PHNOM PEHN: Cambodia’s Constitutional Council, the final arbiter for resolving election complaints, yesterday rejected all complaints filed by the opposition party against the July 28 election in which Prime Minister Hun Sen’s ruling party won a majority of vote. “We rejected all the 15 complaints submitted by the opposition against the poll results because the opposition had provided little evidence to support its claims of irregularities in voter lists and ballot-rigging,” said Prom Nhean Vichit, a member of the nine-member council.
Textile workers reinstated
PHNOM PENH: Hundreds of Cambodian garment workers sacked from a factory supplying brands including Gap and H&M were reinstated yesterday, a union leader said, after a protest forced an apparent climbdown by their employer. Around 4,000 workers marched through Phnom Penh on Thursday in protest at the dismissal of 720 workers for going on strike over claims of intimidation by the factory owner. They were reinstated while an apparent suspension of 5,000 other staff was lifted by the Singapore-owned SL Garment Processing factory, union leader Ath Thorn said.
Soldiers jailed for murders
YOGYAKARTA: An Indonesian military tribunal yesterday handed jail terms to four soldiers for involvement in a plot to storm the Cebongan prison in central Java in March and murder four inmates in a revenge killing. One soldier, who drove his comrades to the jail so they could launch the attack, was jailed for 15 months. The others, who sought to cover up the crime, were sentenced to four months and 20 days each but will be released within days as they have been behind bars since April. It came a day after the court in Yogyakarta, Java, handed 21 months to 11 years to eight members of the elite Kopassus unit.
Taiwan troops to leave islets
TAIPEI: Taiwan is set to withdraw troops from two islets near the Chinese mainland next year and turn the former battleground into a tourist attraction amid warming ties, reports said yesterday. Nearly 200 soldiers in the Tatan and Ertan islets, which form part of the Taiwan-controlled Kinmen island group off southeast China’s Xiamen city, will be withdrawn from May, said United Evening News, citing defence sources. Agencies
