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Shifting Sand and Lost Land in Chroy Changva
This time last year, villagers were pulling nets full of fish and piles of morning glory from the Chroy Changva wetlands.
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Australian Minister Says Cambodia Could Take Refugees on Nauru
Australian Immigration Minister Scott Morrison said yesterday that Cambodia may soon agree to take in asylum seekers who are now detained on the South Pacific island nation of Nauru after being diverted while trying to reach Australia.
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Anti-Dam Activists Set to Block Workers’ Arrival
Members of an ethnic minority in Koh Kong province’s Areng Valley stood watch yesterday to block a road leading to the site of a proposed dam after they heard that Chinese workers would inspect the site, community representatives said.
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Okhna Wife Tried for Torturing Teenage Girls
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday heard the case of the 50-year-old wife of a wealthy businessman who is accused torturing two girls she allegedly adopted more than a decade ago.
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Groups Appeal to Gov’t To Pass Traffic Law
The Cambodia Red Cross, NGOs and traffic accident victims yesterday marked annual road safety week by appealing to the government to quickly pass a new traffic law in an effort to reduce road accident.
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Rainsy Party Announces Boycott of Senate
The Sam Rainsy Party’s small senate delegation released a statement yesterday saying it would boycott today’s Senate session in order to protest the lack of progress in talks to end the political deadlock after last year’s disputed election.
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HRW: Terrorism Trial Shows Hun Sen’s Meddling
Charges against 13 men tried last month for plotting to overthrow Prime Minister Hun Sen’s government are politically motivated and should be dropped, Human Rights Watch said yesterday.
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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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Cyber-Crime Law Could Engender Self-Censorship, Group Warns
Cambodia’s draft cyber-crime law, leaked to the public earlier this week, is deeply flawed, a UK-based rights group says.
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Global Fund Commits to 3-Year Funding Plan
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria has committed $148.8 million to Cambodia over the next three years following a worldwide restructuring of its funding model.
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GPS Tracking System Could Be Answer to City’s Garbage Problem
Keeping ahead of Phnom Penh’s mounting piles of garbage has proved tough for Cintri since it was awarded sole rights in 2002 to keep the city clean, but a new plan harnessing global satellite positioning and digital mapping is offering the company a high-tech helping hand.
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Russia Makes Second Request to Cambodia for Polonsky Extradition
Russia’s Ministry of Interior yesterday said it has prepared a new extradition request for Russia’s fugitive former billionaire Sergei Polonsky, who now lives in Phnom Penh.
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Two Injured by Mines in Kampot and Koh Kong
Landmine explosions in Koh Kong and Kampot provinces on Monday and Tuesday seriously injured a man and a teenage girl, according to local officials.
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Rainsy Says CNRP Could End Assembly Boycott Friday
Opposition leader Sam Rainsy said that he made “tentative” plans with Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday to appear before King Norodom Sihamoni on Friday to sign a deal ending the CNRP’s boycott of its 55 national assembly seats.
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Unions Spread Word of Strike Through Radio, Web
With new garment factory strikes only one week away, union activists are using new means to spread the strike call, trying to duck harassment from factories and arrest by police.
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Rail Evictees Threaten Protests Against ADB
Families evicted for a rail project funded by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) threatened to demonstrate if the bank does not show them its plan to improve their living conditions within one week.
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Svay Rieng Woman Guilty of Murdering Husband
The Svay Rieng Provincial Court on Tuesday convicted a 22-year-old woman of murdering her husband last year, Judge Khy Chhai said yesterday.
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Thirty Tons of Fake Soap Chemicals Seized in Kandal Province
Police yesterday busted what they believe to be an illegal soap making operation, seizing 30 tons of illicit chemicals and arresting a Chinese national in Kandal province.
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Cybercrime Law May Silence Critics, NGOs Say
Cambodia’s cybercrime law, a draft of which was made available online yesterday, could be used to arbitrarily punish people who share controversial opinions online or air complaint about the CPP government, rights group say yesterday.
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B Meanchey Vendors Ordered to Switch Markets
More than 250 street vendors in Banteay Meanchey province on Monday protested outside provincial governor Kousoum Saroeuth’s office after authorities ordered them to leave locations surrounding a local market, a rights worker said yesterday.
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