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Election Monitor Finds Irregularities in Registration
The Committee for Free and Fair Elections said Wednesday it had noted irregularities in the voter registration process that ended this month. In a report released Wednesday, Comfrel said it found irregularities in the registration process itself and in the quality of registration lists. Continue reading
In Battambang, Two Tribunal Suspects Remain Elusive
As the Khmer Rouge tribunal grapples with its handling of two controversial cases at the UN-backed court, at least two suspects who could face indictment have kept away from the media and out of the public eye. Sou Met, who oversaw the Khmer Rouge air force and is named as a suspect in Case 003, is currently a major general and adviser to the Ministry of Defense Continue reading
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Concern Mounts Over Credibility of the Court
The UN-backed Khmer Rouge tribunal is steadily working toward it biggest, more complicated trial to date, but that trial has been overshadowed in recent months by the court’s handling of two additional cases, which has seen the resignation of one UN judge and an emergency meeting with the UN’s top legal counsel and Cambodian officials. A growing number of court observers now say the court’s approach to cases 003 and 004 is derailing its credibility, even as it prepares to try four Khmer Rouge leaders for one of the worst atrocities of the 20 th Century. The Khmer Rouge tribunal will face its most difficult trial some time next year. Continue reading
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Economist Sees Potential in Tourism and Beyond
Chheang Vannarith is the executive director of the Cambodian Institute for Cooperation and Peace. Raised by a single mother under the poverty line in Kampong Thom province, he was able to attain a PhD in Asia-Pacific studies. “Living through civil wars and hardship empowered me to overcome obstacles to my education and career,” he told “Hello VOA” on Monday Continue reading
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Despite Ban, Cambodian Maids Still Being Sent to Malaysia
Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen signed an order in recent days that bars recruitment firms from sending domestic workers to Malaysia after numerous reports of abuses. But a prominent rights group says the ban was quickly violated when at least two firms sent more women abroad on Monday. Rights groups have been pressuring Phnom Penh for months to combat the abuse of Cambodian maids working in Malaysia Continue reading
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Top UN Official To Look Into Political Interference at Tribunal
Patricia O’Brien, the head of the UN’s Office of Legal Affairs, will arrive in Cambodia this week, following the sudden resignation of a UN judge at the Khmer Rouge tribunal, officials said Monday. German judge Siegfried Blunk said his Oct. 8 resignation was due to continued statements by top Cambodian officials opposing two cases at the court, which critics have called evidence of continued political interference Continue reading
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