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  • Underage employees back to work in Svay Rieng

    A six months pregnant garment factory worker and 10 of her colleagues in Svay Rieng provincial town who had been dismissed for faking their identity documentation have returned to work following mediation by the labour and vocational training department on Friday.

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  • Kem Sokha released in early morning today

    Former opposition leader Kem Sokha was released on bail in the early morning today but under the court supervision, a court document says.

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  • Europe to discuss Kem Sokha’s detention

    The European Parliament is set to hold urgent debates on selected human rights, democracy and rule of law topics on Thursday in Strasbourg, France, a briefing released by the body said last week.

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  • Arbitration Council to settle Ghim Li factory dispute

    After garment workers from the Ghim Li factory were blocked by authorities from protesting at the National Assembly on Friday, a factory representative said yesterday that compensation will be provided to workers who were transferred to work at GG Fashion, its new facility.

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  • ‘Unity’ urged by King as West ‘boycotts’ opening

    King Norodom Sihamoni used the opening of parliament on Wednesday morning to call for “strong national solidarity based on the spirit of national unity” as he inaugurated the sixth mandate of the National Assembly in a ceremony that was devoid of representatives from major Western embassies.

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  • Observer registration opens for voter list

    The National Election Committee yesterday said that local and international observers have until the end of December to register their credentials with the NEC in order to monitor the registration of new voters this year.

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  • Pregnant garment worker firing fake news: Labour department

    The Svay Rieng provincial labour department yesterday denied allegations made by a union website accusing You Li International of sacking an underage pregnant garment worker.

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  • Protected forest land clearing stopped in Koh Kong

    Koh Kong provincial authorities detained and educated four people over the clearing of protected forest lands on Monday before releasing them.

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  • Border residents to cease land leases

    Cambodian and Vietnamese authorities in a meeting yesterday agreed to remind their respective citizens living along the border to not lease land to each other and to help prevent transnational crimes.

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  • About 6,000 foreigners deported so far this year

    The General Immigration Department yesterday said it has deported 6,000 foreign nationals from 26 different countries so far this year.

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  • Cambodians rescued from Malaysian plantation

    Malaysian Police yesterday rescued 23 Cambodian workers believed to be victims of exploitation at a plantation in the state of Kedah.

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  • Australia to miss opening of assembly due to ‘flawed’ poll

    As Australia became the latest Western embassy to announce it would not be sending a representative to Wednesday’s opening of parliament, Council of Ministers spokesman Phay Siphan dismissed the US and EU Ambassadors being “unable to attend” as no loss because “they give no value to Cambodia”.

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  • Maid repatriated from Saudi Arabia

    Another Cambodian maid was repatriated from Saudi Arabia on Thursday after she was cheated by her employment brokers, a Labour Ministry official said on Saturday.

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  • One year on in Sokha case

    The International Federation of Human Rights has called for the unconditional release of former Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) leader Kem Sokha, as Monday marked the first anniversary of his arrest.

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  • Phnom Penh court summons Kim Sok

    A Phnom Penh Municipal Court judge yesterday issued a summons for political analyst Kim Sok to appear in court next week over defamation for allegedly accusing the government of running a state-sponsored assassination squad.

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  • Prime Minister says lazy officials will be terminated

    With a new government set to be formed on Thursday, Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday warned that lazy ministers would lose their positions if they continued to not do their jobs.

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  • Former opposition lawmaker’s books seized

    Officials from Phnom Penh’s culture department, in collaboration with police, yesterday seized copies of an unauthorised book written by former opposition lawmaker Yem Ponhearith.

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  • Kim Sok flees amid arrest threat

    Political analyst Kim Sok, who walked free from prison last month, travelled to Thailand over the weekend after Prime Minister Hun Sen warned of his arrest for failing to compensate the CPP over a defamation conviction.

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  • ‘Australia walked all over’ as Ricketson gets six years

    The Australian government “let Cambodia walk all over it”, the deputy director of Human Rights Watch said after 69-year-old filmmaker James Ricketson was sentenced to six years in prison upon being found guilty of the “espionage of information prejudicial to national defence” by Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Friday.

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  • Kep tells beach families to dismantle houses

    The Kep provincial authority on Thursday gave several families who had built their homes illegally on the beach three days to dismantle them.

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