May 13, 2012
Twenty-five people, including nationals from France, Thailand and Vietnam, were injured in two separate bus accidents in Battambang and Kampong Cham provinces over the weekend, police said yesterday.
Kith Heang, Mong Russey district police chief, said 13 passengers, including three Thais and a Frenchman, sustained slight injuries when a mini-tractor collided with a Capitol bus on Friday night in Battambang, along national road 5.
“The mini-tractor had a flat tyre...
April 30, 2012
A joint investigative committee will be established to re-examine the killing of activist Chut Wutty and military police officer In Rattana, the head of the armed forces told the Post yesterday, after providing his own version of the incident to radio.
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The president of the Funcinpec party has accused the deputy president of the National Authority for Land Dispute Resolution of grabbing nearly two hectares of land from 42 families in Phnom Penh’s Russey Keo district in 2003.
In a letter to Prime Minister Hun Sen dated last Monday and received by the Post yesterday, Nhek Bun Chhay accuses Khun Haing of faking a title to the 19,575 square metres of disputed land....
April 11, 2012
A controversial jail sentence handed to the head of a cultural organisation for suggesting a lighting project at Angkor Wat was damaging the temple was upheld by the Supreme Court yesterday.
Moeung Sonn, director of the Khmer Civilization Fund, was sentenced to two years in jail and fined 15 million riel (US$3,615) after raising concerns that workers installing lights at the 12th-century temple had drilled holes deep into the structure’s walls.
The lawsuit, brought...
April 5, 2012
French forensic police analysis of DNA has confirmed bones found in a pond in Kampong Speu province are those of French national Laurent Vallier and his four children, the French Embassy in Phnom Penh said yesterday.
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