2012 in Cambodia

none 2012 The following lists events that happened during 2012 in Cambodia. Incumbents Monarch: Norodom Sihamoni Prime Minister: Hun Sen Events February February 3 - The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia increases the sentence of Kang Kek Iew, or Duch, to life for running the Tuol Sleng prison camp under the Khmer Rouge.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-16865834 Life term for Cambodia Khmer Rouge jailer Duch 3 February 2012 13 January 2015 March March 19 - Swiss Judge Laurent Kasper-Ansermet fr resigns from the international Khmer Rouge war crimes trial.https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-17432484 Judge quits Cambodian UN-backed Khmer Rouge trial 19 March 2012 13 January 2015 May May 16 - Cambodian police and soldiers skirmish with villagers after attempting to evict them from their land, where a Russian-owned plantation project was to be headquartered. A teenage girl was reportedly killed.http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2012/05/16/cambodian-forces-evict-more-farmers-homes.html Cambodian forces evict more farmers from homes 16 May 2012 13 January 2015 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20150113154907/http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2012/05/16/cambodian-forces-evict-more-farmers-homes.html 13 January 2015 July July 8 - Cambodian health officials identify Enterovirus 71 as a possible cause for an outbreak in which at least 64 children died.https://edition.cnn.com/2012/07/08/world/asia/cambodia-children-disease/index.html?hpt=wo_c2 Officials make break in baffling disease killing Cambodian children 8 July 2012 13 January 2015 July 13 - Cambodian troops aim machine gun fire at a Thai passenger jet, saying they believed it to be a spy plane, but do not hit the plane.http://www.rnw.nl/english/bulletin/cambodian-troops-fire-passenger-jet-thai-army Cambodian troops 'fire at passenger jet': Thai army 12 July 2012 13 January 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20120716065942/http://www.rnw.nl/english/bulletin/cambodian-troops-fire-passenger-jet-thai-army 16 July 2012 dead September September 2 - Gottfrid Svartholm Warg is arrested in Phnom Penh due to an international arrest warrant.https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-19457334 Pirate Bay co-founder Warg arrested in Cambodia 2 September 2012 13 January 2015 3 April 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150403142937/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-19457334 live September 12 - A Cambodian journalist is found murdered in the boot of his car, after reporting on illegal logging.http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/asia/312037/cambodian-journalist-found-murdered Cambodian journalist found murdered 12 September 2012 13 January 2015 October October 15 - Former King of Cambodia Norodom Sihanouk dies in Beijing, China, at the age of 89.https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-19943963 Cambodia former king Norodom Sihanouk dies aged 89 15 October 2012 13 January 2015 3 April 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150403142948/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-19943963 live October 17 - The late King Norodom Sihanouk's body is returned to Cambodia.https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-19966047 Cambodia mourns as King Norodom Sihanouk's body returns 17 October 2012 13 January 2015 December December 8 - Four children and four adults die after a night market fire in the town Siem Reap.8 December 2012 Eight People Killed In Cambodia Market Fire http://news.sky.com/story/1022561/eight-people-killed-in-cambodia-market-fire dead https://web.archive.org/web/20130310165628/https://news.sky.com/story/1022561/eight-people-killed-in-cambodia-market-fire 10 Mar 2013 13 January 2015 Deaths October 15 - Norodom Sihanouk References 30em 2012 in Category:Years of the 21st century in Cambodia Cambodia Category:2010s in Cambodia Cambodia