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Supreme Court turns down three activists’ bail request
The Supreme Court yesterday turned down a bail request by three environmental activists who were charged with “incitement to commit a felony or cause social unrest” over a Facebook post criticising the Phnom Penh authorities’ activities and production of a campaign video on the infilling of Boeng Tamouk Lake in September last year.
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Strengthening quarantine: PM boosts funding to cater for influx of returnees
Prime Minister Hun Sen has approved an additional budget of $375,000 for quarantine centres in four provinces bordering Thailand to cope with a growing number of returning migrant workers.
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As Phnom Penh students embraced public buses, the pandemic brought the service to an abrupt stop
Every morning, Tha Mengsrean would leave his home at 5:35 a.m., walk around 200 meters to the bus stop and take the 5:40 bus to Bak Touk High School. The 17-year-old student took the bus from his home in Chroy Changvar district in northeast Phnom Penh to Prampi Makara district daily.
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District police chief charged over release of suspected smugglers
A district police chief in Battambang province was charged under human trafficking laws and sent to pre-trial detention on Tuesday after being stood down on Monday over the improper release of two suspected smugglers, officials said..
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Activists Grilled in Court Over Support for Rong Chhun, CNRP Links
Amid denials of links to various politicians and opposition figures, one activist on trial at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Tuesday for incitement spoke of receiving a $1,000 donation for office rent from a Cambodian-Australian MP who is also a defendant in the case.
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Health Ministry Warns of Covid-19 Variant’s Arrival
The government for the first time reported cases of a more virulent coronavirus variant, as Prime Minister Hun Sen suggested increased fines for eluding quarantine, and a man returning to the country through an illegal border crossing was seriously injured by a landmine.
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Government’s rights report to UN highlights challenges and progress
The Permanent Mission of the Kingdom of Cambodia to the UN Office in Geneva has submitted a report titled Cambodia Human Rights Situation II that details wide-ranging aspects of human rights from challenges to progress in the country.
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Health Ministry Warns of Covid-19 Variant’s Arrival
The government for the first time reported cases of a more virulent coronavirus variant, as Prime Minister Hun Sen suggested increased fines for eluding quarantine, and a man returning to the country through an illegal border crossing was seriously injured by a landmine.
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Opinion: Society’s Slow-Changing Views Sow Discord as Husbands’ Roles Shift
A traditional Khmer proverb on marriage says that “plates in a basket will rattle” — a suggestion that married couples, despite love, affection and solace, are bound to encounter collision and conflict.
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Anti-Trafficking Cop, Rebuffed at KTV, Pulls Gun, Sues for Defamation
An anti-trafficking police officer is under investigation after allegedly asking a KTV worker to sleep with him, getting rebuffed, punching the KTV’s owner and guards, pulling out his gun, then suing the owner’s son for posting video of the incident.
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General, Defense Official Clash in Court Over Land Sale to Lawmaker
An under-investigation military general and a Defense Ministry official are battling in court over a plot of land in Phnom Penh that the official allegedly acquired through a proxy to sell to a ruling party lawmaker despite it already belonging to the general.
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‘Firebrand’ Rainsy draws flak: Ex-colleagues blast former CNRP leader over ‘baseless accusations’
New “opposition” party leaders who split from the court-dissolved Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) have blasted the former opposition leader Sam Rainsy, who has called their new parties “artificial opposition”.
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PM orders authorities to tighten Cambodia-Thai border crossings to curb COVID-19 transmission
Prime Minister Hun Sen has ordered the Health Ministry and all governors of provinces bordering Thailand to prevent migrant workers from illegally crossing the border in a bid to curb COVID-19 community transmission.
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Opinion: Society’s Slow-Changing Views Sow Discord as Husbands’ Roles Shift
A traditional Khmer proverb on marriage says that “plates in a basket will rattle” — a suggestion that married couples, despite love, affection and solace, are bound to encounter collision and conflict.
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Workers of Two Factories Receive Compensation after more than one year ago
In the early morning cool, 51-year-old Sao Na stood outside the Kandal Provincial Hall ground on Friday wearing a helmet, armed with rice, sweetcakes and one last slither of hope she would finally receive a long-promised payout.
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Local groups call for restoration of democracy in Myanmar
Cambodian civil society groups and communities asked the Myanmar military to release arrested politicians and restore democracy in the country after armed forces deposed the recently-elected Myanmar government in a coup d’état on February 1.
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Court Spokesman Says Prosecutor Appealed Decision in ‘Daily’ Case
A Ratanakiri Provincial Court spokesman said on Thursday that nearly three months ago prosecutors appealed a judge’s decision to drop the case against Cambodia Daily journalists Aun Pheap and Zsombor Peter, contradicting earlier statements.
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Mekong River at 'Worrying' Low Level Amid Calls for More Chinese Dam Data
Water levels in the Mekong River have fallen to a "worrying level" in part due to outflow restrictions from Chinese hydropower dams upstream, the Mekong River Commission (MRC) said on Friday, calling on Beijing to share all of its water data.
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KCP president criticises ‘empty promises’ of former opposition leaders
Former opposition lawmaker Real Camerin, who now heads the newly-created Khmer Conservative Party (KCP), said the split among ex-Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) leaders is due to “empty-promises” by the former top leaders, saying their hope to reinstate the court-dissolved opposition party is just a “dream”.
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US Customs Says Svay Rieng Factory Transshipped Chinese Pipes
A factory in an industrial park in Svay Rieng province shipped China-made pipes to the U.S. as Cambodia-made to evade duties, U.S. Customs said this week, with investigators finding production machinery “unused, dry, and covered in spider webs.”
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