Seventy-Eight Judges and Court Officials Reshuffled

Seventy-Eight Judges and Court Officials Reshuffled

 

The Cambodia Daily | April 14, 2014

 

With new laws in the pipeline to reform the judiciary, the Supreme Council of Magistracy has announced a reshuffling of judges and court staff, with 78 officials promoted or transferred, according to a royal decree signed April 6.

The job changes, which include senior judges and prosecutors at the Supreme Court, Appeal Court and provincial courts, is a standard rotation of judges and prosecutors meant to curb corruption, according to Sam Pracheameanith, cabinet chief for the Ministry of Justice.

“It is a normal thing since judges and prosecutors cannot work more than four years [in the same position] and therefore must be changed,” he said.

“But the reshuffle by the Supreme Council of Magistracy to transfer the roles of judges is also part of the deep [judicial] reform process of this filfth-mandate government,” he added.

The most significant changes are to the Supreme Court, where the shuffle sees Phnom Penh Municipal Court director Chiv Keng moving to deputy director of the Supreme Court. Nil Nonn, director of the Siem Reap Provincial Court, was also promoted to deputy director of Cambodia’s highest court.

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