Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Wednesday suspended the hearing of two Cambodian women and one man facing human trafficking charges, citing a lack of defence lawyers, court officials said. The suspects are accused of selling two sisters, aged 16 and 18, to a massage parlour in Preah Sihanouk province. A date for the rescheduled hearing has not yet been set, Judge Yuk Bunna told the court.
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Ministers to tackle sea pollutantsPreah Sihanouk provincial authorities and members of local communities have collected 77 tonnes of water hyacinth at a Sihanoukville beach, Preah Sihanouk Provincial Hall spokesperson Or Saroeun said. He told The Post yesterday that the aquatic weeds had been floating along some of the province’s
EU timber deal in firing lineA committee of more than 20 national and international organisations filed a petition to the EU on October 10 to prevent it from signing a timber trade agreement with Vietnam, noting that the deal would be disastrous to the Kingdom’s forests. The petition claims Vietnamese timber
PM: Programme to recover Vietnam War missing back onPrime Minister Hun Sen has announced the resumption of the MIA programme to recover the remains of American service personnel missing after action on Cambodian soil during the Vietnam War. The programme was suspended for more than a year after the US government imposed visa
Kim Sok to keep up fight ‘for change’ from FinlandKim Sok, wanted by the Kingdom’s authorities for defaming the government, reiterated on Sunday his determination to continue helping to make “a real change” to Cambodian politics after receiving asylum in Finland, even as a government spokesman mocked the political analyst over the development.