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One-Party Assembly Passes Laws on Asean Issues
the single-party National Assembly passed four laws on trade and diplomatic relations yesterday in another session for parliament boycotted by the opposition CNRP’s 55 lawmakers-elect.
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Rights Group Says US Military Support Breaches Congress Bill
U.S. based advocacy group Human Rights Watch (HRW) released a report claiming that Washington’s ongoing support for Cambodian security forces is inconsistent with U.S. Congress directives regarding aid to Cambodia.
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Minister to Address Beatings
Minister of Information Khieu Kanharith has pledged to meet with Daun Penh District Governor Sok Sambath to discuss the targeting of journalists by hired district security guards, said UNESCO country representative Anne Lemaistre, who met with the minister on Friday.
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Prey Veng Vendors Protesting
More than 100 vendors from Prey Veng market gathered in front of Provincial Hall in Prey Veng town yesterday to protest unreasonable demands placed on them by the market’s private administrators earlier this month, representatives said.
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Activists Questioned in Bus Shooting Case
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday questioned two anti-eviction activists who claim that their chartered bus was shot at in March.
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Oz Refugee Deal Close Counter-Proposal in Works
Cambodia is close to finalizing the details of a proposal to resettle refugees from Australia’s detention center on the South Pacific island of Nauru, according to senior government officials, some of whom are sitting down today to review the controversial plan.
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Caltex Strike Deal Doesn’t Hold Up
After Caltex managers allegedly reneged on an agreement to pay workers a $20 bonus to suspend a strike two months, employee said they would only return if the deal is in writing.
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Land Fight in Kampong Speu
Some 250 families in Kampong Speu province’s Phnom Sruoch district have sought intervention from rights group Adhoc to help resolve a land dispute involving a business they allege is headed by the son of former provincial governor Kang Heang.
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Rubber Firm Destroys Homes
The Swift Rubber Company demolished three homes in Ratanakkiri province’s O’Chum district last week without compensation, telling about 120 families to leave immediately or face the destruction of more houses, according to villagers and rights group Adhoc.
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KNLF Member Denies Plotting Attack or Forging Passport
Hen Chan, the 33-year-old Khmer National Liberation Front (KNLF) member who was arrested last week and charged with forging a passport and plotting and attack, said from court yesterday that he had no violent intentions, and had only planned to disseminate books denouncing the government.
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In Ratanakkiri, Schools Lack Teachers, Students
Ratanakkiri’s teachers are loath to come to class when they can earn more money elsewhere, adding to a long-standing absenteeism trend.
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Teachers Who Claimed Graft Told to Keep Quiet
Teachers in Oddar Meanchey province, who last week accused district education officials of stealing their salaries, were yesterday threatened with expulsion for talking to the media, a teachers union said.
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Market Vendors Protest Over Fees in Prey Veng
About 350 vendors protested in front of Prey Veng Provincial Hall yesterday to call for adequate compensation after a fire ripped through the provincial market in April, while also demanding that the market’s owners take more responsibility for fire in the future.
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Caltex Strike Deal Doesn’t Hold Up
After Caltex managers allegedly reneged on an agreement to pay workers a $20 bonus to suspend a strike two months, employee said they would only return if the deal is in writing.
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Trial for 23 to Resume Amid Rally
The trial of 23 men arrested at violent demonstrations in early January continues at 8am today, and unionists are planning on rallying outside the court in a show of solidarity.
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Group Confesses to String of Armed Robberies
Seven men, including a commune official, a teacher, and a dentist were arrested over the weekend for a string of armed robberies in Kampot province’s Toek Chhou district, police said yesterday.
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KNLF Asylum Seeker Interrogated in Court
Ignoring human rights groups’ call to free the most recently arrested member of Denmark-based dissident group the Khmer National Liberation Front (KNLF), Phnom Penh Municipal Court instead summoned for questioning yesterday.
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Vision Blurry for Survivor of Acid Attack
After receiving burns to 40 percent of his body in an acid attack and undergoing surgery five times, 41-year-old Hak Ay now has blurred vision in both eyes, according to Cambodian Acid Survivors Charity (CASC).
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Benefits for Teachers? Not Yet
The government has a response to teachers’ request for health insurance: we’ll provide it if you buy it.
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Deal for Australia’s Asylum Seekers May Be Signed Soon
An ad hoc committee charged with studying a request from Australia that Cambodia take some of the asylum seekers trying to reach its shores has finished its work and the two countries could have a memorandum of understanding on the deal signed within weeks, according to Australian media reports.
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