Government to Spend $13.7M on Appeal Courts

By Kuch Naren, The Cambodia Daily, November 12, 2013

The government will spend a total of $13.7 million in the next three years to build new appeal courts outside of Phnom Penh along with free accommodation for judges and prosecutors across the country, according to the draft budget law for 2014, which is scheduled to be voted on at the National Assembly Tuesday.

Using foreign loans, which will total $3.61 billion over the next three years, $6.86 million will be spent on building accommodation for court staff, while another $6.84 million will be spent on constructing new appeal courts, according to the draft budget.