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Boeung Kak activist rushed to hospital
An imprisoned Boeung Kak land-rights activist was yesterday rushed to hospital suffering from heart problems, a rights worker said. It came amid renewed calls for authorities to release a group of Boeung Kak activists imprisoned last month, some of whom have been staging a hunger strike in Prey Sar prison. Phan Chhunreth was taken to Khmer-Soviet Friendship Hospital where doctors found her heart was beating unusually slow, making it hard for her to breathe, said Am Sam Ath, technical adviser for rights group Licadho.
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Unlicensed Doctor Charged With Murder In HIV Case
The Battambang Provincial Court on Monday charged the unlicensed doctor accused of spreading HIV to scores of villagers in Roka commune with murder, punishable by life in prison, as well as two health law violations.
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Father Says Land Dispute Possibly Behind Grenade Attack
Following the arrest of a commune chief Thursday for allegedly ordering a grenade attack that killed an 11-year-old boy in Phnom Penh in October, the child’s father said Monady that his family was likely targeted over a land dispute.
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Strikes hit at three locations
Two major roads were blocked yesterday as workers of three garment factories across Cambodia continued strikes sparked by the dismissal of union representatives. In Phnom Penh’s Por Sen Chey district, about 2,000 employees – who went on strike after management fired five Collective Union of Movement of Workers (CUMW) officials last week – blocked National Road 4 at 1pm after a failed sit-down, CUMW vice president Om Leap said.
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CNRP Lawmakers Visit Prisoners on Hunger Strike
Opposition lawmaker Mu Sochua said a group of 10 convicted anti-eviction activists on hunger strike at Phnom Penh’s Prey Sar prison were in a weak state during her visit to the facility Monday.
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Reporters Robbed, Shot at While Covering Crash
A group of journalists who rushed to the scene of a car crash in Phnom Penh on Monday said they were attacked and shot at by the people involved in the accident, who also stole their video cameras and smartphones.
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Thirteen Montagnards Waiting to Apply for Asylum
Interior Ministry officials said Monday that the 13 Montagnard asylum seekers who arrived in Phnom Penh Sunday evening have not yet applied for asylum and will be deported back to Vietnam if they are deemed illegal immigrants after they are questioned.
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Local journalists ‘attacked’ for covering road accident
Six journalists representing four media outlets said yesterday that they were beaten up, shot at and had their equipment destroyed while trying to cover the scene of a traffic accident. The alleged incident occurred just after midnight yesterday at the northern end of the Wat Phnom roundabout in Daun Penh district’s Srah Chak commune.
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Seven years: Conviction in trafficking of the elderly
A broker was sentenced to seven years in prison by the Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday for trafficking five elderly people from Cambodia to Malaysia, where they hoped to work as beggars. Presiding judge Mong Mony Sorphea said that Khay Seng, 57, had been charged by the prosecutor with “unlawful removal for cross-border transfer” under the Law on Suppression of Human Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation.
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Nuon Chea Claims to Have Found Key Khmer Rouge Witness
Nuon Chea’s legal team says it has discovered a never-before-interviewed witness who claims to have been a powerful deputy of Ruos Nhim, the secretary of the Northwest Zone of Democratic Kampuchea who was purged in 1978.
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Three Suspects, Two Still at Large, Tried in Chinese Woman’s Killing
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court tried three men Monday over the brutal murder of a Chinese businesswoman who was found dead on May 3 in the small hat-making factory she ran out of her home in Pur Senchey district.
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Montagnards Reach Phnom Penh
A group of 13 Montagnard asylum seekers who have been hiding from authorities in the forests of Ratanakkiri province for weeks arrived in Phnom Penh last night, according to the U.N.
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Singaporean Firm Cancels Deal to Buy Land at Boeng Kak Lake
Shukaku Inc. and Singapore’s HLH Group have agreed to terminate plans that would have seen HLH pay Shukaku $14.9 million for a 1.35 hectare plot of land in Phnom Penh’s Boeng Kak neighborhood, the scene of some 3,000 forced evictions.
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Concerns renewed: Family of acid attack victim fears reprisal
The family of a pregnant woman doused by acid fear they could be targeted again after the parents of their alleged attackers were released from custody. Luy Sovannaroth, whose wife and 2-year-old daughter were injured in the attack last month, said he was concerned for his family’s safety after Nhe Deng, 56, and his wife Seng Kim Leng, 55, were let go by police in Takeo province’s Kiri Vong district.
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Anti-Eviction Activist, CNRP Lawmaker to Wed Next Year
Well-known anti-eviction activist Yorm Bopha and opposition lawmaker Real Camerin announced their plans to get married next year at an engagement ceremony in Phnom Penh on Saturday.
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Officials Say Areng Dam Study Under Way; Consultant Denies It
Military and government officials in Koh Kong province Sunday confirmed reports that employees of a private company were in the area to assess the environmental impacts of a proposed hydropower dam opposed by locals, though the company denied it.
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Lawmaker and activist to tie knot
Prominent Boeung Kak lake land rights activist Yorm Bopha is engaged to opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party lawmaker Real Camerin, though her upcoming wedding will not put an end to her activism, she said yesterday. Despite what she characterised as the concerns of some members of the community that she would put her protesting days behind her, Bopha promised to keep organising demonstrations on behalf of the 11 jailed monks, Boeung Kak activists and supporters who were arrested and convicted over a roadblock on Monivong Boulevard and subsequent protests.
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Forum’s aims diverse
About 1,000 people set against proposed laws on internet usage, labour unions and agriculture descended upon Phnom Penh’s Freedom Park for a forum yesterday. Among speakers at the rally was So Sorthy of the Cambodian Center for Independent Media. The draft cybercrime law was written without imput of civil society, and diminishes the ability to share information and organise via social media in Cambodia, he said. “If the law is adopted [in its current form], people will be criminally charged just for sharing, posting or expressing ideas online,” Sorthy said.
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Poipet Cart-Pullers Protest Increase in Unofficial Fees
More than 100 handcart-pullers who transport goods back and forth across the Cambodia-Thai border protested in Poipet City on Sunday, claiming that customs officials had recently doubled the unofficial fees they demand, local officials said.
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‘AIDS family’ grasps for hope
In Battambang's Sangke district, the outbreak that has seen more than 100 people test positive for HIV has devastated a community. And for one family, the pain has been intensified by the sheer number of those infected – 15 out of a possible 16 have tested positive. “It’s just unbelievable,” said Chhay Yav, 78, who herself has contracted HIV. “I am old, it is OK. But I pity my grandchildren; some of them are 6 months old, 2 years old, 18 years old.”
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