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Activists case sent to lower court for retrial
- Released Date: 06-Jul-2017
The Supreme Court yesterday sent back the case of Mother Nature activist Ven Vorn, who is contesting a one-year suspended sentence handed to him by a Koh Kong court, to the Appeal Court for a retrial citing irregularities.
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Army brass arrested in Sihanoukville
- Released Date: 06-Jul-2017
An army general in Preah Sihanouk province was arrested by Military Police officials on Tuesday after the provincial court ordered he be taken into custody following allegations of land grabbing.
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White Building Residents Say Move-Out Deadline Pushed
- Released Date: 05-Jul-2017
The few remaining families left inside Phnom Penhs White Building have been given a reprieve after Land Management Ministry officials apparently extended a deadline for those holding out to leave their homes, according to a resident on Tuesday.
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Guilty walk free in land sale case
- Released Date: 05-Jul-2017
Two Ministry of Mines officials were convicted on corruption charges yesterday in a Phnom Penh court after confessing to selling state land, but nonetheless walked free after a judge reduced their sentences.
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Official Guilty of Selling State Land Will Be Released Immediately
- Released Date: 05-Jul-2017
The director of the Preah Vihear provincial department of mines and energy was found guilty of selling off state land on Tuesday but will walk free today after the judge decided to suspend the remaining 16 months of his sentence—without offering an e
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Officials avert clash at nearby worksites
- Released Date: 05-Jul-2017
Construction workers from prominent firms Vattanac and Overseas Cambodia Investment Corporation (OCIC) almost came to blows on Monday for allegedly infringing on each others neighbouring worksites, where both companies are building underground parkin
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Firm Accused of Indigenous Mondolkiri Land Grab
- Released Date: 04-Jul-2017
A land dispute in Mondolkiri province has pitted a Malaysian corporation against 128 ethnic Bunong families, a flare-up of a long-running disagreement over land the community claims is communal forest and the company insists was granted as an economi
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White Building holdouts
- Released Date: 04-Jul-2017
More than 430 of the 493 families who formerly resided in Phnom Penhs White Building have vacated the premises, but around 15 families have yet to accept compensation packages for their apartments, according to a Land Management Ministry official.
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Apsara, government discuss demolition of homes
- Released Date: 03-Jul-2017
Hundreds of people could have their homes demolished by security forces in order to preserve Angkorian heritage following a meeting between the Apsara Authority and the Siem Reap provincial government on Friday.
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Siem Reap residents petition PMs cabinet
- Released Date: 03-Jul-2017
Fifteen people from Siem Reap yesterday delivered a petition to Prime Minister Hun Sens cabinet claiming they were left out of a recent land-titling drive in their village, though local authorities said the group had only settled in the area once the
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Officials reclaim machinery
- Released Date: 03-Jul-2017
A joint force of nearly 40 law enforcement officials in Preah Vihears Brame commune last Friday retrieved two bulldozers seized from Chinese sugar company Rui Feng three years ago by ethnic Kuoy villagers.
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Stung Treng villagers protest dismantling of local bridge
- Released Date: 30-Jun-2017
Some 200 villagers from six villages on Wednesday protested to prevent Stung Treng provincial authorities from dismantling the Sre Pok Bridge ahead of the flooding expected when the gates of the Lower Sesan II hydropower dam are closed next month.
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