Royal pardons for Water Festival.

CEOCambodiaNews · Post by **CEOCambodiaNews** » Mon Oct 03, 2016 4:36 pm

Officials prep list of Water Festival pardonees
Fri, 30 September 2016
Meas Sokchea

Provincial officials are preparing a proposed list of prisoners to be pardoned during the Water Festival in November, according to Ministry of Justice spokesman Chin Malin.

The list is first drawn up at the provincial level, and then narrowed down by a national committee and finally approved by King Norodom Sihamoni.

In the past, the system of pardons has been subject to criticisms for being politically motivated or driven by bribery.

“Some prisoners fit the criteria to be released but they don’t have any money,” said Am Sam Ath, a senior official at human rights group Licadho...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/o ... -pardonees

Luigi · Post by **Luigi** » Mon Oct 03, 2016 4:44 pm

''In the past, the system of pardons has been subject to criticisms for being politically motivated or driven by bribery.

Nonsense. Total heresy. Who comes up with? Such mistrust. Shameful.

CEOCambodiaNews · Post by **CEOCambodiaNews** » Fri Oct 28, 2016 6:51 pm

Just seven people have been recommended for pardons by a government committee that yesterday finished assessing some 560 applications for early release ahead of November’s Water Festival, a dramatic reduction from the 106 to receive clemency last year...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/o ... al-pardons