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CNRP request rejected, again
Phnom Penh city hall once again rejected the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party’s bid to hold campaigns for the coming council elections in Freedom Park yesterday but said the final decision is beyond its reach.
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UN Critical of Pending Asylum Seeker Deal With Australia
Officials with the office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Tuesday spoke out for the first time against Australia’s plans to sand some of the asylum seekers trying to reach its shores to Cambodia, saying the pending deal was not a “real solution”.
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As Protesters Prepare for Court, No Justice for Dead
Sambo Meas village, Kompong Speu province- As military police with AK-47s descended on protesting garment workers during their nationwide strike on January 3, Sam Ravy, a manager at one of the many factories along Phnom Penh’s Veng Sreng Street, was on the phone with his mother-in-law.
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21 Strike Detainees Transferred to Prey Sar Prison Ahead of Trial
Twenty-one labor activists and garment workers were yesterday transferred from Kompong Cham province’s Correctional Center 3 to Prey Sar prison in Phnom Penh as the municipal court prepares to try them over their role in garment strikes three months ago.
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Kreung Villagers in Ratanakkiri Say Illegal Loggers Are Back
A group of ethnic minority Kreung villagers in Ratanakkiri province filed another complaint with rights group Adhoc on Tuesday against loggers they accuse of illegally clearing their community forest on behalf of a local businessman.
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Malaysia called on to treat workers better
Nearly six months after a migrant Cambodian factory worker detained in Malaysia on immigration charges was freed, an NGO that lobbied for her release is called on the country to re-examine how they treat similar cases.
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Acid attack leaves man disfigured
A 26-year-old woman was arrested in Banteay Meanchey province on Tuesday for allegedly dousing her husband with acid during a dispute, seriously disfiguring him, police said yesterday.
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Police Release Video of ‘Anonymous’ Hackers Being Arrested
The National Police yesterday released a video online that shows the arrests earlier this month of two Anonymous Cambodia members who are accused of infiltrating government websites and stealing sensitive data.
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Evictions at airport planned
Dozens of houses have been marked for demolition near Phnom Penh International Airport as authorities say the family must be move to bring the site in line with international standards.
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With Bundith at Large, New Bavet Governor Named
A new Bavet City governor was appointed yesterday, filling a post that was once held by Chhouk Bundith, who remains on the run after being found guilty of shooting into a crowd of protesting garment workers in 2012.
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Union leaders in court over ‘detainment’ of factory boss
Two union leaders were summonsed and questioned by a municipal court prosecutor yesterday over allegations they illegally detained the boss of a packaging factory in Por Sen Chey district’s Choam Chao commune during a strike.
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Punish Khmer Rouge Sex Crimes, UN Representatives Says
The government has failed in recent years to take steps to prosecute perpetrators of sexual violence committed during the Khmer Rouge, according to the U.N. Secretary-General’s Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict.
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Four arrested for casino kidnapping scam
Four Vietnamese nationals were arrested yesterday on charge arrested yesterday on charges of kidnapping, torture and extortion, police in Kampot province have said.
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Embracing a place called home
Before this past September, Nov Borom, a 51-year-old mother of five, lived with both a tenuous housing situation and HIV.
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Harsh Restrictions Imposed on Union Leader
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday ordered embattled union leader Art Thorn to stay away from the SL garment factory and its workers and to avoid any public gatherings that could “damage public order,” drawing a tight circle around one of the country’s most influential independent union bosses.
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CNRP Tries to Balance Foreign Powers in Post-Deadlock Campaign
A heightened global profile for the opposition CNRP since last year’s disputed election has brought with it a new challenge: balancing multiple foreign relations.
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Conviction Against ‘Grandma Crocodile’ Upheld
The Court of Appeal yesterday upheld a 2012 conviction of encroaching on public land, but significantly reduced the sentence, against businesswoman Chhin Sokountheary for illegally filling in part of a Phnom Penh lake.
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Suspended Sentence for Driver Who Crushed Garbage Worker
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday handed down a one-year suspended sentence to a 31-year-old Chinese man and fined him two million riel, or about $500, two days after he crashed his SUV into a garbage truck while drunk and gravely injured a young trash collector, court and police officials said.
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Reduced sentence for ‘crocodile grandma’
The Appeal Court yesterday more than halved the sentence of businesswoman Chhin Sokountheary, whose croc farm plans earned her the nickname “Crocodile Grandmother”, given after her 2012 conviction for encroaching on 34 hectares of state land – land that her defense team says she still legally owns.
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After Violence, Sochua to sue
Opposition law-maker-elect Mu Sochua yesterday called for a government official to be dismissed and vowed legal action against him over violence by security guards at Freedom Park.
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