The court has resumed the trial hearing Thursday morning, where the judges will delve into Kem Sokha's work from 2008 till he was arrested in 2017.
Journalists have so far relied on short comments from government and defense lawyers when the court is in recess, but have lacked a lot of critical details about the two days of hearings.
Kem Sokha also recounted that he questioned the court on his treason charge saying that the Criminal Code was enforced in 2010, but that his alleged crimes were, according to the court, dating back to 1993.
Kem Sokha was arrested in September 2017, was in pre-trial detention till September 2018 and then placed in house arrest till November. In the last six weeks, the court has closed the investigation and sent the case to trial next month.
The ministry released a statement on Tuesday claiming that farmers receiving low rice prices were selling poor quality rice and that prices were still within an acceptable range. Ministry officials were also working with rice mills to procure as much rice as possible from farmers.
Chroy Changvar District Governor Khlaing Hout told VOA Khmer on Monday that authorities could not allow the fishing community to continue to live there, but did not say whether they will be given another location to live.
Rights groups said the government should be more open to human rights violations uncovered by NGOs and use them to issue corrective measures, rather than dismiss them without consideration and investigation.
Hun Sen has frequently made such references to U.S. foreign policy in the region, even accusing the country, more recently, of backing an alleged color revolution in the Cambodia following the 2013 national election.
If Rainsy did not return to Cambodia on November 9, it certainly would deal a heavy blow to the morale of CNRP supporters, said Astrid Norén-Nilsson, author of Cambodia's Second Kingdom: Nation, Imagination, and Democracy.
Tonle Sap Lake provides more than 70% of the nation’s protein but a growing population, changes to the lake’s unusual seasonal rise and fall, dams and illegal fishing practices may combine this year to mean a smaller than usual catch, and higher
Lawmakers hope the Senate would pass and send the bill to President Donald Trump to sign later this year.
Having access to a naval base on the Cambodian coast would extend China's influence in Southeast Asia and help bolster its disputed territorial claims in the South China Sea.
The Wall Street Journal further added that a Chinese naval base on the Cambodian coast would boost China’s influence in Southeast Asia and help with its territorial claims in the South China Sea.
The Cambodian leader, however, did not mention any specific countries.
The Cambodian premier indirectly criticized the EU’s own human rights situation as declining compared to forty years ago while Cambodia’s human rights are getting better.
So Leng, 65, whose house and backyard were also partly damaged, hopes that they will finally get a reasonable compensation from the company.
Wutty was in Koh Kong province with two journalists from the Cambodia Daily investigating alleged illegal logging by the company as it cleared land ahead of the construction of a hydropower dam.
In a video posted to his Facebook account earlier this month, Sam Rainsy said Interior Minister Sar Kheng should “not let Hun Sen strike first”.
The activists and communities in Prey Lang rely on the forest to support their livelihoods and fear that continued encroachment on the woodland will further deplete their income.
Hun Sen’s comments came after he apparently read a news report where sources criticized the government over ongoing power shortages during the current heat wave.
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