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  • Bavet strike ends at all but 2 factories

    Nearly all the factories in special economic zones (SEZs) across Svay Rieng’s Bavet town reopened over the weekend, ending a strike into paying them a $50 bonus.

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  • Violence, Dancing Bookend First Campaign Day

    The first day of campaigning for the district, city and provincial election council campaign Friday was marked by violence, but ended with dancing in front of the Royal Palace after a CNRP rally meandered through Phnom Penh during the afternoon.

  • Inconsistencies Emerge as Woman’s Murderer Questioned

    Chea Phin, a 35-year-old homeless man recently released from prison, was questioned by a prosecutor at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Friday in relation to the stabbing murder of a Dutch woman earlier this week, to which he has confessed.

  • Father Charged for Attempting to bury His Newborn Alive

    The Svay Rieng Provincial Court yesterday charged and detained a man who had attempted to bury his newborn daughter alive on Wednesday, police said.

  • Twenty-One Men Detained After Strikes Seek Bail for Fifth Time

    Union activist Vorn Pao and 21 other workers and activists who have been jailed since the violent suppression of garment protests in early January had their request for bail heard for the fifth time on Friday, this time by the Supreme Court.

  • Amnesty International Urges Gov’t to Scrap Asylum Seeker Plans

    Amnesty International on Friday lambasted a pending deal that would see people seeking asylum in Australia to be resettled in Cambodia.

  • Two Members of Hacking Group Anonymous Arrested

    Two more alleged members of the hacking group Anonymous Cambodia were arrested Thursday for attacking the website of the Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) and taking it offline for more than two hours this week, an official confirmed Friday.

  • UN Human Rights Official Wraps Visit, ‘Saddened’ by Violence

    U.N. Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights Flavia Pansieri on Friday wrapped a five-day mission to Cambodia, saying that she was concerned and “deeply saddened” by the violent beating of bystanders and journalists after a May Day gathering near a cordoned-off Freedom Park.

  • Experts to Study Remains of Cambodian Journalist

    Forensic experts hired by the Cambodian Embassy in Thailand will arrive in Siem Reap on Saturday to examine bodily remains believed to be those of a missing Cambodian journalist, officials said Friday.

  • Two Members of Hacking Group Anonymous Arrested

    Two more alleged members of the hacking group Anonymous Cambodia were arrested Thursday for attacking the website of the Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) and taking it offline for more than two hours this week, an official confirmed Friday.

  • Hackers’ Lawyer Has Yet to Hear From Court

    The lawyer representing two members of the hacking group Anonymous Cambodia accused of attacking 30 government websites and stealing data said yesterday he had yet to receive any documentation from the Phnom Penh Municipal Court about the charges his clients face.

  • ‘Too little known’ to comment on refugee deal: UN

    Despite being willing to offer assistance to ensure that a proposed refugee resettlement scheme between Cambodia and Australia meets international standards , the United Nations knows almost nothing about the proposal that the Cambodian government has been studying for months, UN Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights Flavia Pansieri said yesterday in an interview with the Post.

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  • Minister urges end to strike

    In his first public acknowledgement of the ongoing mas strike in Svay Rieng province’s Bavet town, Cambodia’s labor minister yesterday implored workers to end demonstrations and settle their grievances through arbitration.

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  • Father Has Newborn With Cleft Lip Buried Alive

    A man was arrested in Svay Rieng province on Wednesday after he allegedly hired someone to bury alive his day-old daughter because she was born with a cleft lip, local police said yesterday.

  • During Campaign, CNRP to Refrain From Attacks on CPP

    Opposition leaders Sam Rainsy and Kem Sokha announced yesterday that the CNRP will comply with an edict handed down last month that bans political parties from criticizing each other during the two-week campaign period for the May 18 council elections, which starts today.

  • At government rally, all proceeds smoothly

    While workers and opposition supporters marched to mark Labor Day yesterday, and baton-wielding district security guards enforced a ban on gatherings, a very different, uninterrupted rally took place at the capital’s Koh Pich Exhibition Center.

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  • Details Emerge in Murder of Dutch Woman

    Police failed to hold a promised press conference yesterday over the arrest of the alleged murderer of a Dutch Woman in Phnom Penh on Monday, but more detail have emerge on the suspect and the attack.

  • Anti-Corruption Unit Charges Takeo Official With Embezzlement

    Takeo Provincial Court charged a social affairs official with embezzlement yesterday and sent him to pre-trial detention, Anti-Corruption Unit officials Said.

  • Six Lightning Deaths, Dozens of Home Destroyed in Storms

    At least six people were killed by lightning this week in storm that destroyed dozens of homes across several provinces, officials said yesterday.

  • Police find ‘journalist’s remains’

    Authorities in Siem Reap are awaiting the arrival of an expert form Bangkok to examine remains discovered near Angkor Thom temple on Wednesday evening that police believe are those of missing Canadian journalist and author Dave Walker.

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