Police will re-investigate the murder of popular labor leader Chea Vichea if and when the courts order it, a spokesman said Monday. Last week the two men who had been accused of the murder, Sok Samoeun and Born Samnang, were released from jail, following an order by the Supreme Court for the Appeals Court to [...]
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Released Suspects in Union Murder Wary
January 5th, 2009 
Cambodian News Two men released on bail Thursday night after more than four years in prison said they were grateful but wary they had not received full justice. Born Samnang, 24, and Sok Samoeun, 36, were released from Prey Sar prison Wednesday night, following a decision by the Supreme Court Wednesday ordering the Appeal Court to review [...]
Cambodian court releases alleged killers of union boss
January 2nd, 2009 Cambodian News PHNOM PENH (AFP) — Cambodia’s highest court Wednesday provisionally released two alleged killers of a prominent labour leader and ordered the case to be re-tried, citing unclear evidence. Chea Vichea, who headed the country’s largest labour union and was a vocal critic of Prime Minister Hun Sen’s government, was gunned down at a Phnom Penh [...]
ILO Assails Unsolved Union Murders
December 23rd, 2008 Cambodian News The International Labor Organization has renewed criticism of Cambodian authorities for their failure to solve the murders of union leaders, according to a report by an ILO committee obtained by VOA Khmer. The report details the killing of union leaders Chea Vichea and Ros Sovannareth, who were killed in 2004, and Hy Vuthy, killed in [...]