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National Election Official Says Registration on Track
A National Election Committee official on Thursday dismissed accusations that illegal immigrants have been allowed to register for upcoming local polls in 2012. Speaking as a guest on “Hello VOA,” Hoeu Rong, the director of operations for the NEC, said such accusations surface every election cycle. “We don’t pay much attention [to the complaints],” he said. Continue reading
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Tagged cambodian, committee, complaints, director, election, eligibility, legal, names, news, polls, process, registries, right-or-wrong, their-names
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Long Hours, Low Wages Hurt Working Voters: Unionist
A leading union representative says Cambodian workers need help organizing ahead of polls as the country gears up for local elections next year. Election processes are difficult for factory laborers because of the amount of days and hours they work and the low wages they earn, Chea Mony, president of the Free Trade Union, told “Hello VOA” Thursday. “We have all obviously seen that workers’ wages are very low…so they need to work overtime to fulfill all the tasks in feeding their lives each month,” he said. Continue reading
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Tagged Cambodia, cities, country, election, homes, make-it-easier, make-it-hard, names, national, plus-the-high, politics, time, understanding, vote-at-places, work
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Tribunal Judge Sees At Least Two Years of Trials Ahead
As the UN-backed Khmer Rouge tribunal moves toward its most complicated trial to date, the international investigative judge for the court told VOA Khmer he anticipates at least two years of proceedings. The judge, Siegfried Blunk, also said there are court mechanisms in place to ensure health leaders are tried even “in the unlikely event” other defendants fall too ill to stand trial. Continue reading
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Tagged accused, case, Health, international, investigation, khieu-samphan, khmer rouge issues, khmer-rouge, names, national, suspects, time, trial, tribunal, work
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Tribunal Judges Issue Warning to Media Over Leaks
Investigating judges at the UN-backed Khmer Rouge tribunal issued a sharp warning to media outlets on Friday, in an attempt to forbid them from printing information from confidential, leaked documents of the court. The Christian Science Monitor and the Associated Press have provided detailed coverage of a controversial case at the court, naming two suspects judges have said should remain anonymous based on a leaked prosecution submission Continue reading
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Tagged christian, confidential, court, friday-the-case, kept-the-names, monitor, names, news, reports-on-june, revolutionary, rights
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