Verdicts are expected to be handed down by Phnom Penh Municipal Court today in the cases of British national Gareth Ashley Corbett and Ho Nguy, a Cambodian-Vietnamese man, both in connection with child sex charges filed earlier this year, deputy court prosecutor Ek Chheng Huot said on Thursday. Samleang Seila, country director of NGO Action Pours Les Enfants, said the organisation would attend. If convicted, Corbett faces one to three years in prison for indecent acts with a 13-year-old. Nguy faces seven to 15 years for acting as an accomplice in the purchasing of child prostitution.
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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
Negotiations on EBA being heldIn an effort to defuse tensions, a senior government official said Cambodia is negotiating with the European Union (EU) on the Everything But Arms (EBA) trade deal, which allows the Kingdom to export goods to the 28-member bloc tariff-free. The EU notified Cambodia on October 5
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
Chinese police escort deported scam suspectsNinety-one Chinese nationals accused of extorting money from victims in a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) scam were deported from Phnom Penh International Airport on Monday under the escort of 182 Chinese police personnel. General Department of Immigration head of investigations Ouk Hay Seila told reporters