https://www.scmp.com/rss/329240/feed Leonie is a freelancer in Cambodia. She has bylines in Al Jazeera, Nikkei Asian Review, Southeast Asia Globe and others. She was previously a reporter and sub-editor at The Phnom Penh Post. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com After passing through loose security at the entrance of WM Casino, in neon-flashing downtown Sihanoukville, the floor opens onto a dozen or so smiling women in tight black dresses, at Vegas-style, green-felt gaming tables. They deal cards in view of webcams, while on a nearby monitor, online avatars of remote gamblers appear to be placing bets. Towards the back of the casino, a floor manager overseeing the opera­tions from a glass-walled room emerges and quickly denies they are providing online... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/3051344/sihanoukville-cambodian-magnet-chinese-casinos?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/3051344/sihanoukville-cambodian-magnet-chinese-casinos?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 20 Feb 2020 02:15:12 +0000 A lawyer representing a Khmer Rouge leader who was sentenced to life imprisonment last month is threatening to seek up to US$1 million in damages over his dismissal by the international tribunal that handed down the sentence. Victor Koppe was dismissed on Thursday on the advice of Cambodia’s bar association, which said that the Dutch national had not been a member of the bar in the Netherlands for nearly three years and should not therefore be practising law in Cambodia. He nonetheless appeared... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/2178379/lawyer-khmer-rouges-nuon-chea-threatens-seek-us1-million?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/2178379/lawyer-khmer-rouges-nuon-chea-threatens-seek-us1-million?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 17 Dec 2018 10:58:21 +0000 The defence lawyer for Nuon Chea, Pol Pot’s infamous “Brother No 2” in Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge regime, may have been working without proper legal authority for years, adding yet another layer of uncertainty to the United Nations-backed tribunal that has dragged on for nine years. The disclosure, found in a document issued by the Cambodian Bar Association (BAKC) on December 11 and seen by the South China Morning Post, cast in doubt the proceedings of the highly publicised international tribunal... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/2178118/lawyer-khmer-rouges-nuon-chea-was-practising-illegally-says?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/2178118/lawyer-khmer-rouges-nuon-chea-was-practising-illegally-says?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 14 Dec 2018 16:57:53 +0000 Phong Sokhit, a rice farmer in Cambodia’s Kampong Speu province, has long held out hope that the European Union (EU) would put pressure on his country to respect human rights. For years, the 59 year old and hundreds of others across the country have accused sugar companies of forcing them off their land – just one of a litany of human rights abuses, including child labour, blamed on the enterprises. About 40 per cent of Cambodia’s total exports, including sugar, go to the EU. Last month, the EU... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/economics/article/2172219/cambodian-workers-weigh-cost-eus-stand-human-rights?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/economics/article/2172219/cambodian-workers-weigh-cost-eus-stand-human-rights?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 08 Nov 2018 03:00:00 +0000