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Ending the mischief: PM forming movement to stop Rainsy’s destructive politics
Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday announced he would launch a movement to crack down on the destructive politics of former opposition leader Sam Rainsy and reiterated that he would not sign a pardon for the latter a third time.
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Hun Sen Says Meals With Khmer Rouge More Palatable Than With Rainsy
Prime Minister Hun Sen said Khmer Rouge officials — some of whom have been convicted of genocide — were easy to have a meal with, something that he would never do with exiled opposition leader Sam Rainsy.
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Anti-Terrorism Investigations Read Out at Mu Sochua Mass Trial
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court is trying 37 former CNRP leaders, members and activists for alleged plotting for allegedly participating in Sochua’s attempt to return to Cambodia in early 2021. The former CNRP vice president was attempting to attend a different mass trial involving her and other senior party officials.
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Hun Sen: Distance from ‘treason convict’ Rainsy
Prime Minister Hun Sen has called on all Cambodians to distance themselves from Sam Rainsy – the former president of the Supreme Court-dissolved Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) whom he dubbed a traitor – or face legal action.
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PM Calls for Voter Registration Support
Prime Minister Hun Sen has urged political parties to ask their supporters to register for the upcoming national election, while defending the neutrality of the National Election Committee (NEC).
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Kem Ley’s Brother Appointed Government Adviser
Seven are departed senior officials of the Cambodia National Love Party who resigned from their positions in the minor opposition party to take up Telecommunications Ministry jobs, urging their supporters to back the ruling CPP and leaving the party in limbo.
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Hun Sen threatens to dissolve political parties that associate with Sam Rainsy
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Thursday said he would dissolve any political party that dares to associate with Sam Rainsy, a threat that opposition party officials believe indicates he is still afraid of the exiled opposition leader’s political clout ahead of the 2023 general elections.
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Wake up call: Boating tragedy prompts rethink on students’ travel to school
The tragic loss of lives of eleven students, who drowned on a journey back home from an evening class when the boat they were on sank, not only struck Cambodia with one of the greatest calamity involving children in the post-Khmer Rouge era but also nudged the government into rethinking about the safety of the underprivileged children who have to put their lives on the line for the sake of education opportunities.
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New safety rules after tragic sinking in southeast Kandal
Following the October 13 tragic ferry sinking incident that claimed the lives of 11 students, authorities in southeastern Kandal province’s Loeuk Dek district have issued an emergency order to all waterway service providers to have life jackets on board for all passengers at all times.
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Women in the 21st Century: Facing Old Attitudes in a New Era
“We feel we are never right,” she said. “That’s why I picked “Sampot Sor” (white skirt) as title for the exhibition. It’s part of a proverb in Cambodia…When you have a black spot on it, it’s forever.”
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Mass Trial Continues With Questioning of Jailed CNRP Activists
The court is trying 37 senior CNRP leaders and activists in the fifth mass trial investigated by the Phnom Penh Municipal Court, alleging that support for Sochua’s planned return fell under the charges of plotting and incitement. The four prior mass trials were linked to opposition leader Sam Rainsy’s attempted return to Cambodia in 2019 and verdicts have been delivered in three of the cases.
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Interior Ministry Officials Deflect on Compound Owners, Online Scams in Marathon Briefing
A 5.5-hour Interior Ministry press conference reviewed recent raids against the forced labor of foreign nationals, but officials continued to sidestep from naming compound owners and saying whether the syndicates perpetrated global scams.
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Dith Tina Approved as New Agriculture Minister
The ruling CPP-controlled National Assembly on Friday unanimously approved Dith Tina, formerly a secretary of state at the Energy Ministry, as the new Agriculture Minister, less than a week after Veng Sakhon was removed from the position.
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Kem Sokha Lawyers Object as Judge Calls It Quits on Witness Testimony
A Phnom Penh judge on Thursday said witness questioning in the nearly three-year treason trial of Kem Sokha was finished, while Sokha’s lawyers argued representatives of foreign organizations accused in the alleged “color revolution” plot should be summoned.
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Pagodas support thousands of poor and homeless
Buddhist pagodas nationwide play a key role as the home or care facility for 23,590 poor, elderly, homeless, and students.
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Run Ta Ek villagers granted 10-year IDPoor cards
villagers granted 10-year IDPoor cards Prime Minister Hun Sen announced that a 10-year validity IDPoor card would be issued to the people who had agreed to relocate from the Angkor Archaeological Park to the Run Ta Ek eco-village in Siem Reap province’s Banteay Srei district, while also pushing for the rapid development of the area as soon as possible to benefit the new Run Ta Ek villagers.
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On World Habitat Day, Civil Society Organizations Urge Fair Treatment of Displaced Families
Eighteen civil society organizations called for fair compensation and solutions for communities caught in the Kingdom’s long running development-related land disputes in a joint-statement on October 3, marking World Habitat Day and the right to housing.
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Hun Sen Threatens Eviction Without Compensation for Angkor Residents Who Negotiate
Prime Minister Hun Sen has warned that families who refuse to accept government compensation to leave the Angkor area and try to bargain for higher compensation will face eviction.
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The LGBTIQ+ Community in Cambodia Meet for a “Together Stronger” Event
People from the LGBTIQ+ Community from across Cambodia gathered in Battambang province to take part in the “Together Stronger” event, raise awareness of gender equality and promote LGBTIQ+ rights.
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CPP dismisses need to meet with four opposition parties
The Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) reiterated yesterday that there was no need to meet with four opposition parties over electoral reforms which had already been instituted.
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