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Labor Ministry Denies Agreement to Send Workers to Qatar
A spokesman for the Labor Ministry said Thursday that Cambodia has still not finalized any agreement to send migrant workers to Qatar, but the head of a recruitment agency said the ministry had assured him he would be allowed to send about 80 workers there “as soon as possible.”
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Surveyor tells court of dam site construction
A witness who worked on the notorious “January 1” dam site in Kampong Thom province spoke at the Khmer Rouge tribunal yesterday about details of his job as a land surveyor for the site.
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UN Rebuked Over Letter on Draft NGO Law
Foreign Affairs Minister Hor Namhong on Thursday took the U.N. to task over a recent letter four of its senior country officials wrote criticizing the government’s secretive drafting of a controversial NGO law, a day after the ministry called the U.S. ambassador’s remarks on the same issue “insolent.”
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Foreign Minister Hits Back Over Border Dispute
Foreign Minister Hor Namhong on Thursday hit back at claims he is serving the Vietnamese government by siding with it—and not a group of Cambodian villagers—in a dispute over which country owns 16.6 hectares of land along the border of Tbong Khmum province.
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Namhong lays into US ambassador on NGOs
Foreign Affairs Minister Hor Namhong has called out the US ambassador to Cambodia for the latter’s criticism of the Kingdom’s controversial draft law on NGOs.
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Facebook Users May Face Charges, Gov’t Says
Council of Ministers spokesman Phay Siphan on Wednesday threatened criminal proceedings against Facebook users who insult or defame government leaders in apparent violation of the new so-called “culture of dialogue” between the ruling and opposition parties.
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Residents in path of highway seek redress
Hundreds of families in Tbong Khmum province have called on the provincial government to negotiate compensation for land they will lose as part of the construction of huge roads in Sralop commune that will form part of a trans-ASEAN highway.
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Gov’t Says US Ambassador’s Remarks ‘Insolent’
The Foreign Affairs Ministry on Wednesday hit back hard at U.S. Ambassador William Todd over recent comments he made on a controversial draft law that aims to regulate the country’s multimillion dollar NGO sector, calling his remarks “extremely insolent.”
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Teachers Return to Class After Pay Dispute Strike
Lecturers at the the National Institute of Business in Phnom Penh ended a strike Wednesday after the school director agreed to pay more than $30,000 owed to them following a visit from a Labor Ministry official.
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Adhoc Files Complaint Against Siem Reap Court
Rights group Adhoc on Wednesday filed complaints against a Siem Reap Provincial Court deputy prosecutor and an investigating judge over their role in jailing two men who protested against a community group that cleared land in their village.
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Business school professors, staff strike
More than 60 professors and staff members at the National Institute of Business in Phnom Penh went on strike yesterday over bonuses and “irregularities” in the school’s management.
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Senate body probes Licadho land claims
A Senate commission has started an investigation into land disputes in 11 provinces based on data provided to it by local rights group Licadho despite officials publicly denying the group’s findings at the time.
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Fishing ‘slave’ hits screens
It has been two years since Ky Pheakdey returned to his home in Kampot province after three years working without pay on a Taiwanese fishing boat owned by Giant Ocean International.
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Don’t raise civil servant salaries too fast: official
A government official yesterday cautioned against raising the salaries of the country’s civil servants too quickly at a meeting where lawmakers and officials discussed the thinking surrounding the recently announced 2016 national budget.
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CNRP activists’ trial begins
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday began the trial of five opposition activists charged with inciting an insurrection last year following the 2013 general election.
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Freedom Park Protesters Deny ‘Insurrection’
The trial of the 11 opposition activists charged with “joining an insurrection” for their presence at a July 15 protest demanding authorities reopen Phnom Penh’s Freedom Park continued in the Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Tuesday.
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Lecturers Walk Out Over Unpaid Bonuses
Forty lecturers at the National Institute of Business in Phnom Penh went on strike Tuesday, claiming the school director is withholding more than $30,000 owed to them in student fees.
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Land disputants petition lawmakers
Aggrieved residents of Kratie and Preah Vihear provinces yesterday delivered petitions to the National Assembly and Ministry of Interior, asking for intervention in two separate ongoing land disputes.
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All eyes on NGO law: US Ambassador Todd
In a strongly worded article, outgoing US Ambassador William Todd has called on the Cambodian government to properly consider controversial new legislation governing NGOs, trade unions and the internet, a call welcomed by civil society representatives yesterday.
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Government Rejects Petition to Remove Banlung City Governor
Banlung City governor Ouk Sam Ol will not be removed from his position, and an investigation will instead be launched into the veracity of a petition that called for his removal last month, the governor and other officials said Tuesday.
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