Diabetes and its discontents

A rubbish strewn and flooded dirt path leads to a small concrete house where a number of people are dutifully gathered, patiently waiting for  neighbours to prick their fingers.

Activists, cops clash at palace

At least two protesters fainted and a third was injured yesterday after Boeung Kak villagers clashed with police in front of the Royal Palace.

Gov’t posts racy audio from Sokha’s ‘mistress’

The government’s Press and Quick Reaction Unit yesterday posted on its website a salacious and possibly slanderous interview with Keo Sophannary

Crash kills four, badly injures seven others

A head-on collision involving a tourist bus killed at least four people, including three children, and left seven with life-threatening injuries yesterday.

Judge forces sparse settlement on family of beaten children

The Ratanakkiri Provincial Court yesterday forced a family whose three children were allegedly beaten by DM Group firm employees last month to accept only $1,000 in compensation in place of the $40,000 the family initially had demanded

Chum Mey to defend complaint

The phnom Penh Municipal Court has begun investigating a lawsuit filed last Friday by Khmer Rouge victims against opposition leader Kem Sokha on charges of defamation.

Judges nix request for WikiLeaks’ evidence

Khmer Rouge tribunal judges have rejected both the prosecution and the defence’s requests to admit cables released in April by whistleblowing website WikiLeaks as evidence, on the grounds that the cables offer no new information and their authenticity would be difficult to verify.

Hun Sen extolls his ‘football’ strategies

Prime Minister Hun Sen vowed yesterday that the ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) will decisively win the upcoming election and would rule the country for the government’s next five-year mandate.

KRT gets Aussie boost

The Australian government pledged an additional A$3.25 million (approximately US$3.07 million) to the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia yesterday, according to an announcement from Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr.

Chief alleges threat by soldier

A village chief in Ratanakkiri province’s O’Yadav district remains in hiding following a death threat a border soldier allegedly issued after the chief refused to give away a plot of land, he said yesterday.