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Deceived Migrant Worker Is Left Scrambling for a Refund
Nang Kumnour, a 25-year-old migrant worker who tried to enter Thailand last week, is too embarrassed to return home.
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Officials Looking into Deaths of Two Workers
The government is closely examining the deaths of two garment workers that occurred this month, including one who died on company grounds, officials said yesterday.
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Kek Galabru for NEC
Cambodia's prominent human rights defender, Dr. Kek Galabru (Pung Chhiv Kek), has been chosen as the ninth National Election Committee (NEC) member, selected jointly by CPP and CNRP.
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Building Clogher Power!
The Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR)’s Empowering Cloghers Project is an exciting initiative that has the potential to make a real difference for women in Cambodia, and to drive improvement in human rights for everyone. Cloghers are Cambodian bloggers – locally known as “cloggers” – who are women…thus “cloghers”.
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Gender Gains Still Lag: Report
In Cambodia, the marginalization and under-education of women remains among the worst in the world, a new report says.
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Teen Raped, Woman Assaulted by Men Posing as Thai Soldiers
A teenager was allegedly raped and woman sexually assaulted by men in Thai military attire after crossing illegally into Sa Kaeo province in search of work Monday, officials said.
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Villagers Request Intervention in Land Dispute
Villagers from Koh Kong province delivered petitions in Phnom Penh on Friday seeking international intervention in their land dispute with powerful businessman and CPP senator Ly Yong Phat, alleging that his Koh Kong Special Economic Zone (SEZ) was encroaching on their farmland.
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Odor Causes Nearly 200 Garment Workers to Faint at 2 Factories
More than 190 workers at two separate garment factories fainted at work on Friday and Saturday, both times after complaining of foul odors, union leaders and workers said.
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Hospital Discharges Guards
All of the security guards who were injured during a violent protest next to Freedom Park earlier this month, many of whom were said by the government to be in “critical condition” less than two weeks ago, have now been discharged from hospital.
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Couple Get Fifteen Years for Adopting Baby to Beg
A husband and wife were found guilty of human trafficking and sentenced to 15 years in jail on Friday after paying $400 to adopt a baby they planned to take to Malaysia with the sole intention of using it to make money begging.
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Military Captain Shoots Dead Pregnant Wife, Self
A military captain shot dead his pregnant wife and then turned the gun on himself following an argument in a beauty salon in Daun Penh district on Thursday afternoon, according to police.
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Ringleaders Arrested Attempting to Smuggle Workers Into Thailand
Oddar Meanchey provincial court charged four men and a woman with human trafficking on Saturday for attempting to illegally smuggle 51 migrant workers into Thailand, officials said yesterday.
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Mother Injured in the Crossfire of Shootout
A young mother was the victim of a gunfight between Kratie police and alleged timber smugglers in Snuol district on Friday.
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Companies Squabble, Villagers Protest in Kandal
A company that villagers say owns land that was illegally grabbed from them in Kandal province asked more than 100 residents of Ponhea Leu commune to leave the firm out of their dispute and focus their ire on Phanimex, which is owned by powerful businesswoman Suy Sophan.
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Police Officer Detained, Freed After Alleged Attack on Driver
A military police officer was detained and questioned after allegedly beating a man and pulling his gun on him following a minor traffic accident in Prampi Makara district, police official said.
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Tensions High in KDC Fight
Villagers locked in a dispute with KDC International, a company owned by the wife of a government minister, said yesterday that officials had presented them with an agreement to end a standoff that has lasted some weeks. Police, however, said that wasn’t the case.
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Beaten Commune Security Guard Still Confused and Recovering
Chhay Vitou, a Srah Chak commune security guard, is confused. But it’s not only because of the severe beating he suffered to his head during a violent opposition protest near Freedom Park on July 15.
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Workers Clash At Factory in Kandal, Fight Over Protest
Melees at a garment factory in Kandal province between striking workers and employees who are against the industrial action have left five people mildly injured.
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Telecom Law Outrage
Cambodia’s telecom sector is outraged over a draft law handed down by the ministry of Post and Telecommunications (MPTC) on Wednesday, which details a government plan to assert control over the industry.
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Boeng Kak’s Best Teach Villagers Protest 101
When two middle-aged novices emerged with signs protesting the development of dispute land near the tip of the Chroy Changva peninsula yesterday, one of the country’s foremost anti-eviction activists was there to tell them they were doing it all wrong.
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