Big News

Well the Daily is at it again. They suddenly realized that the borders of the city of Phnom Penh had been expanded to include the site of the court- which is about 15 km from the city center. This was done months ago and made public through a Royal Decree and press announcement, but the Daily writes as if it was some kind of a secret move in the night....

Phnom Penh Enlarged To Include Tribunal Site

Thursday, November 2, 2006

By Douglas Gillison and Van Roeun
THE CAMBODIA DAILY

The borders of Phnom Penh Municipality were extended in July to include the Khmer Rouge tribunal premises in Kandal province's Ang Snuol district, which under the tribunal law must be located within the capital, officials said. Four villages which had been located in Ang Snuol district's Kantok commune are now part of Dangkao district's Chaom Chau commune in Phnom Penh, according to a July 29 Royal Decree received this week. "The four villages have a very small number of people so we can do it easily," Municipal Governor Kep Chuktema said Wednesday. The change was not only made to include the tribunal premises but fits with urban planning for the growth of the city, he added. "This was always the plan," tribunal public affairs chief Helen Jarvis said Wednesday. Jarvis denied that the change to the city's boundaries had been made quietly, saying the tribunal had notified the media and that the royal decree ordering the change had been published in the Government Gazette.

A press release and a Royal announcement issued in July, and the Daily is just getting the news now?