The Phnom Penh Post

Mourning villagers flee

Hundreds of people fled in fear yesterday from the village in Kratie province where a bloody security forces crackdown the previous morning left a 14-year-old girl dead.

Teachers to take leave and work in election

Tens of thousands of teachers are expected to walk out of classrooms this month and take jobs working as officials in commune elections, campaigning for which begins today, says the National Election Committee.

Drug pushers get 27 years

Two Taiwanese men were sentenced yesterday to 27 years in jail and fined 80 million riel (US$20,000) for smuggling heroin out of Cambodia.

Judges take PM’s remarks to task

Prime Minister Hun Sen’s remarks regarding the guilt of Case 002 former Brother No 2 Nuon Chea “risk being interpreted as an attempt to improperly influence the judges in charge of the case”

UK to open investment office

The United Kingdom Trade and Investment Office would establish a perman-ent branch in Phnom Penh in the expectation that economic ties between the two countries would continue to grow.