Showing posts with label Prey Sar. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Prey Sar. Show all posts
Wednesday, June 01, 2011
Former KR prisoner finds her photo in Tuol Sleng
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1x8e-JgXaE&feature=channel_video_title
Monday, January 24, 2011
Panich attacked by cockroaches in Prey Sar jail: Even Cambodian roaches despise Thai invaders?
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| Panich left bald-headed after Khmer cockroach attack (Photo: Bangkok Post) |
24/01/2011
Bangkok Post
Democrat MP Panich Vikitsreth is suffering from malaria, hypertension, and rashes following his three weeks confined in a Phnom Penh prison.
He also suffered an attack of cockroaches while in jail, which resulted in him getting his head shaved.
Mr Panich, who listed his ailments in a Twitter post, will talk to the media at Samitivej Hospital today about his experiences in Cambodia.
Monday, November 24, 2008
Torture suspicion at the Prey Sar jail
22 November 2008
By Nhim Sophal
Cambodge Soir Hebdo
Translated from French by Luc Sâr
Click here to read the article in French
By Nhim Sophal
Cambodge Soir Hebdo
Translated from French by Luc Sâr
Click here to read the article in French
24-year-old Heng Touch died Friday evening at the Calmette Hospital in Phnom Penh. According to Am Sam Ath, an investigator for Licadho, his family is asking questions about the condition of his death which could be attributed to torture.
Arrested in September 2008, Heng Touch was accused of perpetrating an armed robbery. On 13 November, his family was informed by a Prey Sar jail guard, where he was incarcerated, his whereabout, and that he was “ill.” His relatives were able to see him. They reported that he had “an injury on the head, his face was swollen and he threw up blood.”
When contacted by the investigator, a prison official explained that the victim knocked his head against the walls and that he cut his own tongue. Without any autopsy performed, police experts concluded that it is impossible to indicate that the death was effectively caused by torture inside the jail.
“The family of the deceased remains skeptical. After the funeral, it will decide whether to bring up a complaint against the prison,” Am Sam Ath reported.
The Licadho investigator wishes that an independent expert committee be set up and that another committee should pursue the investigation into this case, in order to provide justice to the victim and condemn the perpetrator(s), if indeed it was a criminal case. The investigator also blamed the prison director for neglecting to provide medical care to the agonizing prisoner.
Arrested in September 2008, Heng Touch was accused of perpetrating an armed robbery. On 13 November, his family was informed by a Prey Sar jail guard, where he was incarcerated, his whereabout, and that he was “ill.” His relatives were able to see him. They reported that he had “an injury on the head, his face was swollen and he threw up blood.”
When contacted by the investigator, a prison official explained that the victim knocked his head against the walls and that he cut his own tongue. Without any autopsy performed, police experts concluded that it is impossible to indicate that the death was effectively caused by torture inside the jail.
“The family of the deceased remains skeptical. After the funeral, it will decide whether to bring up a complaint against the prison,” Am Sam Ath reported.
The Licadho investigator wishes that an independent expert committee be set up and that another committee should pursue the investigation into this case, in order to provide justice to the victim and condemn the perpetrator(s), if indeed it was a criminal case. The investigator also blamed the prison director for neglecting to provide medical care to the agonizing prisoner.
Friday, June 13, 2008
Journalists to Visit Jailed Opposition Editor
Dam Sith (Photo: RFA)By Heng Reaksmey, VOA Khmer
Original report from Phnom Penh
12 June 2008
Members of the Club of Cambodian Journalists on Friday will visit jailed opposition editor Dam Sith, who remains in Prey Sar prison despite calls for his release.
Seven members of the club will visit Dam Sith in his cell at Prey Sar prison, Pan Samitik, chairman of the association, said. The courts had granted permission for the meeting, he said.
The purpose of the visit is to see Dam Sith's conditions in jail, he said.
Phnom Penhn Municipal Court Judge Chhay Kong said had agreed to allow the visit.
Rights groups and an international journalist organization on Thursday condemned the arrest as an assault on press freedom and an act of intimidation ahead of general elections in July.
Foreign Minister Hor Namhong filed suit against the editor April 25, claiming a story he published in Moneaksekar Khmer, a daily newspaper, defamed him by quoting accusations from opposition leader Sam Rainsy the minister was a member of the Khmer Rouge.
Seven members of the club will visit Dam Sith in his cell at Prey Sar prison, Pan Samitik, chairman of the association, said. The courts had granted permission for the meeting, he said.
The purpose of the visit is to see Dam Sith's conditions in jail, he said.
Phnom Penhn Municipal Court Judge Chhay Kong said had agreed to allow the visit.
Rights groups and an international journalist organization on Thursday condemned the arrest as an assault on press freedom and an act of intimidation ahead of general elections in July.
Foreign Minister Hor Namhong filed suit against the editor April 25, claiming a story he published in Moneaksekar Khmer, a daily newspaper, defamed him by quoting accusations from opposition leader Sam Rainsy the minister was a member of the Khmer Rouge.
Saturday, May 10, 2008
Rights Group Urges Investigation of Inmate Death
By Taing Sarada, VOA Khmer
Original report from Washington
09 May 2008
Original report from Washington
09 May 2008
The Hong Kong-based Asian Human Rights Commission has called on the authorities to investigate the death of a prison inmate in April.
Yan Sok Kea, 21, died of fever April 28 in a Phnom Penh hospital, leading to questions about his treatment while in Prey Sar prison and how long prison authorities kept him from treatment.
Medical staff maintain they lacked medicine, money and equipment to treat him.
Yan Sok Kea was arrested in the wake of a forcible eviction in Preah Vihear province in November 2007, though he was only a bystander, the Rights Commission said.
He was erroneously charged with forest destruction and was being held in Prey Sar, where he died after being ill for at least two weeks, the group said.
Adhoc rights investigator Chan Saveth told VOA Khmer he suspected the inmate died because he was not treated promptly or properly.
“The doctor only gave him medicine without doing any examination, so that it was very difficult to know what exactly affected the patient,” he said.
A Preah Sihanouk Hospital doctor said Yan Sok Kea died of meningitis, Chan Saveth said.
Prey Sar lacks hygienic food and water, affecting the health of many prisoners, he said. “Some of them are sick until death.”
Others die in altercations with other prisoners, he said.
Prison officials say they are working to ensure inmates get prompt, proper treatment.
“They cannot make [the prison] as clean as the living standard outside,” said warden Heng Hak. “Not only can Cambodia not do that, but none of the countries of the world can.”
He denied prisoners died in fights.
“That would never happen,” he said.
Yan Sok Kea, 21, died of fever April 28 in a Phnom Penh hospital, leading to questions about his treatment while in Prey Sar prison and how long prison authorities kept him from treatment.
Medical staff maintain they lacked medicine, money and equipment to treat him.
Yan Sok Kea was arrested in the wake of a forcible eviction in Preah Vihear province in November 2007, though he was only a bystander, the Rights Commission said.
He was erroneously charged with forest destruction and was being held in Prey Sar, where he died after being ill for at least two weeks, the group said.
Adhoc rights investigator Chan Saveth told VOA Khmer he suspected the inmate died because he was not treated promptly or properly.
“The doctor only gave him medicine without doing any examination, so that it was very difficult to know what exactly affected the patient,” he said.
A Preah Sihanouk Hospital doctor said Yan Sok Kea died of meningitis, Chan Saveth said.
Prey Sar lacks hygienic food and water, affecting the health of many prisoners, he said. “Some of them are sick until death.”
Others die in altercations with other prisoners, he said.
Prison officials say they are working to ensure inmates get prompt, proper treatment.
“They cannot make [the prison] as clean as the living standard outside,” said warden Heng Hak. “Not only can Cambodia not do that, but none of the countries of the world can.”
He denied prisoners died in fights.
“That would never happen,” he said.
Saturday, September 15, 2007
Heng Pov receives constant health care
Saturday, September 15, 2007
Everyday.com.kh
Translated from Khmer by Socheata
Heng Pov, the former police commissioner of Phnom Penh, who is currently jailed in Prey Sar prison, is under constant supervision by prison guards, both in terms of security and healthcare. In a letter dated 02 September issued by Heng Hak, the deputy director of the prison department of the Ministry of Interior, received by Rasmei Kampuchea newspaper, Heng Hak indicated that Heng Pov, who is currently jailed in Prey Sar prison, is receiving attention and he is provided with a separate jail cell from other prisoners. A jail guard is constantly posted with him to look after his safety and his health. In his reply to a letter of the UN Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR) in Cambodia, dated 24 August, Heng Hak said that Heng Pov is incarcerated in the re-education center No. 1, and he is receiving the proper attention and he is provided with a separate jail cell from other prisoners. The cell is located adjacent to a court where he can rest and exercise. A prison guard permanently stays with him to look after his safety and health.
Friday, August 24, 2007
Police Question Three Guarding Dead Drug Suspect
Chiep Mony, VOA Khmer Original report from Phnom Penh
23 August 2007
Authorities Thursday were questioning the three men guarding a drug suspect who fell to his death Tuesday, in what police say was a suicide.
The men guarding Oum Chhay, a key suspect in a drugs production case, said they were unable to prevent the accident.
The guards had accepted responsibility for failing to prevent the suicide and were willing to accept demotion or jail time, said Interior Ministry spokesman Khieu Sopheak.
"We did question them. We asked them individually.They admitted that the accident happened so fast and they accept responsibility," he said.
Police said previously Oum Chhay lept from the building while his guards were away using the toilet.
The punishment of the three guards was not yet determined, Khieu Sopheak said.
Oum Chhay's death has weakened an investigation into a methamphetamines lab raided by police in April.
Another leader in the drugs production case, Chea Chong, is being held in Prey Sar prison, undergoing questions, police said.
The men guarding Oum Chhay, a key suspect in a drugs production case, said they were unable to prevent the accident.
The guards had accepted responsibility for failing to prevent the suicide and were willing to accept demotion or jail time, said Interior Ministry spokesman Khieu Sopheak.
"We did question them. We asked them individually.They admitted that the accident happened so fast and they accept responsibility," he said.
Police said previously Oum Chhay lept from the building while his guards were away using the toilet.
The punishment of the three guards was not yet determined, Khieu Sopheak said.
Oum Chhay's death has weakened an investigation into a methamphetamines lab raided by police in April.
Another leader in the drugs production case, Chea Chong, is being held in Prey Sar prison, undergoing questions, police said.
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