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  • Woman held over alleged breach of trust in land case

    Phnom Penh municipal police on Sunday detained a woman accused of taking sole possession of land she purchased with a partner in 2018.

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  • Ministry: Over 3,450 court cases cleared

    The Ministry of Justice has announced that one month after putting in place a campaign to clear the backlog of court cases in the capital and provinces, 3,454 of the nearly 40,000 criminal cases have been cleared.

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  • ‘No to corruption amid state-land distribution’: PM

    Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday warned of legal action against anyone caught taking advantage of state-mandated land distributions, two days after he ordered several ministries to oversee the transfer of state-protected land to its long-term occupants.

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  • Sihanoukville families to benefit from concessions

    One hundred and eighty-one families affected by the Sihanoukville canal restoration project are set to receive social land concessions in Preah Sihanouk province, Sihanoukville governor Y Sok Leng said on Friday.

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  • Officials disinfect workers’ living quarters

    In a bid to help stem the spread of COVID-19, one of the Kingdom's biggest worker unions cooperated with Kamboul district authorities to spray disinfectants in factory workers' living quarters.

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  • Schools to be reopened in ‘three stages’

    With guidance from Prime Minister Hun Sen, the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport, is in the process of reopening schools in three stages. But no timeline has been set, ministry spokesperson Ros Soveacha said on Thursday.

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  • Man killed during illegal gold mine operation in M’kiri

    Mondulkiri provincial police are searching for a group of suspects accused of illegally mining gold after a member was killed in a mine shaft in Chung Phlas commune's Pu Tung village in Keo Seima district, on Monday.

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  • Lao dam project raises concerns

    Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam have urged Lao to better assess the trans-boundary impacts and strengthen proposed measures to reduce any negative impacts as the 1,460MW Luang Prabang hydropower project moves forward.

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  • High-ranking official arrested over job con

    Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday charged and detained a former two-star-general police official who worked with the Ministry of Interior after he was accused of cheating $20,000 from a man after promising to find him a job as a police officer in return for the fee.

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  • Beneficiaries praise government for aid

    As Prime Minister Hun Sen rolls out a government-funded cash subsidy programme for poor and vulnerable families affected by COVID-19, Khmer Times interviewed the people benefitting from the much needed aid.

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  • Central urges intervention for citizens stranded in Jordan

    Center for Alliance of Labor and Human Rights yesterday called for the government's assistance in the repatriation of 21 Cambodian workers currently stranded in Jordan.

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  • Cash handout programme 80% complete

    Minister of Social Affairs, Veterans and Youth Rehabilitation Vong Soth confirmed on Thursday that the implementation of the Cash Transfer Programme For Poor and Vulnerable Households During Covid-19 had been implemented for more than 80% of the over 560,000 families.

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  • Minister: Residents must meet criteria to receive government aid

    Minister of Social Affairs Vong Sauth has said that poor families who apply for the government equity cards or seek renewals must undergo interviews to find out if they are eligible for aid.

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  • PM-Sokha leaked phone call causes stir

    Ruling CPP and former opposition officials yesterday expressed mixed feelings over a leaked phone conversation between Prime Minister Hun Sen and former opposition leader Kem Sokha held several years ago.

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  • Kingdom, UN discuss rights

    A year after Cambodia received 198 recommendations from UN member countries, the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR-Cambodia) met with the Cambodia Human Rights Committee (CHRC) to discuss following-up on the Kingdom's third cycle of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) and the establishment of the National Human Rights Institution.

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  • Unpaid factory workers seek PM’s intervention

    More than 100 factory workers were intercepted by the authorities on Wednesday in the capital's Por Sen Chey district as they marched to Prime Minister Hun Sen's house to request him to intervene in negotiations with their employer, who has not paid them.

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  • WHO, UNICEF laud action on infant formula violations

    The World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) commended the Health Ministry's crackdown on four companies for violating the International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitute.

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  • Day in court: Supreme Court hears RT News fixer’s appeal

    The Supreme Court yesterday heard the case of former RT News fixer Rath Rott Mony who was convicted of incitement to discriminate in connection with the production of a sex trafficking documentary called 'My Mother Sold Me' in 2018.

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  • CSOs urge further action on non-communicable diseases

    Civil society organisations asked the government to issue urgent measures in the health sector, as well as increase its budget in order to address non-communicable diseases, as nearly 60,000 Cambodians each year die from illnesses.

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  • PM-Sokha call reposted, trial delayed

    The Phnom Penh Municipal Court has delayed the treason trial of Kem Sokha, the former president of the Supreme Court-dissolved Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP).

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