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Kompong Chhang fisherman charged in murder of journalist
Fisherman was charged with murder by Kampong Chhnang provincial court for his alleged involvement in the deadly January beating of a local reporter who covered illegal fishing in the area, the second such charge to be laid in as many days in the slaying of Cambodian journalists.
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Call flow for dam to be canned
Ahead of a national consultation meeting about Laos’s Don Sahong hydropower edam later this week, communities that will be affected by the project have Made their opinion clear: suspend the dam.
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Police Recount Killer’s Confession in Slaying of Journalist
The three men arrested for the murder 0f 49-year-old journalist Taing Try in Kratie province on Sunday morning confessed to murdering the reporter after he threatened to tell authorities about their illegal logging activities, a police official said.
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Labor minister to face Lawmakers’ question
Labor minister Ith Sam Heng has agreed to appear before lawmakers today to answer questions about ongoing minimum wage negotiation for garment workers, a controversial draft union law and other pressing labor issues, according to the opposition CNRP.
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Shihanoukville villagers block road in land dispute protest
About 300 villagers from 10 communities in Preah Sihanouk province blocked a road in front of the provincial hall for more than two hours yesterday demanding intervention in their land dispute.
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Three to court in journo murder
Police in Kratie province yesterday filed preliminary charges against three members of security forces implicated in the murder of local journalist Taing Try, who was gunned down in the province’s Snoul district early on Sunday morning.
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City Bus drivers quit after wage dispute goes unsolved
Ten employees of Phnom Penh’s struggling bus service resigned yesterday while about 30 went back to work after a weekend protest over unpaid wage failed to sway the bus company’s stance on the matter.
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End impunity for PM’s cousin, Lawyer insists
The lawyer of a 70-year-old widow whose land was stolen by a cousin of Prime Minister Hun Sen, Dy Proem, has filed a letter to the National Assembly human rights committee asking the body to help speed up the long-stalled case.
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Union leaders given audience in parliament
Union leaders stated their case for a minimum wage increase and made threats to strike if their demands are not met- during unprecedented meeting with ruling and opposition lawmakers at the National Assembly yesterday.
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Unionists summoned over factory strike
Five union representatives have been summoned to appear in court later this month for questioning following a clash between workers and managers at a factory in Kompong Cham province last week that left three supervisors injured.
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One missing, Four Injured after shooting at Thai Border
Thai soldiers shot and seriously injured at least four illegal loggers who crossed into Thailand from Oddar Meanchey province’s Trapaing Prasat district last week, a rights worker said yesterday.
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Anti-Corruption Unit May Monitor Gift-Giving by the Elite
The Anti-Corruption Unit of Friday said it may soon start to monitor the often extravagant gift-giving that goes on among the country’s business and political elite at weddings, birthdays and ceremonies.
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Garment Workers march in push for high wage
More than 1,000 garment workers gathered in Phnom Penh and marched through the city center yesterday demanding a “decent wage” from their factories, the largest garment-sector demonstration in the capital since military police fatally suppressed a protest for higher wages in January.
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Journalist killed in Kratie
A journalist was fatally shot early yesterday morning in Kratie province while investigating illegal logging near the border with Modulkiri province, leading police to detain four people for questioning yesterday afternoon.
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Thousand Rally over wage
Some 2,000 unionists supporting an increase in the monthly minimum wage to $177 in Cambodia’s garment sector marched to several embassies yesterday and set up a meeting between labor leaders and parliamentarians at the National Assembly this morning.
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Journalist investigating illegal logging shot dead
A 49-year-old journalist reportedly investigating illegal logging in Kratie province was shot dead early yesterday morning.
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Bus drivers protest against municipal Gov’t over unpaid wages
About 40 drivers from Phnom Penh’s beleaguered bus service protested outside the Night Market on Saturday because they were not paid their promised wages last month, drivers said yesterday.
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Hun Sen Tells king that Buddhist institute’s land not for sale
Government denials over the rumored development of the Buddhist Institute have reached the highest level, with the prime minister penning a letter to the king to assure him the land is not for sale.
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ICC case must be investigated
The president of an international umbrella group of liberal political parties has lent his support to recent International Criminal Court complaint asserting the Cambodian government and government-connected elites are guilty of crime against humanity for their involvement in widespread and systematic land grabbing.
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Rights Group claim continued harassment in Oddar Meanchey
NGO workers interviewing evictees in Oddar Meanchey province said police pulled their car over without cause on Saturday and tried to seize one of their camera, third reported their harassing the group’s staff in the past month.
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