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Gardener Jailed for Rape
A 49-year-old gardener at an NGO in Phnom Penh was sentenced yesterday to 12 years in prison for raping a 13-year-old girl.
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No Protest Permission Needed: org
A prominent rights group on Monday wrote to Minister of Interior Sar Kheng, calling on him to remind ministries and local authorities that demonstrators do not require their permission to hold public gatherings.
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Cambodian Rights Group Pushes For Family Visits For CNRP Detainees
A human rights group has called on Cambodian authorities to allow the families of three detained opposition youth leaders to visit them in prison, saying denial of family visits during their detention since Aug. 2 was politically motivated and a violation of basic rights.
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Term Limits for PM Proposed
Civil society representatives will petition parliament in the coming days to consider amending the constitution to limit prime ministers to two terms in office.
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Garment Workers at Two Factories Go on Strike for More Pay
About 3,000 garment workers went on strike in Kompong Chhnang province for a second day yesterday, accusing their factory of withholding some of their monthly bonuses.
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Protesters Say Foreign Minister Condoned Flag Burning
A leader of recent protests against inflammatory remarks by a Vietnamese Embassy spokesman said Foreign Minister Hor Namhong yesterday condoned the burning of a Vietnamese flag in front of the embassy last week.
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Knowing Your Audience
A day after National Assembly president Heng Samrin assured Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Dan Dung in Hanoi that the government would take strict measures to quell further “extremist” Khmer Krom protests, Foreign Minister Hor Namhong reportedly told demonstration leaders yesterday that the government shared their concerns.
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NGO Says Legal Action Over Land Disputes on the Rise
The number of people charged in land disputes across the country so far this year has already surpassed the number of charges in all of 2013 in what rights group Adhoc yesterday called an “alarming” increase in legal action against those wrapped up in land-related dispute.
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Asian Labor Groups Join Forces on Wage Claims
Labor leaders behind the biggest strikes in Cambodia’s $5 billion garment industry knew last year they had a strong case for their higher wages: They had already compared notes with activists in neighboring countries.
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Ex-KR Protest Over Battambang Land Dispute
More than 100 villagers including ex-Khmer Rouge soldiers protested outside Battambang’s provincial head office for the second day yesterday requesting intervention in a land dispute with a commune official and the release of two villagers from police detention, according to a rights monitor.
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CPP Senator Denies Ties to Sugar Plantations
CPP Senator Ly Yong Phat on Monday denied long-running claims, reportedly repeated by a local NGO last week, that he has any interest in sugarcane plantations in Koh Kong and Oddar Meanchey provinces, which are accused of stealing land from local firms and other rights abuses.
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Kratie Officials Pledge Solution
A day after Prime Minister Hun Sen warned provincial-level officials that he had “no patience” left for inaction on land disputes, Kratie authorities set the wheels in motion for a resolution to local villagers’ long-term dispute with a South Korean agro firm.
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After four years, Water Festival set to return
Cambodia's Water Festival is to return to the capital this year for the first time since 2010, when a stampede on a bridge packed with revellers killed more than 350 people.
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Workers in K Chhnang Block Road
Hundreds of workers at a garment factory in Kampong Chhnang province blocked National Road 5 for about four hours yesterday, leading to a standoff with police.
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Capital Clash Sees 10 Injured
At least 10 people, one a 4-year-old child, were injured in a clash in the capital yesterday when security forces used electric batons to disperse about 300 villagers from Kratie province embroiled in a land dispute with a South Korean agrofirm.
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Land Dispute Protesters Crash RCAF Graduation Ceremony
About 100 angry villagers protested outside the graduation ceremony for Royal Cambodian Armed Forces Infantry Battalion 91 officers yesterday to demand that senior officials intervene in their land dispute with the military unit.
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Officials Trade Blame Over Kratie Land Dispute
Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday blamed his underlings for an ongoing land dispute in Kratie province that heated up earlier this year after local officials invalidated land titles issued as part of the prime minister’s titling program.
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Protesters Converge on Firm Buying Boeng Kak Land
Anti-eviction activists from Phnom Penh’s Boeng Kak neighborhood yesterday protested in front of the local office of the Singapore-based HLH Group against its plans to buy land on a piece of Phnom Penh real estate.
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Chea Team Working to Oust Judges
The defense for Nuon Chea at the Khmer Rouge tribunal is making good on its promise to seek the dis qualification of the current panel of trial chamber judges, according to an August 11 memo posted to the court’s website yesterday.
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The Buck Stops Elsewhere
Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday sought to distance himself from the land dispute epidemic plaguing Cambodia, professing complete ignorance of many of the cases and placing the onus primarily on provincial-level officials.
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