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Election watchdogs slam ‘secret’ draft law
The Electoral Reform Alliance has slammed Cambodia’s opposition and ruling parties for their secrecy surrounding a new draft law concerning the country’s National Election Committee.
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Garment Worker Take Protests to Labor Ministry
About 800 garment workers protested in front of the Labor Ministry in Phnom Penh yesterday while another group of striking workers who attacked managers at a factory in Kompong Cham province on Monday stuck to their promise to stop protesting until a meeting with the government later this week.
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Luxury Wood Seized From Kratie military Base
Authorities in kratie province on Saturday night discovered nearly 90 pieces of luxury-grade wood stockpile just outside the Royal Cambodian Armed Force headquarters in Chhlong district, where they believe the timber was being staged for transport to Tbong Khmum province to the south, official said.
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Lawyer claims ruling elite violated human rights with land grab
A British lawyer has asked the International Criminal Court to investigate “widespread and systematic” land grabbing in Cambodia over the past 14 years as a Crime against humanity.
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Anti-Eviction Protest Marks World Habitat Day
More than 1,500 protests from across the country marked U.N. World Habitat Day in Phnom Penh yesterday, marching to demand that the government stop land and house eviction and properly compensate those who have already been evicted.
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Prime Minister Weighs In on Wage Negotiation
Prime Minister Hun Sen warned against a steep and sudden rise to the minimum wage in Cambodia’s crucial garment sector at an investment conference in Phnom Penh yesterday, during which government and business leaders were mostly positive about the impact of Cambodia’s coming intergration with its neighboring in the region.
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MP vows again to settle land disputes
As protestors from some 50 communities marched in the capital to mark World Habitat Day yesterday, a ruling party politician pledged to not only resolve a raft of land disputes but push a policy of “on-site development”- redevelopment that does not remove people from their communities- over mass relocations.
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Postponement finds backers on both sides of garment industry debate
Minister of Labor Ith Sam Heng yesterday postponed his ministry’s labour Advisory Committee’s decision on Cambodia’s garment sector minimum wage from Friday until next month, leaving some optimistic and other dubious.
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Khmer Krom embassy protest enters third day
Hundreds of Khmer Krom protestors marched to the French embassy and the council of minister yesterday, calling for support in their demands for an apology from Vietnam over comments made four months ago by former embassy spokesman.
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PM wants energy price review
Prime Minister Hun Sen has called on His government to review electricity pricing for industrial consumption in a bid to increase Cambodia’s attractiveness as an investment destination.
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Nationalists Renege on Threat to Burn Embassy
Nationalist protestors burned Vietnamese flags, hats and currency in front of the country’s embassy in Phnom Penh yesterday, but did not follow through on their threat to set fire to the embassy, citing a “lack of forces.”
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Spokesman Backtracks on Somaly Mam NGO Ban
Council of Minister spokesman Phay Siphan yesterday backtracked on comments he made last week, when he said that disgraced anti-trafficking activist Somaly Mam would not be allowed to operate another NGO in Cambodia
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Workers Storm Factory, Attack Managers
Thousands of unionists protesting their dismissal clashed with managers at a footwear factory in Kompong Cham province yesterday morning, leaving at least two Taiwanese supervisors with head injuries.
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Pay too low: teachers
Dissatisfied with recent minimal wage hikes, teachers gathered in the capital yesterday to mark World Teacher’s Day with a long reiterated demand: salaries commensurate with living expense.
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Stay in the field, Sokha says
Opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party deputy president Kem Sokha has proposed that new rules be introduced in parliament that would see politicians obliged to spend some time each month working in their constituencies.
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Protesters urge a boycott of Vietnamese products as they seek apology
The latest round of Khmer Krom protests outside the Vietnamese embassy in Phnom Penh kicked off over the weekend. Participants set fire to flags and called for a nationwide boycott of products from the neighboring country, raising fears of violence in the coming days.
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Angry Demonstrators Threaten to Burn Vietnamese Embassy
Protesters still angered by comments made by the Vietnamese Embassy’s former spokesman four months ago resumed their demonstration over the weekend to demand an apology, burning Vietnamese flags and threatening to set fire to the embassy itself.
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Ministry slam Thai army over shooting
The ministry of Foreign Affairs has condemned the Thai military for two separate shooting incidents at the border that left two Cambodians dead and one injured within a 48-hour period.
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Wanted Cambodia-American Man Denies Any Wrongdoing
A Cambodian-American man wanted in Cambodia for allegedly threatening to kill the country’s leaders has defended himself online, denying any wrongdoing and calling on opposition CNRP Vice President Kem Sokha for help.
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Man Arrested With 450 kg of Illegal Rosewood
A coordinated effort by forestry officials in two provinces led to the arrest of a man carrying 450 kg of illegal rosewood in his pickup truck on Saturday in Siem Reap province.
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