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Buth Reaksmey Kongkea   The Kampot Provincial Court yesterday arrested and charged Kim Panha, the Deputy Governor of Bokor City, for allegedly committing violence against his wife.   Kampot provincial police officer Major Yun Saroeun said yesterday that Panha, 33, was charged with “Violence Committed by Spouse or Partner” under Article 222 of the Criminal Code.    If convicted, he faces a jail term from two to five years.    Maj Saroeun said that Panha was arrested on Tuesday following a complaint from his wife Mat Leakena, 29, and on instructions from the Governor of Kampot Province Mao Thonin, following the guidelines from the provincial prosecutor.  According to the police’s investigation as well as the wife's testament, Panha and Leakena married in 2019 and have a daughter living in Kampot city, he said that. Since marrying, Panha had repeatedly committed domestic violence against his wife by beating and kicking her during arg...

Buth Reaksmey Kongkea Former parliamentarian Ahmad Yahya and his nephew Ismael Pin Osman who both received 15-year sentences for human trafficking had their case transferred to the Appeals Court yesterday as there was evidence not considered by the lower court. The evidence includes a list of the names of labourers recruited by Ahmad’s licenced company and sent to work overseas and charged under a law that didn’t exist at the time. Ahmad, 70, former President of the Accent Group and also a former Social Affairs Ministry secretary of state; and  Osman, 49, former official at the Ministry of Public Works and Transport, were convicted of trafficking two women from Cambodia to work as housemaids in Saudi Arabia. Presiding Judge Kong Srim said Ahmad and Ismael were sentenced on August 13, 2019 by the Phnom Penh Municipal Court to 15 years each in prison. The court also ordered both of them to jointly pay 200 million riels (about $50,000) each to the women. However, he said...

Buth Reaksmey Kongkea  The Kampot provincial court on April 27, 2023 charged and placed Tycoon Chea Saron and his eight associates in prison pending pre-trial in connection with allegedly cheating more than $40 million from more than 5,000 families through an investment scheme with Saron’s company, with the promise of higher monthly returns committed in 2018 and 2023.    Kampot provincial court’s Spokesman Mann Boreth said yesterday that the nine accused were  named as Oknha Chea Saron, the owner of Chea Saron Realty Co, Ltd and his associates, Eam Samrorb,  Yeth Vanna, Rom Vichheka; Chea Sary, Chea Sarith,  Vorn Kean, Luch Reap, and Pheang Hour.    They were all charged with “Fraud with Aggravating Circumstances” under Articles 377 and 380 of the Criminal Code, Boreth added.   If convicted, they face a jail term between two and five years each.   Major General Mao Chanmathurith, the Chief of Kampot Provincial...

Buth Reaksmey Kongkea The suspect accused of beheading a female casino card dealer was arrested at a guesthouse on the Cambodian-Thai border and sent to Phnom Penh for treatment as the man had attempted to commit suicide, police said. Lieutenant Colonel Keo Saroeun said yesterday that the suspect is Lor Kong Hour, 41, and the victim is Morn Sreymey, 24, a trainee card dealer working with the Dynasty Casino & Hotel and from Bavit Kandal village, Banteay Dek commune in Kandal province’s Kean Svay district. They were lovers. “According to Lor’s confession, he killed the victim because he was jealous and angry with Morn for having an affair with another young man,” Lt. Col. Saroeun said. “He was also angry with the victim’s parents for forcing the two to stop having the affair. But he loved her so much and could not live without her. He had also tattooed her name on his arm,” he said. He emphasised that the suspect has been admitted to the Calmette hospital for treatment beca...

    Buth Reaksmey Kongkea  Police are searching for an unknown suspect who brutally murdered a woman in Svay Rieng province.   The victim was a female who worked as a trainee dealer at a casino in Bavit city. The murderer slashed her throat and then beheaded her.   The heinous crime took place at about 1 am yesterday in a rental room at Bavit Kandal village in Svay Rieng province. Bavit city police spokesman, Major Keo Vuthy, named the victim as Morn Srey Mey, 24.   She was identified as a trainee dealer working with the Dynasty Casino & Hotel at Banteay Dek commune, in Bavit Kandal village of Kandal province. Maj Vuthy noted that at 1:30 am yesterday the body of a woman was found by the home owner, dead in her room at Bavit Kandal village.   He said that the house owner immediately alerted police.   Police identified the victim and concluded she was brutally attacked and murdered. The woman’s body was without clothing.   ...

  Soth Koemsoeun General Hun Manet, who is serving as the Commander of the Cambodian Army and Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF), has been promoted to a full General. The official ceremony of awarding the rank of "General" to Gen Hun Manet was presided over by Tea Banh, Minister of National Defence of Cambodia at the Ministry of National Defence hall yesterday. Banh said that the Ministry of National Defence organised a ceremony to equip the ranks of Generals to the officers of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces. “It is a long-term preparation for future officers and women in the defence sector in line with the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces' reform plan, political programme and rectangular strategy of the sixth legislature of the National Assembly,” he said. General Hun Manet, also a future prime ministerial candidate of the Cambodian People’s Party (CPP), said yesterday that in the past, he used to preside over the ranks of thousa...

  Buth Reaksmey Kongkea Police are searching for an unknown suspect who brutally murdered a woman in Svay Rieng province.   The victim was a female who worked as a trainee dealer at a casino in Bavit city. The murderer slashed her throat and then beheaded her.     The heinous crime took place at about 1 am yesterday in a rental room at Bavit Kandal village in Svay Rieng province.   Bavit city police spokesman, Major Keo Vuthy, named the victim as Morn Srey Mey, 24. She was identified as a trainee dealer working with the Dynasty Casino & Hotel at Banteay Dek commune, in Bavit Kandal village of Kandal province.   Maj Vuthy noted that at 1:30 am yesterday the body of a woman was found by the home owner, dead in her room at Bavit Kandal village.   He said that the house owner immediately alerted police.   Police identified the victim and concluded she was brutally attacked and murdered. The woman’s body was without clothing.     He ...

Buth Reaksmey Kongkea   The Phnom Penh Appeal Court yesterday heard the appeal of a man and woman sentenced to life term for murdering an elderly woman in a case that dated back to 2015. Presiding Judge Ky Rithy named the male accused as 28-year-old Loeuk Chanveasn alias Clo; and Sun Vary alias Vin, female, 47, both residents Kbal Damrey commune in Kratie province. The victim was named as Phin Pheap, 61, a widow and farmer living in Changhob village of Kbal Damrey commune in Kratie province. She was also the godmother of accused Vary. About four months before the murder, Vary had borrowed $3,000 from the victim but did not repay the money on time.   When the victim started visiting Vary demanding the money Vary then decided to eliminate the elderly with the help of accused Chanveasna, a former convict. She paid the assassin $500 to kill the victim while she was sleeping alone at her house on November 1 midnight. After murdering the elderly woman, though Chanvea...

  Tim Bunna  The three-day Angkor Sankranti festival was a resounding success and left countless smiles, says Union of Youth Federations of Cambodia (UYFC) president Hun Many. Hun Many said on his Facebook page on Sunday that Angkor Sankranti has grown by leaps and bounds since he initiated the event 10 year ago. “The festival has strengthened Cambodian solidarity and built strong ties of friendship. " As a Cambodian citizen, I thank the Royal Government for its efforts in successfully managing the Covid- 19 pandemic and enabling UYFC to successfully host the Angkor Sankranti event," he said. He also thanked the relevant ministries, government agencies, institutions, medical professionals and staff as well as the support of the private sector for helping stage Angkor Sankranti (in Siem Reap province). He added that the richness and magnificence of the Angkor Sankranti were also due to Prime Minister Hun Sen presiding over the opening ceremony and attending various ...

  Buth Reaksmey Kongkea   The Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday charged and sent five Chinese men to prison for allegedly kidnapping and extorting $1 million from a fellow citizen, a businessman, for his release. The five accused were named as Chinese tourists Xu Pan Pan (38), Tien Heng Wei (39), Miao Qian Long (41), Zhu Xinyu (39), and 51-year-old Bai Fun Jun.  All the five, who were arrested last Thursday, were charged with arrest, detention and unlawful confinement and unauthorised holding of weapon under Articles 253 and 490 of Cambodian Criminal Code. Disclosing the details, Penal Police Officer Lieutenant Colonel Sao Saroeun said yesterday that the gang of five at about 1:30 am on April 12 kidnapped the businessman while he was getting off from his car at the parking lot of his apartment in 7 Makara district’s Veal Vong district. The accused brought him to their rental apartment on the outskirts of the city, in Dangkor district.   “After unl...

    Buth Reaksmey Kongkea   One police officer was shot and wounded yesterday during a shoot-out with a suspected gang of thieves. Two suspects were shot dead during the gun fight in Phnom Penh, said the Phnom Penh municipal police department.    Municipal police spokesman Brigadier General San Sokseiha said that around 10:45 am yesterday police in Porsen Chey district cooperated with city police to surround and apprehend four suspected thieves, who were thought to be behind a series of vehicle thefts. The gang was caught while attempting to steal a vehicle parked in front of an automotive service garage in Chom Chao I commune’s Kork Chambok village. Bri Gen Sokseiha said that while police were closing in, two of the suspects who had guns started firing shots towards police in a desperate effort to escape.   “The suspects opened fire, and shot several rounds at our police officers. Four bullets hit a police car and one officer was injured in t...

  Buth Reaksmey Kongkea  The former Parliamentarian Ahmad Yahya and his nephew yesterday asked the Supreme Court to overturn the ruling of the lower courts, who sentenced them to 15 years and to release them. The accused, Ahmad Yahya, 70, the former President of the Accent Group and also the former Social Affairs Ministry secretary of state and his nephew Ismael Pin Osman, 49, a former official, who worked at the Ministry of Public Works and Transport, were convicted of trafficking two Cham women from Cambodia to work as housemaids in Saudi Arabia between 2004 and 2017.  Presiding Judge Kong Srim said that in this case, the accused Yahya and Osman were sentenced on August 13, 2019 by the Phnom Penh Municipal Court to 15 years each in prison.  The court also ordered both of them to jointly pay 200 million Riels (about $50,000) each to the women. Judge Srim said that they were charged with “unlawful removal for cross-border transfer” under Article 11 of th...