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Helmeted Gov’t Guards Beat Onlookers at Freedom Park
A contingent of district security guards assaulted a small group of CNRP supporters and onlookers near Freedom Park in Phnom Penh yesterday after having again forcibly removed CNRP public affairs chief Mu Sochua from the park.
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Garbage Collector Crushed by Drunk Driver
A garbage collector was seriously injured early Sunday morning when an intoxicated Chinese national lost control of his SUV in Phnom Penh’s Daun Penh district and smashed into the back of the garbage truck where the young man was working, crushing him, police said yesterday.
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Most ECCC Reparations Projects Secure Funding
Some $770,000 in funding has been secured to pay for reparations projects related to the Khmer Rouge tribunal’s case against two senior regime leaders, the court announced yesterday.
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Medical Students, Gov’t Tussle over New Exam
About half of the University of Health Science’s class of 2014 risks not graduating this year, having refused to register for a new compulsory final exam.
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CCHR slams Approval of Judicial Reform Laws
The Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR) issued a statement yesterday condemning last week’s approval by the Council of Ministers of three long-awaited laws on judicial reform, citing a lack of proper public consultation on the laws.
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Police Invite Hit-and-Run officer to ‘Solve Problem’
A police officer who has been implicated in a fatal hit-and-run has been asked by local police in Kandal province to come to their office and negotiate a settlement for the victims’ families, police said yesterday.
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Journalists Covering Logging Denounce Abuse
The club of Cambodian Journalists (CCJ) released a statement on Friday expressing to document illegal logging in Preah Vihear, Pursat and Kompong Cham provinces.
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Cambodian cyber law could shutter freedom of expression
Cambodia's secretive draft law on cyber crime is unreasonably restrictive, say its critics, far too widely drawn and, if passed in its current form, could close down one of the country's last spaces for free expression.
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Hun Manet Bemoans Post-Election Divisions
Hun Manet, the oldest son of Prime Minister Hun Sen and the commander of the Ministry of Defense’s counterterrorism department, used the opening ceremony of a new building at a Phnom Penh pagoda yesterday to warn of the possible consequence of increased political division in the country since last year’s disputed national election.
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Sorya Bus Drivers Fired After Wage Strike
At least eight bus drivers from Phnom Penh Sorya Transportation company were fired last week for leading a strike before Khmer new Year to demand higher wages, employees and union representatives said yesterday.
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‘Terrorist’ Group Seeks Political Party status
A provincial court has charged him with treason. The Government wants him arrested as soon as he steps foot inside the country. Prime Minister Hun Sen has branded his group a terrorist organization bent on the bloody overthrow of the government.
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2500 Workers in Bave4t SEA Go on Strike
More than 2,000 workers at three factories in Svay Rieng’s Bavet City went on strike Saturday, claiming their bosses owed them money.
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Three Arrested, Released for Blocking Road During Market Protest
Three men were arrested in Banteay Meanchey province on Friday for blocking National Road 5 during a protest over where market vendors are allowed to sell their wares, police and local officials said.
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Low Salaries Stifle Education Reform Efforts
Sao Sothy’s home is small and the furniture is sparse. There are no tables or chairs. In one room, there is a small bed, but her family of four sleeps on mates in the living room.
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Nationwide Garment Factory Strike Sputters Into Second Day
A few garment factories resumed operations in Phnom Penh on Friday, albeit at reduced capacity, as thousands of workers returned to the city after Khmer New Year celebrations in the provinces.
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Sokha Seeks Pentagon’s Support for CNRP Gov’t
CNRP Vice President Kem Sokha said during a radio interview this week that he will meet with senior officials in the U.S. Department of Defense during his 20-day visit to U.S. seeking their support for an eventual CNRP-led government.
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NEC Bans Campaign Bases at Council Elections
The National Election Committee (NEC) on Friday said that political parties would be banned from setting up permanent campaign bases in the city during next month’s council elections.
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Council of Ministers Approves Laws on Judicial Reform
The Council of Ministers on Friday passed three long-awaited laws on the reform of the judiciary and will send them to the National Assembly early next week.
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Newsreels Provide Glimpses of Old Cambodia
The year in 1945 and Cambodian men are packed into traditional long-boats, ready to reach each other in an event that “has been going on for more than 1,000 years” at the annual Water Festival in Phnom Penh.
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New Year Traffic Accidents up, Deaths Down
There were 185 reported traffic accidents nationwide over the Khmer New Year holiday this year, resulting in 48 fatalities and 406 injuries, an increase in accidents and injuries but a nearly 30 percent decrease in deaths compared to the holiday period last year, an official said.
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