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Military police accused of 'excessive' force at traffic stop
National military police are launching an investigation into units in Tbong Khmum and Prey Veng provinces, following an incident in which authorities shot at, arrested and allegedly tortured two men transporting rice along National Road 11, military police spokesman Kheng Tito said yesterday.
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Summons rejected by activist pagoda
Residents of the dissident Samaki Rainsy pagoda in the capital have rejected a summons from Phnom Penh Municipal Court for Abbot Thach Hasam Ang and four monks to appear this week on charges of violence and defamation. Hasam Ang could not be reached yesterday, but Thach Saray, who is acting abbot while Hasam Ang is away on business in France, said that the monks at the pagoda had unanimously decided to return the summons letter to the court.
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Acid Attack Victim Dies; Court Official Seeks Murder Charge
A woman who suffered severe burns to her face and body in an acid attack at the hands of a jealous wife died of her injuries at Phnom Penh’s Calmette Hospital on Saturday, according to her father.
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Police unit formed for child murders
Police are searching for suspects in the kidnap and murder of an 8-year-old Vietnamese girl whose decomposing body was discovered in Svay Rieng province last week. Keung Khhorn, provincial chief of police, said the authorities believe the girl was killed in Vietnam and her body dumped on the Cambodian side of the border after the child’s mother could not come up with a $300 ransom.
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Short film highlights dark side of Cambodia dam project
A new documentary hopes to highlight the plight of remote Cambodian villagers as they strive to combat the construction of a dam. The 17-minute film highlights an ethnic minority in the northern province of Stung Treng as it fights alongside rights and environmental groups to stop the Lower Sesan II dam project, which was given the green light July 2, 2012. The villagers say its completion would have a devastating affect on their livelihoods, 39,000 hectares of forest, ecosystems and biodiversity in the region.
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World Vision and other aid agencies reject Australia's refugee deal with Cambodia
International aid agencies based in Cambodia have rejected the Abbott government's resettlement deal, saying it is not appropriate for a country that has been accused of human rights abuses and has no refugee resettlement experience. Fairfax Media understands immigration officials Greg Kelly and Pilar Davidson, based in the Australian embassy, visited a number of non-government agencies after the Abbott government offered $40 million in development aid to Cambodia in return for a refugee resettlement deal in September last year.
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Borei Keila Evictees Denounce ‘Resolutions’
City Hall announced Friday that the vast majority of remaining evictees from Phnom Penh’s Borei Keila neighborhood—who were left landless after a development firm failed to provide adequate housing for hundreds in the community—will not be rehoused in the area.
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Cambodia’s Women Bloggers (Cloghers) Document Challenges of Rural Life
Rural voices in Cambodia are often left unheard in cyberspace. Thanks to the work of the Cambodian Center of Human Rights (CCHR), a new project has been training and supporting new female bloggers hailing from rural communities across the country, where they can learn to tell their story online. These young people's university studies brought them to the capital city of Phnom Penh, enabling them to access this opportunity and connect with others with similar backgrounds and experiences.
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Food Safety Law Being Drafted by Government
The government is drafting a new food safety law in an effort to better protect consumers, a Health Ministry spokesman Friday. Ly Sovan, director of the Health Ministry’s communicable disease control department, said that officials from several government ministries were working on draft legislation. “There are legal documents, principles and policies that cover food safety already but we don’t have a law that is sufficiently strong,” Mr. Sovan said.
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Michelle Obama talks education for girls
A message of empowerment marked Michelle Obama’s historic visit to Siem Reap on Saturday, as the first lady of the United States aimed to advance her Let Girls Learn initiative in a country where females still face significant disadvantages in education. Obama arrived in the Kingdom on Friday night, and spent her Saturday meeting with high school students and Peace Corps volunteers before capping off her journey with a tour of the Angkor Wat temple complex.
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Minister Says Minorities Should Rely Less on Forests
Environment Minister Say Sam Al on Friday pledged to protect the culture of Cambodia’s indigenous minorities, before going on to say that those groups need to learn to survive without relying on the forests they have depended on for centuries. Presiding over the launch of a new initiative—led by the NGO Save Cambodia’s Wildlife—to protect Virachey National Park and Lumphat Wildlife Sanctuary, Mr. Sam Al first attempted to placate a group of about 30 indigenous people who had traveled to
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Preah Sihanouk Court Evicts Scores of Villagers
Workers demolished 62 houses in Preah Sihanouk province’s Stung Hav district Thursday and evicted about 70 residents after the provincial court decided to act on a long-standing ruling that deemed the families to be living on the land illegally, an official and a rights worker said. Provincial court director Mong Mony Chakrya said Thursday that he ordered 30 workers, accompanied by about 100 police and military police officers, to implement the court’s decision to evict the members of the O’Domrey community in O’Tres commune.
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Michelle Obama, Tell the President to Forgive Cambodia’s Debt
The White House says the U.S. is committed to being more involved in the Asia-Pacific region. This week, Michelle Obama will make a historic solo visit to Cambodia—the first sitting U.S. first lady to visit the country.
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Court Delays Trial Due to Lack Of A/C, Denies Bail to Woman
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Thursday delayed the trial of a woman whose family has been locked in a lengthy land dispute with real estate tycoon Khun Sear because the air conditioning in the courtroom was not working, a decision that was followed by denying the woman bail.
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Mob Violence Leads to Two Deaths in Separate Incidents
A 200-strong mob beat a 30-year-old man to death in Phnom Penh’s Pur Senchey district on Wednesday night after locals saw him steal a phone and a wallet, police said Thursday. The incident came a day after more than 20 construction workers fatally beat a man in Mondolkiri province after the wife of one of the laborers accused him of rape.
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Teenager Admits Raping Two Young Girls, Police Say
A teenage boy accused of raping two young girls on numerous occasions in Stung Treng province on Thursday confessed to the attacks, according to police, who are awaiting the examination results of several other alleged victims. Duong Sivutha, chief of the provincial police’s serious crimes bureau, said the suspect—who was arrested Wednesday in Thala Barivat district after the parents of alleged victims filed complaints earlier that day—admitted to the crimes under questioning at the provincial police station.
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Special Police Team to Probe Violence in Sihanoukville
Deputy Prime Minister Sar Kheng has sent a team of high-ranking Interior Ministry officials to investigate the recent spike in violent crimes involving foreigners in Sihanoukville, the ministry’s spokesman said Thursday. General Khieu Sopheak was guarded when asked about details of the mission, but said national-level officials would keep the increasingly volatile situation in the seaside city under control.
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Assembly Passes New Election Laws
The National Assembly on Thursday unanimously approved the country’s two new election laws, paving the way for the new bipartisan National Election Committee (NEC) to be established before the Khmer New Year in mid-April. After seven months of talks to draft the law to create the NEC and to amend the existing national election law, 103 of the country’s 123 lawmakers attended a special session of parliament Thursday to vote on the laws.
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Controversial Election Laws to Be Passed Without Amendments
National Assembly spokesman Chheang Vun said Wednesday that bipartisan support for the country’s two new election laws would ensure they are passed with little debate by the parliament today, despite substantial public concern about their content. Civil society groups have slammed provisions in the new laws, including hefty fines for NGOs that do not maintain political “neutrality” and for election booth observers who “disturb” election officials.
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Cambodia passes strict poll laws criticized by U.S., rights groups
(Reuters) - Cambodia's parliament passed two controversial new election laws on Thursday that have drawn criticism from rights groups and the United States for limiting oversight and stifling freedom of speech during campaign periods. The laws are part of a political deal struck last year between the ruling Cambodian People's Party (CPP) and the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) to end a tense standoff over a disputed 2013 poll.
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