 2014. Convict Seang Veansna, 48, an ex-military officer and businessman who was working for tycoon Thong Sarath was sentenced by the Phnom Penh Municipal Court on March 26, 2019 to life in prison for committing the murder. The Court also upheld the ruling dated November 6, 2020 of Phnom Penh Appeal Court to drop charges against Sarath and his bodyguards Meas Sambath, and Kouy Chanthol, and also Chhun Pheaktra,   Sarath’s driver, and released them from the prison. Presiding Judge You Ottara who identified Veansna said he is charged with “premeditated murder.” “Although Veansa denied killing Meng Cheu, based on his appeal hearing on January 26 and his previous confessions during his arrest, the court viewed the photos of the killer (convict) filmed...

Buth Reaksmey Kongkea A former CNRP’s commune chief was released from prison on February 16, 2022 after he has served his five-year jail term for inciting porters to protest in front of the Poipet Customs Department building in Banteay Meanchey province in 2015. Tboung Khmum provincial prison guard Major Kim Sopheak yesterday identified him as Chao Veasna, 58, the former second deputy chief of Poipet commune.  Maj Sopheak said that Veasna was sentenced by Banteay Meanchey   Provincial Court in 2017 to five years in prison over three counts on “incitement to commit felony; the accomplice of intentionally causing damages and destruction of public property with aggravating circumstances” under Articles 494, 496, 410 and 411 of the Criminal Code.  He said that Veansa was arrested on February 16, 2016. He was arrested in accordance with a Banteay Meanchey Provincial Court warrant.     He added that Veansao was arrested after he had incited a crowd of angry...

  Buth Reaksmey Kongkea  Cambodian authorities and Action Pour Les Enfants (APLE), a non-governmental organisation that works to defend the children in Cambodia, lauded the American court for sentencing former university professor Michael J Pepe, 68, a pedophile, to 210 years in prison for molesting underage girls in Cambodia.  At the sentencing, US District Judge Dale S Fischer said he rejected the defense’s position that such a long sentence would be unduly harsh.  “Pepe confined numerous preteen girls in his home,” said Judge Fischer. “The horrors he inflicted on those girls was more than unduly harsh, it was torture.”  Phnom Penh Anti-Human Trafficking and Juvenile Protection Department chief Colonel Keo Thea told Khmer Times yesterday that he was the person who led police to arrest Michael J Pepe on June 17, 2006 in the capital.  Col Thea said that department officers were only to enforce the law and arrest Pepe but it is the court that dec...

  Buth Reaksmey Kongkea   The Supreme Court on February 17, 2022 upheld a former chief bodyguard of Tycoon Thong Sarath who was sentenced to life in jail in 2019 for allegedly killing another tycoon Oknha Ung Meng Chue in 2014.   Presiding Judge You Ottara identified the convict as Seng Veansna, 48, a former soldier and former Chief of Bodyguards of Oknha Thong Sarath.     Judge Ottara noted that Phnom Penh Municipal Court on March 26, 2019 sentenced Sarath, 41, a businessman and former military officer; and his four bodyguards identified as Veasna, Meas Sambath, 28, a former soldier with the 911 paratrooper Brigade; and Kouy Chanthol, 30, a former solder with the E70 Brigade; and also Chhun Pheaktra, 48, Sarath’s driver to a life sentence in prison each.   The court also ordered five of them to jointly pay $10 million in compensation to Taing Kimchheng, 48, Ung Meng Cheu’s wife.   Judge Ottara said Sarath was charged wit...

Buth Reaksmey Kongkea The trial of a former journalist and real estate company owner who is accused of cheating a land broker out of more than $130,000 began yesterday in the Phnom Penh Municipal Court.   accused of cheating more than $130,000 from a landlord, who is his business partner through buying the land and paying in installments committed in 2019, in Kandal province’s Ang Snual district. Court Judge Seng Leang identified the accused as Meakh Samruol, 43, a former Sloek Rith TV Online reporter and owner of World of Real Estate company living in Meanchey district’s Boeng Tumpon commune. Judge Leang identified the plaintiff as Neth Pov, 65, a land broker living in Kandal province’s Ang Snuol district’s Boeng Khnar commune. He said that Samruol was charged with “Breach of Trust” under Articles 391 and 392 of the Criminal Code and was arrested on November 12, 2020. The plaintiff told the court yesterday that he sold nearly two hectares of land in Boeng Khnar commun...

  Buth Reaksmey   Kongkea   Phnom Penh Municipal Court on February 14, 2022 sentenced a businessman to two years in prison for issuance of dud cheques worth more than $ 240, 000 committed between March and July 2019.   Court’s Presiding Judge Seng Leang identified the accused as Chhy Yary, 47, the Head of the International Forex Trading company living in Battambang Province’s Bavel district.   “The Phnom Penh Municipal Court has decided to sentence the accused Chhy Yary to two years in prison,” judge Leang read the verdict.   “The court ordered him to pay $ 242, 385 for damages to the victim as plaintiff in case,” he said. He emphasized that Chhy Yary was charged with “issuance of dud cheques “under Article 231 of the Law on Negotiable Instruments and Payment Transactions. He said that Chhy Yary was arrested on July 27, 2019   in Preah Sihanouk province by provincial authorities and the National Police after Phnom Penh Municipal Court i...

Buth Reaksmey Kongkea  Preah Ang Dangker Shrine is a sacred shrine in Phnom Penh for those who believe in prayer and superstition. For those who have problems in life or have complex problems in the family or want to achieve everything, they always come to pray at Preah Ang Dangker Shrine.

Buth Reaksmey Kongkea  Phnom Penh Municipal Court on January 14, 2022   revoked Tycoon Duong Ngiep’s bail and placed him in the JP Prison pending trial for allegedly issuing dud cheques to the amount of more than $7,305,000 to two Taiwanese nationals to settle debts in 2020.  According to the court document, obtained by Khmer Times, a warrant was issued by Investigating Judge Im Vannak to arrest Lieutenant General Ngiep, 56, a deputy director general in the Ministry of Interior.   He was charged with two counts of “Fraud” under Articles 377 and 378 of the Criminal Code, and with “issuing a dud cheque” under Article of 231 of the Law on Negotiable Instrument and Payment Transactions. (If convicted he faces at least three years in prison). Ngiep was sued by two Taiwanese businessmen identified as ChimYu Yen and Yao Ching King for allegedly cheating them out of $7,305,000 in a fraudulent land in 2020.  Phnom Penh Municipality Penal Police Officer Major ...

  Buth Reaksmey Kongkea The Queen Mother Noninead Norodom Sihanouk recently donated 1,160,000 US dollars to build royal achievements at Samdech Ov- Samdech Mae- Phnom Sampov Primary and Secondary School.   According to the “Royal du cabodge” social network, the Queen Mother’s donation is to repair, renovate and build the Royal Achievements on the grounds of Samdech Ov- Samdech Mae - Phnom Sampov Primary and Secondary School located in Sampov Keut village, Phnom Sampov commune, Banan district, Battambang province, for the benefit of the nation and the people of Cambodia.      

  Buth Reaksmey Kongkea A spokesman for the Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday issued a statement in response to tycoon Duong Ngiep’s accusation on Monday accusing the court of mishandling the fraud case against him by Taiwanese nationals. According to the court’s statement, Duong Ngiep was charged on June 21 last year with two accounts of “Fraud” under Articles 377 and 378 of the Criminal Code and “ issuing the duck cheque”   under Article of 231 of Law on Negotiable Instrument and Payment Transactions in Phnom Penh Municipal Court. He face up to three years in prison. Ngiep is being sued by two Taiwanese businessmen identified as ChimYu Yen and Yao Ching King, according to the court case on November 8, 2020, for allegedly cheating them of $ 7,305,000 by falsely selling land in 2020. “After Duong Ngiep received a total of “ 7,305,000 from two Taiwanese nationals… he did not have any land to give them as contracted,” said the statement. The statement said that in o...

Buth Reaksmey Kongkea The Education Ministry today issued a directive setting out four measures to prevent improper activities on Valentine’s Day in public and private schools across the country. According to the directive dated February 11, the ministry said it has observed that a small number of students misunderstand that February 14 is Valentine’s Day or a date for couples “This day is not a tradition of our Cambodian people,” it said. “A small number of young people have acted foolishly, forgotten their studies, lost their personal and family dignity and abandoned their culture and Khmer national traditions,” said the ministry. The directive said that in order to strengthen educational institutions and to continue to prevent the spread of Covid-19, the ministry is introducing the following measures to prevent improper activities on Valentine’s Day, February 14. -All stakeholders must disseminate information to students by all means so as not to misunderstand the meaning of Valenti...