Names of those on passports to be revoked made public
Reports on Wednesday confirmed Malaysian Jho Taek Low and eight Cambodians closely connected to the country’s authoritarian regime are among the holders of the 26...
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Cabinet convenes to discuss revocation of citizenships
The cabinet was convening on Wednesday in the wake of reports detailing the process by which the government granted citizenship to Malaysian businessman Jho Taek...
Passports probe being expanded, president’s law firm handled 41 cases from 4,000 (Updated)
By Elias Hazou and George Psyllides THE government said on Thursday an additional investigation will be carried out by the interior minister into other cases...
Cabinet orders probe into golden passports for Cambodian elites (Updated)
The cabinet on Wednesday said an investigation was being launched into how relatives and friends of Cambodia’s authoritarian prime minister were granted Cypriot passports. In...
State oversight board pulls back from discussing sale of passports to Cambodian officials (Updated, corrected)
State treasurer Rea Georgiou told the Cyprus Mail on Monday that a public oversight body she chairs would not after all be looking into recent...
Akel slams government over passport scheme
Opposition Akel spokesman and MP Stefanos Stefanou on Friday harshly criticised the government for “hiding instead of answering legitimate questions” on the citizenship scheme as...
Ministry sticks to ‘no comment’ in Cambodia investment for passport scheme
THE government said on Thursday it does not comment on isolated cases concerning the investment-for-citizenship programme after it emerged that close relatives of Cambodia’s leader...
MP Charalambidou demands answers for passports to Cambodian elite
Opposition Akel MP Irini Charalambidou on Thursday called on the government to explain itself after Reuters disclosed relatives and allies of Cambodia’s leader acquired Cypriot...
UN backed court rules Khmer Rouge leaders committed genocide
A U.N.-backed court found two leaders of Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge guilty of genocide on Friday, almost four decades after the ultra-Maoist regime which oversaw the...
Cambodia pardons Australian filmmaker jailed for espionage
Cambodia has granted a pardon to an Australian filmmaker jailed in August on espionage charges for six years, a court in the capital, Phnom Penh, said...
Cambodian court jails Australian filmmaker for espionage
A Cambodian court jailed an Australian filmmaker for six years on Friday after finding him guilty of espionage for flying a drone over an opposition party...
Somali pirates free 26 Asian sailors held since 2012
Somali pirates have freed 26 Asian sailors held captive in a small fishing village for more than four years since their ship was hijacked in...
ASEAN deadlocked on South China Sea after Cambodia blocks statement
By Manuel Mogato and Michael Martina Southeast Asian nations failed to agree on maritime disputes in the South China Sea on Sunday after Cambodia blocked...
Demining operation well underway
Members of a Cambodian demining unit working with the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) were in Mammari on Wednesday as part of an...
Cambodian Khmer Rouge leader finally shows remorse for killings
By Prak Chan Thul A leader of the Cambodian Khmer Rouge expressed remorse on Thursday for the deaths of an estimated 1.7 million people during...
