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Workers Protest Against ‘insulting’ Mannequins
About 500 striking workers from the Y&W garment factory in Phnom Penh’s Dangkao district yesterday destroyed potted mannequins dressed in military uniform outside the facility to mark China’s National Day.
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Rainsy says PM assures him construction on dam won’t start soon
Prime Minister Hun Sen has reportedly said the Chinese firm contracted to build the controversial Stung Chay Areng hydropower dam will not be allowed to start construction in the near future.
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Nauru staffer condemns Aus
A former mental health worker at Australia’s detention center on the island nation of Nauru has condemned Canberra’s policies towards asylum seekers following the allegation of sexual abuse and an outbreak of self-harm and attempted suicide at the facility since inmates there were told they would be resettled in Cambodia.
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Angry Evictees Throw ‘Blood Money’ at ANZ Headquarters
Villagers from Kompong Speu province protested for a second day in front of the Phnom Penh headquarter of ANZ Royal Bank yesterday, smearing the building’s exterior with red-paint handprints after lender once again refused to help them resolve their land dispute with a sugar plantation it helped finance.
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Lor Peang Villagers Questioned in KDC Case
Days after the National Assembly’s bipartisan Human Rights Commission visited the site of a land dispute between families in Kompong Chhang province and a private development firm, the Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday questioned two villagers over complaint they filed against the company.
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Gov’t says no to calls to raise minimum income tax level
Despite calls from factory representatives and unions to review the minimum threshold for income tax, the General Department of Taxation said yesterday it would stick to the $125 tax-free limit.
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Unions unite across ideologies
Independent garment unions have experienced unprecedented cooperation from pro-government sector minimum wage talks this year, but some unionists and observers fear the congenially is only for show.
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Jailed Former Police Chief Takes Claims to Supreme Court
The Supreme Court yesterday began a three-day hearing to re-examine a trio of cases involving disgraced former Phnom Penh police chief Heng Pov, who was convicted of a slew of crimes by the Phnom Penh Municipal Court and is currently serving a 98-year prison sentence.
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Cambodian and Thai Soldiers Injured During Border Shooting
A Royal Cambodian Armed Forces soldier and a Thai counterpart Were injured Monday in a shoot-out near the Ang Sar border checkpoint in Preah Vihear province, according to military official, marking the first exchange of fire between the two countries since the Thai military ousted the elected government in May.
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Hacker Found Guilty, Freed, Ordered to Work For Government
Two Cambodia hackers who once sought to topple the government by infiltrating its website to reveal sensitive information were yesterday handed a suspended sentence, released from prison and ordered to work for the interior ministry, according to their attorney and ministry official.
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Soldier shot on border
One Cambodian soldier was shot three times and a Thai soldier was reportedly injured in a brief exchanged of gunfire on the Cambodia-Thai border in the vicinity of Preah Vihear temple on Monday, military officials said yesterday.
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Hackers cut deal to work for gov’t
Two members of hacktivist group Anonymous Cambodia convicted of computer hacking yesterday will be spared further jail time. Instead, they have been ordered to put their “excellent” IT skills to use combatting cybercrime in the Ministry of Interior.
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Areng Dam a boon: ministry
The ministry of Mines and Energy has denied that the proposed Stung Cheay Areng hydropower dam in Koh Kong province will have as wide-ranging environmental and social impacts as pre-directed by activists, saying that the forests will be replaced by ecotourism resorts.
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Child Laborer Injured Rife
Over 85 per cent of child domestic workers in Phnom Penh are injured in the course of their employment, research into child labor released yesterday revealed.
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Monk Trio to Be Banned From Pagoda for Anti-gov’t Activism
Three activist monks are to be expelled for Wat Changkran Taprohm in Phnom Penh after involving the ire of senior monks with their anti-government activities and courting of the press.
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CNRP Councilor Arrested Over Alleged Role in July Street Brawl
A CNRP councilor in CHbar Smpov district is being held in Prey Sar prison after being arrested by police yesterday for his alleged role in an opposition protest in July that turned violent, according to police.
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Despite ELC Ban, Minister Talks of New Land Deals
Two-and-a-half years after Prime Minister Hun Sen imposed a freeze on granting of economic land concessions (ELCs), Environment Minister Say Sam Al yesterday appeared to leave the door open to the government giving more companies access to the often-controversial land holdings.
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Chea, Samphan appeal verdicts
The Noun Chea and Khieu Samphan defence teams fomally appealed the verdict in th recently wrapped Case 002/01 at the Khmer Rouge tribunal yesterday, with each laying out myriad grievances with lengthy trial that saw the two defendants handed life sentences in August.
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Land Dispute aired in Capital
Nearly one hundred people from three provinces gathered at Freedom Park yesterday to demand that government help them solve their long-running land dispute.
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Official Says Gov’t Ready for Refugees, Cites Montagnards
A senior foreign ministry official yesterday said Cambodia’s controversial handling of Montagnard asylum seekers from Vietnam more than a decade ago gave the government the necessary credentials to resettle refugees it will soon take off Australia’s hands as part of deal signed Friday.
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