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59 trafficked fishermen finally back in Kingdom
The first group of Cambodian fishermen recently rescued from Indonesia arrived safely in their home country yesterday after enduring years of forced labour and abysmal living conditions.
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ACU accuses district official of corruption
The deputy governor of the capital’s Meanchey district, Hiek Chan Leang, is under investigation for alleged bribery in construction contracting, the head of the anti-corruption body revealed yesterday.
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Villagers fence off disputed land
Eighty villagers representing 384 families in Rattanakri’s Andong Meas district yesterday stopped a Vietnamese company from clearing a contested segment of protected forest by building a fence and detaining four bulldozers, according to local representatives.
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Rescued Slaves to Return From Indonesia Today
With 59 trafficked Cambodian fishermen who were rescued from the Indonesian island of Benjina due to return home on Monday, Cambodian Embassy officials in Jakarta are preparing to visit the island to verify the identities of 36 others who remain stranded there.
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Police Seeking Man Accused of Raping 11-Year-Old
Police in Pursat province are searching for a man accused of raping an 11-year-old girl in Pursat City on Saturday, officials said Sunday.
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Activist Monk Booted Out of Pagoda in Phnom Penh
The head monks at Phnom Penh’s Stung Meanchey pagoda on Sunday voted to kick out activist monk Soeung Hai, who was defrocked and jailed for participating in a protest in November and returned to the pagoda following his release last month.
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Dengue cases up: gov’t
A report released last week by the National Center for Parasitology, Entomology and Malaria Control (CNM) reports 502 cases of dengue fever in the first 16 weeks of 2015, a 67 per cent increase from the same period last year.
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National Police Newspaper to Launch First Issue on Saturday
The National Police will launch its own 12-page color daily newspaper on Saturday, its editor-in-chief said Sunday, with the first issue marking 70 years since a national police force was created under Japanese occupation.
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Court Seeking Identity of Rosewood-Smuggling RCAF Soldier
The Kompong Thom Provincial Court is attempting to identify a Royal Cambodian Armed Forces official who escaped from military police after crashing a truckload of luxury wood into a parked vehicle on Friday night, local authorities said Sunday.
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Corruption probe to investigate forestry officials, own staff
Forestry officials in Kampong Thom province are to be the subject of a corruption probe into alleged bribery of anti-corruption officials, according to a letter published by Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) chief Om Yentieng. The allegations centre around claims made anonymously to the ACU by villagers in Santuk district that Forestry Administration officials in the province have paid anti-corruption investigators to look the other way when claims of graft are levelled against them.
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Sugar company pulls out
Asia's largest sugar producer, Thailand’s Mitr Phol Sugar Corporation, has withdrawn from its three plantations in Oddar Meanchey province following years of criticism over alleged illegalities and human rights abuses at the concessions, a development watchdog has said.
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Villagers halt workers in land dispute
Ethnic Lao villagers living in Rattanakiri’s Lumphat district have prohibited 30 workers with the Hang Anh Lumphat company from planting oil palm on disputed territory. Yesterday, more than 10 village residents and security guards halted the Vietnamese company from moving forward with their planting plans, despite the fact that the company cleared the land months ago.
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Gov’t pledges to fix higher-ed sector
In line with its wider reform agenda, the Education Ministry has begun making long-needed changes to higher education, aiming to reduce mismatches between graduates’ skills and employer requirements, increase program quality and ensure the Kingdom’s system is up to international standards by 2030.
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Workers seek recruiter fees
Kan Sichan was desperate to work in Japan, so much so that she borrowed $400 to pay a recruitment agency to send her there. But, months later, her dream still hasn’t materialised.
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More than 120 homes destroyed by storm
A rainstorm razed around 120 houses in Banteay Meanchey’s Thma Puok district’s Phoum Thmey and Kouk Romiet communes on Wednesday, and damaged a market and a school in the area, local authorities confirmed.
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Unionists ‘detained’ by authorities in Bavet
Police in Svay Rieng province yesterday stopped and allegedly detained more than 10 striking workers and union activists who were on their way to Phnom Penh to seek intervention from national labour officials.
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Recruitment Agencies Dupe Clients Out of $80K
Two labor recruitment agencies duped 201 workers out of about $80,000 by promising to find them employment in Japan and then disappearing with the cash, rights group Adhoc said at a press conference in Phnom Penh with some of the workers Thursday.
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Man Gets Two Years for Sexually Abusing Three Boys
A 50-year-old man was on Thursday sentenced to two years in prison for sexually abusing three boys between the ages of nine and 14, according to lawyers for the victims and the perpetrator.
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Ministry Promises Punishment For Judges Who Act Arbitrarily
A spokesman for the Ministry of Justice said Thursday that the Supreme Council of Magistracy, which is in charge of personnel in the country’s courts, would punish judges found to be making arbitrary decisions, following a speech by the justice minister earlier this week.
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Amid Safety Risks After Riverbank Collapse, Families Move Out
Ten families living along the Tonle Sap river in Phnom Penh have fled their homes out of concern for their safety after a section of the riverbank collapsed on Sunday, causing five stilt houses to fall into the water.
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