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Ratanakiri Court Drops Charges Against Four Forestry Activists
The Ratanakiri Provincial Court has dropped forest-clearing charges against four indigenous forestry activists after a crime was not found, according to a rights group supporting the activists.
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New Evidence Admitted as Judge Says Sokha Trial Near End
The trial resumed this week and entered its 53rd hearing. Judge Koy Sao allowed the prosecution’s motion to admit a one-minute audio clip of a former CNRP lawmaker talking about a garment worker protest in 2013.
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Boeng Tamok’s Development Outweighs Preservation of Lake, Says Land Official
A Land Ministry official said development of Boeng Tamok in northern Phnom Penh was a higher priority than the water body’s preservation, adding that only a lake like the Tonle Sap was worth preserving.
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Pay rise for civil service in 2023
Come January 1, the salaries of all civil servants in the country will be increased with teachers and health care workers receiving the highest raise.
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Cambodian PM warns of war if his party loses power
Prime Minister Hun Sen has warned that war will return to Cambodia if his long-ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) loses power, because the policies of opposition political parties include confiscating the wealth of the rich for redistribution to the poor.
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UK Mission Backs Cambodia’s Green Future
Britain’s Embassy has set an example by becoming the first mission in the country to replace its gasoline-powered cars with electric vehicles (EVs), in this case, I-PACE Jaguars.
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Elected Candlelight Officials Allege CPP Commune Chiefs Are Neglecting Them
Candlelight Party commune officials in Prey Veng’s Svay Antor district said ruling party chiefs are not assigning them any work.
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NagaWorld Workers Worried Police Aggression Will Resume After UN Official Leaves
NagaWorld workers protested outside both casino complexes in Phnom Penh on Tuesday, with one worker saying the free passage they had been given in the past week could end when a visiting U.N. official departs Cambodia.
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Briefs: Rights Group Website Hacked, Military Police Officers Sent to Pre-Trial Detention
Prominent rights group Licadho had their website hacked overnight and defaced by a hacker group, with the site restored Tuesday morning.
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Hun Sen Says CPP Won’t Lose Power Even If He Dies
Prime Minister Hun Sen argued with unnamed critics during a university graduation speech on Tuesday about the transfer of power to his son and the creation of a Vietnamese language program at the Royal University of Phnom Penh.
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Court summons Sam Rainsy, seven ex-CNRP members on conspiracy charges
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court has summonsed Sam Rainsy and seven former senior Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) officials to appear for questioning on September 15 over alleged conspiracy against the government.
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Love Party Deserters Secure Telecommunications Ministry Jobs
Upon resigning from their positions in a minor opposition party, six former leaders of the Cambodia National Love Party were appointed as advisers to the Telecommunications Ministry.
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UN special rapporteur meets government, opposition to discuss rights situation
“His visit takes place at a time when respect for human rights is deteriorating in our country,” said Chak Sopheap, executive director at CCHR.
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Preah Vihear journalist assaulted by military commander
A journalist in Preah Vihear province says he was beaten up by an army commander after he accidentally witnessed what he suspected to be the illegal transportation of timber.
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Ratanakiri Community Says Revoked Concession Still Operates
Indigenous Jarai and Tompoun communities in Ratanakiri are urging authorities to return nearly 1,000 hectares of land from a rubber plantation that they say continues to operate on a revoked part of a concession.
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Booyoung Town Construction Workers Protest Against Subcontractor
More than 300 construction workers gathered in protest against a subcontractor at the Booyoung Town development on Monday, saying the subcontractor was late in paying their salaries after stopping site work.
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Two PM bodyguards fired for misconduct
Ministry of Information also revoked a press licence held by Bunthoeun, saying that Bunthoeun committed immoral acts, made public insults that “affected morality, society and honour”.
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The escape of 42 Vietnamese from a casino shows there is more to the ‘slavery’ issue and it is tarnishing Cambodia’s image
As Cambodia struggles to cope with human trafficking, headline news of the weekend escape of Vietnamese nationals from a casino along the Cambodia-Vietnamese border only serves to show the gravity of the situation and cast a blinding blight on the Kingdom.
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PM Bodyguard Fired for Phnom Tamao Criticism
Two prime ministerial bodyguards who moonlight as social media pundits are being discharged over their broadcasts, one for drunken antics in a bid to boost viewership and the other for criticizing Phnom Tamao deforestation.
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Cambodia’s 2,000 social services workers lack work skills, says gov’t
The majority of Cambodia’s more than 2,000 public and private social services workers lack job competence and the government has instructed them to improve their ability to perform their duties.
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