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Read More Tourism Ministry Denies South Korean TV’s Misleading Scam Operation Broadcast
The Tourism Ministry echoed the National Police in denying a misleading report by a South Korean media outlet which alleged that Koreans and other foreigners were trafficked and forced to work in online scam operations. The ministry was concerned about the impact of the report on international tourists visiting Cambodia.
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Read More 7 Indian nationals who fell victims to Cambodia job scam to reach home today
Seven youths, hailing from Maniyoor near Vadakara, who are victims of a job scam in Cambodia are on their way back home. They managed to escape illegal detention and took refuge at the Indian embassy.
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Read More GBV Safe App: New tool leads fight against gender-based violence
In a groundbreaking initiative to combat gender-based violence (GBV) across Cambodia, the UN Population Fund (UNFPA), with funding from the Wesley Zaidan Foundation, has partnered with the Ministry of Women’s Affairs and Child Helpline Cambodia (CHC) to launch the “GBV Safe App – (Our Safety App)”. The mobile application, designed to offer critical resources and support services to women and girls experiencing harassment, abuse or violence, will officially launch on November 25, marking the beginning of the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence campaign.
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Read More Mech Dara’s Lawyer Requests Court To Return His Belongings
Award-winning journalist Mech Dara’s lawyer, Duch Piseth, filed a request at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court on October 28 to retrieve Dara’s possessions following his release on bail last week. Piseth told CamboJA News that he hopes the court will consider returning his client’s personal belongings such as his wallet with his national ID card, ATM card, money and two smartphones.
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Read More 1,000 Foreign Workers Found in Raid on Suspected Kampong Speu Scam Compound
Around 1000 foreign nationals, mainly Chinese and Koreans, were detained by the National Police following a raid on a housing complex in Kampong Speu province, which prior reports have linked to suspected scam operations. The October 24 raid came a day after a South Korean news outlet published an investigative report identifying the Kampong Speu compound, known as Mango Park, as a cyber-scam hub trafficking Korean to scam other and allegedly colluding with local law enforcement.
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Read More Villagers Questioned Over Failure to Obtain Permission for Paris Peace Agreements Celebration
Nine villagers and a monk were questioned by police and allowed to return home after signing a contract related to the dissemination of Paris Peace Agreements’ information in Kampot province. A civil society group noted that the space for freedom of expression and to assemble has tightened. Approximately 10 villagers, including a monk, gathered at a public park to mark the 33rd Paris Peace Agreements on Wednesday, in Kampot city.
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Read More Cambodian journalist freed on bail after apologising for 'harmful' posts
Oct 24 (Reuters) - An award-winning Cambodian journalist who was arrested on charges of inciting social unrest was freed on bail on Thursday, a day after the government released a video of the investigative reporter apologising. Mech Dara, who is known for exposing corruption and human trafficking, had been held in pre-trial detention since Oct. 1, and faces up to two years in prison. His arrest drew concern from rights groups and the U.S. government.
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Read More Journalist who exposed Cambodia’s scam industry released by authorities
Mech Dara, one of Cambodia’s most prominent journalists, known for exposing the country’s billion-dollar scam industry, has been released on bail after a video of him apologising to the country’s leaders appeared in pro-government media. Dara was arrested last month while travelling with his family, and charged with incitement over social media posts. On Wednesday a government-friendly site published a video of Dara, wearing a prison uniform, apologising and asking for forgiveness for various social media posts. He had been held in a cramped cell with more than a hundred inmates for more than three weeks.
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Read More U.S. Pledges $38M, New Programs for Cambodia
Today in Phnom Penh, Administrator Samantha Power announced new investment and support for the Cambodian people through a rage of new and expanded U.S. activities in food security, the environment, civil society, media, and labor. Cambodia remains an essential partner to the United States as we work to achieve a shared vision for a free and open, prosperous, and secure Indo-Pacific region.
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Read More Cambodian journalist who exposed cyberscams released on bail
Mech Dara, an award-winning Cambodian journalist who was arrested and charged with incitement earlier this month, has been released on bail. Mr Dara, who has reported for the BBC, was released after a pro-government news outlet published a prison video of him asking the country's leader for forgiveness. Mr Dara was charged on 1 October over accusations that five social media posts cloud "incite social unrest". and "false" posts about a rock quarry on a scared mountain.
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Read More Cambodia cracks down on illegal international surrogacy as demand remains high
Once a hub for affordable surrogacy following restrictions in neighbouring countries, Cambodia is trying to curb the practice because of human trafficking concerns. Commercial surrogacy is a highly popular service around the world-but as countries crack down on the potential for exploitation, it is becoming steadily harder of prospective parents to pursue.
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Read More Cambodia’s once-massive national park continues to lose its forest
One of Cambodia's largest protected areas, Botum Sakor National Park, continues to lose tree cover, recent satellite data show. Officially designated as a national park in 1993, Botum Sakor initially covered more than 182,00 hectares (450,000 acres) of evergreen, semi-evergreen and mangrove forests. Older surveys form the 1990s and 2000s show that the park was historically home to numerous wildlife, including the critically endangered Sunda pangolin (Manis javanica), and the pileated gibbon(Hylobates pileatus).
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Read More Apology video of Cambodian journalist released after court questioning
A media outlet friendly to the Cambodian government on Wednesday published a video of jailed journalist Mech Dara apologizing for his social media posts and asking for forgiveness after the award-winning reporter was brought to court for five hours of questioning. Fresh News posted the one-minute video, as well as two handwritten letters. Radio Free Asia cannot independently verify when the video was shot or whether Dara was forced to make the filmed and written apologies. The apology came after Dara was brought to the Phnom Penh Municipal Court.
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Read More US announces over $17M for new initiatives to improve the health of Cambodian people
Administrator Power announced new US initiatives to support the health and well-being of the Cambodian people. "First, Administrator Power announced a new five-year program to bolster Cambodia's fight against tuberculosis (TB), a disease which claims thousands of lives in Cambodia every year. This will be USAID's Community Mobilization Initiatives to End Tuberculosis 2 (COMMIT 2) program will be implemented by KHANA, the Khmer HIV/AIDs NGO Alliance," according to the press release on Tuesday (Oct 22).
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Read More International NGOs Urge World Bank to Condemn Cambodian Government’s Alleged Harassment of Two Local NGOs
The International Federation for Human Rights (IFHR) called on World Bank president Ajay Banga to condemn the Cambodian government’s alleged assault on human rights groups, including reprisals against World Bank project stakeholders. However, government spokesperson Pen Bona countered that calls made by international groups to pressure governments are “outdated”, and that they should not interfere in Cambodia’s affairs, which is an independent and sovereign state.
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Read More Journalist Mech Dara Apologizes to Government, Asks For Incitement Case to Be Dropped
Mech Dara released a video apologizing to Senate President Hun Sen and Prime Minister Hun Manet for his alleged mistake in posting "fake news". The apology came after he was taken to the Phnom Penh Municipal Court for a second questioning by the judge on the afternoon of October 23 amid USAID head Samantha Power's visit to Cambodia. In the apology letter, Dara admitted to posting "fake news five times". He also asked for his case to be dropped. The apology video was released by local media Fresh News at 8.41 p.m, following six hour of questioning by the judge from 2 p.m to 7p.m.
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Read More Cambodian and Thai Authorities Investigate Surrogacy Case As Filipino Surrogate Mothers Are Detained Until Delivery
Cambodian police are working with Thai police to investigate the case involving 13 pregnant Filipino women, alleged to be surrogate mothers, according to National Police spokesperson Chhay Kim Khoeun. He said the women have been charged under Article 13 and 14 of Cambodia’s Law on the Suppression of Human Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation.
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Read More Cambodian solar firms no longer cooperating with US tariff probe
Two Cambodia solar companies will no longer cooperate with a U.S. trade investigation into allegations they are flooding the market with panels priced below their cost of production, according to document filed with the Department of Commerce. Solar Long and Hounen Solar, in separate letters dated Oct.15, said through a U.S. attorney that they were no longer able to dedicate resources to the antidumping probe.
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Read More Cambodia slams foreign media claims on scam centres
Touch Sokhak, spokesman for the Ministry of Interior, dismissed the allegation against Cambodia regarding the growth of scam centres in Cambodia. The denial was made yesterday following the broadcasting of a so-called "undercover" Video, revealed by Sky News, a foreign media outlet, on Friday, showing the inside of a scam centre in Cambodia.
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Read More Chea Mony: Leader of Cambodia's new opposition party
The former union leader is brother of a labor organizer gunned down in 2004. It was in his first job as a teacher 30 years ago that Chea Mony, who last month became head of Cambodia’s newest opposition party, got involved in activism. Together with another young math teacher, Rong Chhun — who later became a prominent labor activist — they formed a teachers' union to combat what they viewed as injustices at the school. “We were called ‘democratic teachers,’” Chea Mony, 55, told Radio Free Asia in an interview.
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