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The Cambodian Human Rights Committee (CHRC) is reviewing the case of a 14-year-old boy who was sentenced to four years in prison by the Tbong Khmum Provincial Court for attempted murder by poisoning.

Authorities confiscated more than four tonnes of illegal drugs of all variety and arrested more than 10,000 suspects including 362 foreigners last year, according to a report issued by the third commission of the anti-illegal drug campaign.

Minister of Interior Sar Kheng said a specific mechanism will be established by the NATIONAL Authority for Combating Drugs (NACD), relevant institutions and police to closely monitor the import of certain chemicals from abroad into Cambodia after the police seized more than 2,300kg of drugs and up to 84 tonnes of chemicals used for their production in Kampong Speu province earlier this month.

PHNOM PENH (The Phnom Penh Post/Asia News Network): A senior official from the Ministry of Interior has warned the public to take precautions to avoid being deceived by fraudsters who use technology to deceive people into making illegal border crossings or falling victim to human trafficking.

A senior official from the Ministry of Interior has warned the public to take precautions to avoid being deceived by fraudsters who use technology to deceive people into making illegal border crossings or falling victim to human trafficking.

The Telecommunications Regulator of Cambodia (TRC) has blocked the URL addresses of nine websites after determining that they contained pornographic images and videos of children.

Roughly 200 people representing 350 families in Doeum Mean commune’s O’Chrov village of Kandal province’s Takhmao town have requested that Prime Minister Hun Sen intervene in their dispute with a private company over their alleged encroachment on a 7ha lake used by the community.

The International Human Rights Day was celebrated in Cambodia this year on a mostly virtual basis due to the Covid-19 risks involved with large gatherings. Instead, the day was observed with educational campaigns using social media to spread the word about promoting and respecting human rights locally and globally.

The Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training has issued a statement denying recent news reports that children under the age of 15 have been working at a brick kiln with their mothers in order to secure their family’s freedom from debt bondage incurred by their parents with its owner.

Minister of Justice Koeut Rith once again advised municipal and provincial court administrators, judges and prosecutors to speed up the investigating stage of prosecutions for misdemeanours and minor offences to reduce overcrowding in prisons – especially in light of the Covid-19 pandemic.