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Rainsy courts Vietnamese
Opposition leader Sam Rainsy yesterday said that up to a quarter of a million ethnic Vietnamese living in Cambodia could be granted full citizenship rights via the Nationality Law if his Cambodia National Rescue Party were to come to power.
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Cops, CNRP clash at service
The deputy governor of Phnom Penh’s Dongkor district was slightly injured yesterday in a clash that broke out during a remembrance ceremony to mark the day 39 years ago the Khmer Rouge seized the capital in 1975.
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Mu Sochua to Restart Freedom Park Campaign
Mu Sochua, a lawmaker-elect for the opposition CNRP, announced yesterday that she will on Sunday morning resume her campaign to enter Phnom Penh’s Freedom Park.
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Villagers Seek ouster of Gun-Toting Police officer
Dozens of villagers gathered outside the Samlei commune office in Svay Rieng province yesterday to demand the ouster of the deputy police chief, who used his AK-47 to break up a brawl involving his sons on Wednesday,.
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Chong Villagers Put festive spin on dam protest
Villagers from an ethnic minority community in Koh Kong province’s Areng Valley continued their blockade over the Khmer New Year holiday of an access road leading to the site of a proposed dam they say would destroy their way of life.
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Upset Father Chopped to death with Ax
A man was chopped to death with an ax Wednesday after he confronted a group of three men who allegedly beat his 12-year-old daughter on the dance floor of a Khmer New Year party, police said yesterday.
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Little Appetite for Garment Strike in Phnom Penh
Most garment factories did not open for business yesterday, choosing to extend the Khmer New Year holidays – which officially ended Wednesday – rather than face industrial action in a form of a planned nationwide stay-at-home strike.
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Opposition to celebrate April 17 at Killing Fields
The opposition CNRP said Friday it will commemorate April 17, the day Phnom Penh fell to the Khmer Rouge, at Choeung Ek Genocidal Center, 17 km south of Phnom Penh.
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KNLF Group Imprisoned After Guilty Verdict
Twelve men and one woman were found guilty of plotting to overthrow the government and sentenced to between five and nine years in prison after a fifteen minute-long hearing on Friday. Rights groups denounced the verdicts as politically motivated and based on scant evidence as well as testimony extracted via torture.
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Opposition says CNRP not racist, ‘Yuon’ not derogatory
The opposition CNRP released a statement Friday asserting that there is no anti-Vietnamese sentiment in the party, that the word yuon is not derogatory and that such allegations are generally spread by foreigners manipulated by the ruling CPP.
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Trial of 23 Delayed By Municipal Court
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court delayed Friday the trial of 23 unionists and striking garment workers by one week.
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Senate Approves Three Laws without opposition
The Senate approved three laws Friday in a session boycotted by opposition senators from the SamRainsy Party. The Senate approved a highway law, amendments to a trade agreement between Cambodian and Vietnam, and a law relating the government budget of 2012.
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Australian Parliamentarian Highlights Ethnic Vietnamese Issues
An Australian lawmaker has called upon his country’s foreign minister, Julie Bishop, to address what he said is the mistreatment of ethnic Vietnamese people living in Cambodia.
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CPP, CNRP Fail to Agree On Date For New Election
Prime Minister Hun Sen and opposition Sam Rainsy yesterday fail to reach a deal on the date of the next national election but reaffirmed that the point remains the last hurdle to deal that would end the country’s deadlock.
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Cybercrime Law Copies 2001 European Treaty
Parts of Cambodia’s draft cybercrime law were copies nearly wholesale from a 2001 European treaty on cybercrime, a government adviser said yesterday.
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Disgraced Police Chief Gets Second Chance
Mao Pov, who was removed from his post as Preah Vihear police chief in 2012 after shooting up a Siem Reap City hotel, has been moved two provinces away, to be named police chief of the newly created Tbong Khmum province.
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Medical NGO Refuses to Reform, Loses Global Fund Financing
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria has cut off all funding to MediCam for refusing to reform itself in the wake of a corruption scandal, bringing one of Cambodia’s largest NGO umbrella groups to the brink of collapse.
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South Korea Firm Back in Talks After Bus Operator Hits Snag
A South Korea taxi company is back in talks with City Hall to take over a new bus service from a Chinese company it initially lost the contract to, according to the company’s director.
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Pair Tried for Forging Hun Sen’s Signature
Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday tried two men on charges of fraud and forging document with Prime Minister Hun Sen’s signature in a bid to secure a $6-million mining exploration deal for a Chinese Businessman in Mondolkiri province.
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Staying at Home Not a Strike, Factories Say
The Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC) warned garment workers yesterday that they risk losing their jobs if they extend their Khmer New Year vacation by joining a stay-at-home strike.
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