Phnom Penh Post - IN BRIEF: PM's Nephew seeks compensation
Yin Wengka, a lawyer for Prime Minister Hun Sen's nephew, Hun To, said
he has filed a lawsuit seeking US$50,000 in compensation following
allegations by Nuon Vuthy and Sreyyuth of the opposition Sam Rainsy
Party that Hun To's bodyguards assaulted them on board the Prek Kdam
ferry in July. Yin Wengka insists the accusations are false and says
witnesses attest the assault never took place.
Thousands attend CNRP-organised pro-democracy vigil in South Korea Thousands of supporters of the Supreme Court-dissolved Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) on Saturday gathered in the South Korean city of Gwangju to hold a candlelight demonstration calling for the “liberation” of democracy in Cambodia. Yim Sinorn, a CNRP member in South Korea, said on
US Embassy: Chinese trade does not help like the West’sThe US Embassy in Phnom Penh on Friday said relations between China and Cambodia did not create jobs or help industry when compared to the trade between the Kingdom and the US. “About 87 per cent of trade [with China] are Chinese imports, which do not
Cambodia-Thailand rail reconnected after 45 yearsA railway reconnecting Cambodia and Thailand was officially inaugurated on Monday following a 45-year hiatus, with the two kingdoms’ prime ministers in attendance at the ceremony. On the occasion, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen and Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha travelled together from Thailand’s
Vietnamese land-grabbers heldFollowing a provincial court order, Ratanakkiri Military Police on April 16 arrested 12 Vietnamese nationals accused of crossing the border into Cambodia and illegally clearing forest land. The accused are now being detained at Phnom Svay prison in the province. Ratanakkiri military police commander Thav Yen told