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Police Search for Five More Montagnards In Ratanakkiri
Two weeks after a group of 13 Montagnard asylum seekers arrived in Phnom Penh to apply for refugee status, police said Sunday that they were searching for another five members who crossed into Ratanakkiri province on Saturday.
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After Montagnards, threats
After blocking a UN team from meeting with a group of Montagnard asylum seekers and threatening to arrest and deport those refugees last month, a Ratanakkiri official ended his year by threatening villagers.
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Rainsy called out on Areng
Activists protesting against the impending construction of the Stung Cheay Areng Hydropower Dam in Koh Kong province have given opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party president Sam Rainsy an ultimatum: show us proof the project will not proceed or we will take to the streets of Phnom Penh.
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Hun Sen Lauds Government for ‘Huge Achievements’ in 2014
In a New Year’s message to the nation, Prime Minister Hun Sen praised his government for its “huge achievements” in keeping the country peaceful and prosperous in 2014.
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Meeting Between Angry Villagers, Local Gov’t a Bust
Representatives of some 400 ethnic Kuoy villagers in Preah Vihear province, who on Monday detained a pair of bulldozer drivers employed on a Chinese sugarcane plantation, met Wednesday with local officials to request that they stop the company from clearing their ancestral farmland, but authorities said they were powerless to stop the firm.
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Acid charity downsizing further
The only organisation working solely with acid-attack survivors will further scale down its operations in Cambodia and cut several of its services from today. Citing an 83 per cent fall in acid attack victims since 2010, the Cambodian Acid Survivors Charity (CASC) will cut its legal unit, social work activities, its acid burns survivors support group and Bags by Acid Burns Survivors program.
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Rui Feng firm under fire again
One day after hostages were briefly detained in a Preah Vihear province land dispute with Chinese concessionaire Rui Feng International, another protest has flared up against the company in a nearby commune over the demarcation of contested property.
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In memoriam: Shootings to be marked by unions, CNRP
About 100 unionists and Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) members are to hold a gathering on Sunday in front of the Canadia Industrial Park on Veng Sreng Boulevard, a year after military officials shot dead five protesters.
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Border tensions brewing
Tensions are brewing once again on the Cambodia-Thailand border as controversial construction work has led the neighbouring country to bolster its forces, raising fears of renewed clashes in 2015, military and government officials said yesterday.
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Land title figures released, disputed
The Ministry of Land Management has given out 3.8 million land titles to Cambodian citizens from 1989 until November this year, according to a statement released on December 22 and obtained by the Post yesterday.
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Villagers hold company drivers over land dispute
Ethnic Kuoy villagers, who are feuding with two Chinese companies in Preah Vihear province’s Tbeng Meanchey district, held two drivers from the firms overnight but released them on the promise of negotiations. The group made their move on Monday afternoon. “The companies clear thousands of resin trees and about 10,000 hectares of their [own] farmland already.
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Victim’s family seeking money
As Phnom Penh prepares to welcome in the New Year with a firework display tonight, the family of a man killed in a tragic explosion earlier this year has pleaded with Prime Minister Hun Sen to give them greater financial support. University student Na Kry Daro, 22, was killed in October when fireworks set up by soldiers in the capital misfired during celebrations to mark the 10th anniversary of King Norodom Sihamoni’s coronation.
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Preah Vihear Farmers Hijack Bulldozers, Take Drivers Hostage
Several hundred ethnic Kuoy villagers in a land dispute with a Chinese sugarcane plantation in Preah Vihear province have seized a pair of the firm’s bulldozers that were being used to clear their farms and are holding the two drivers hostage.
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Areng villagers block dam assessment team
Villagers entered into a tense stand-off with representatives of a company hired to study the potential environmental impact of the Stung Cheay Areng dam in Koh Kong province yesterday, according to an activist. Two representatives of Sawac Consultants for Development attempted to access the valley yesterday morning, but were blocked by villagers who asked that they leave, Alex Gonzalez-Davidson, the founder of local NGO Mother Nature, said yesterday.
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Labour strikes plunge in 2014
Strikes in 2014 plummeted by nearly half compared with the year before, leading some to surmise that dialogue between factories and unions had improved, while at least one advocacy group suggested it was intimidation that kept workers from picket lines. In a speech yesterday, Prak Chanthoeun, chief of the Ministry of Labour’s Committee for the Settlement of Strikes and Demonstrations, said 276 strikes occurred this year, a steep decline from the Ministry of Interior’s tally of 418 in 2013.
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Officials Hand Donations to Somaly Mam’s NGO
As disgraced anti-trafficking activist Somaly Mam steps up efforts to attract international funding for her flailing NGO Afesip, she continues to have prominent supporters in the Cambodian government—including the prime minister.
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Appeal Court Hears Defrocked Monks’ Bail Request
The Appeal Court held a bail hearing Tuesday for a pair of defrocked monks charged with participating in a criminal association, following their arrest last month while carrying bags filled with flags to a planned protest march.
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CNRP Expels Kem Sokha Aide Over Graft Claim
The personal assistant to CNRP Vice President Kem Sokha who on Saturday accused opposition leader Sam Rainsy of being involved in massive corruption was expelled from the opposition party Tuesday.
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Cement factory strikers eye binding agreement
Employees at a Kampot province cement factory yesterday hit the pause button on a strike when the company’s general manager agreed to meet with workers. Discontent at the Chinese-owned Chakrey Ting Cement factory has existed among Cambodian employees for some time. Policies that require sick Cambodian employees to seek their own medical care while the factory pays for the medical care of Chinese employees have not sat well with some, said In Channy, a security guard.
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Flag-bearing monks make case for bail
Two monks arrested while carrying flags to offer land dispute protesters at the Samaki Rainsy pagoda in November had their request for bail heard at the Appeal Court yesterday. Though the hearing was closed to the public, Sam Sokunthear, who represents Khith Vannak and Sang Kosal, said outside the courtroom that she had asked the court to let the two out under court supervision due to their poor health.
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