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Minister of Interior Sar Kheng’s Facebook monitoring group addressed the concerns of eight Facebook account users in May. Several civil society organisations supported the mechanism, suggesting that it was an excellent way of resolving disputes outside the courts.
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on June 14 sentenced a number of former leaders, activists and supporters of the Supreme Court-dissolved Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), including prominent Cambodian-American lawyer Seng Theary, to between five and eight years in prison for “plotting and fomenting insecurity in society”.
Prime Minister Hun Sen ordered the provincial authorities in the regions surrounding the Tonle Sap Lake to accelerate the implementation of his order to allocate some portion of the land around the lake to long-time residents relying upon it for their livelihoods.
Among the approximately 38,000 inmates held in the nation’s 28 jails and correction centres, 54 per cent are incarcerated for drug-related offences, with the General Department of Prisons (GDP) working to reintegrate them into society upon their release to prevent reoffending.
More drug rehabilitation centres are being established throughout the Kingdom to protect public safety and to assist addicts with their recovery, as illegal drugs remain a serious challenge in Cambodia.