Justice

By Paul Millar • Jun 16, 2017
Almost six years ago, Frenchman Laurent Vallier was found drowned in a pond along with his four children in rural Cambodia. Investigations have been at times farcical and fruitless – and the unsolved murder still haunts the area

By Youk Chhang • Jun 15, 2017
Almost 40 years after Pol Pot’s bloody regime was toppled, judges at the Khmer Rouge tribunal have indicated that the three remaining cases will not proceed. But Cambodia's quest to show ‘the supremacy of civilisation over inhumanity’ should not be abandoned so lightly, argues Youk Chhang

By Jack Kerr and Dene Mullen • Jun 06, 2017
With Timor-Leste recently found guilty of illegally importing talented South American players to improve their national football team, Southeast Asia Globe investigates the fake passport epidemic sweeping the region

By Kirsten Han • May 24, 2017
By criminalising insult, Singapore’s government says it is avoiding religious discord and hurt feelings. But the protection is selective and, some say, dangerous