UN envoy to look at Cambodia justice system By Guy Delauney BBC News, Phnom Penh

!-- $render("page-bookmark-links","page-bookmark-links-head",{ position:"top", site:'News', headline:'BBC News - UN envoy to look at Cambodia justice system', storyId:'10261240', sectionId:'99122', url:'http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10261240', edition:'International' }); -- Hun Sen's government has been criticised for prosecuting critics The UN Human Rights Special Envoy for Cambodia is making his third visit to the country. Surya Subedi plans to look at the country's judicial system, which has long faced allegations of corruption and political interference. A pressure group says that defendants...

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Cambodian People Deserve an Independent Judiciary

On Friday, I received notice that the Phnom Penh Municipal Court has issued a final order for the National Assembly to deduct the 16.5 million riels fine and compensation from my salary as a Member of Parliament in lieu of detention. I wish to make it clear that the decision of the Courts if, carried out will be against my will. But the struggle for an independent judiciary begins now. There are three key principles for such a justice system that the people must continue to demand: independence; accountability; access. Achieving independence will mean that courts decide cases on the facts, and this is only possible when judges are competent and are free to use their conscience and are not members of any political party....

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Assembly to cut Mu Sochua’s salary

Photo by: Heng Chivoan Sam Rainsy Party lawmaker Mu Sochua speaks during a press conference at a restaurant in Phnom Penh. THE National Assembly would deduct a portion of opposition lawmaker Mu Sochua’s salary by the end of the month and use it to pay court-ordered compensation to Prime Minister Hun Sen, officials said yesterday.Sman Teath, a Cambodian People’s Party lawmaker and deputy president of the National Assembly’s Finance and Banking Commission, said the assembly’s Permanent Committee made the decision to dock Mu Sochua’s salary at a meeting yesterday.“The committee has made the decision ... because the court has ordered the financial department of the assembly to dock Mu Sochua’s salary,” and the measure would...

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