Before his arrest, Rith Say had already been given a life sentence for stabbing a woman to death in 2014. - Phnom Penh Post/ANN
PHNOM PENH, May 24 (Phnom Penh Post/ANN): Russey Keo district police on Sunday (May 23) sent a fugitive convicted in-absentia of murder to Prey Sar prison pursuant to a Phnom Penh Municipal Court arrest warrant.
The notorious fugitive had already been given a life sentence for stabbing a woman to death in 2014 in Chung Thnol village of Sen Sok district’s Teuk Thla commune. His accomplice in the crime is also currently behind bars.
Russey Keo district police chief Heang Thareth identified the accused as Rith Say, 34, also known by the alias Morm. He had been staying in a rented room in Russey Keo district’s Chraing Chamreh II commune and was arrested there on May 22. His accomplice named Chhay Yokleap, 29, was also apprehended.
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Muong Sopheak and Mr.
Mean Prommony, member and Vice President of the Khmer Student Intelligent League Association (KSILA)[2], respectively.
On May 18, 2021, the Phnom Penh Municipal Court rejected the bail application of the above-mentioned seven human rights defenders to ensure that they would attend their trial, which has not yet been scheduled. At the time of publication of this urgent appeal, Koet Saray, Hun Vannak, Tha Lavy, Mean Prommony, and Muong Sopheak remain detained in Phnom Penh’s Correctional Center 1 (CC1), while Chhoeun Daravy and So Metta are detained in Phnom Penh’s Correctional Center 2 (CC2).
The Observatory recalls that Hun Vannak, Chhoeun Daravy, Tha Lavy, So Metta and Muong Sopheak were arbitrarily arrested in August and September 2020 for participating in a protest calling for the release of a prominent union leader
Cambodia: Ongoing arbitrary detention of Khmer Thavrak and KSILA members
20/05/2021
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May 20, 2021
The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a partnership of the World Organisation Against Torture and FIDH, has received new information and requests your urgent intervention in the following situation in Cambodia. New information:
Hun Vannak, Ms.
Muong Sopheak and Mr. Mean Prommony, member and Vice President of the Khmer Student Intelligent League Association (KSILA) [2], respectively.
On May 18, 2021, the Phnom Penh Municipal Court rejected the bail application of the above-mentioned seven human rights defenders to ensure that they would attend their trial, which has not yet been scheduled. At the time of publication of this urgent appeal, Koet Saray, Hun Vannak, Tha Lavy, Mean Prommony, and Muong Sopheak remain detained in Phnom Penh’s Correctional Center 1 (CC1), while Chhoeun Daravy and So Metta are detained in Phnom Penh’s C
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Police detained two men and seized more than 70 kg of drugs on May 12 in Phnom Penh.
Two arrested for trafficking 70kg drugs in capital
Mon, 17 May 2021
A Phnom Penh Municipal Court prosecutor continued to question two men on May 16 over more than 70kg of drugs seized when they were arrested on May 12 in Phnom Penh.
Municipal anti-drug department deputy director In Song said the two suspects were Chinese nationals aged 40 and 58.
“These two Chinese men are accomplices of five other drug suspects – including Cambodians and Vietnamese – who were placed in pre-trial detention by the Svay Rieng Provincial Court last week,” he said.
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