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CNRP Official Ejected From Freedom Park
Opposition lawmaker-elect Mu Sochua and five CNRP youth supporters were ejected yesterday from Phnom Penh’s Freedom Park after they gathered to film a video for a foundation named after Free Trade Union founder Chea Vichea, who was assassinated in 2004.
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Fourth Bail Hearing, Trial Date Set for Vorn Pao
A fourth bail hearing has been set for detained labor leader Vorn Pao ahead of his trial this month, alongside 22 others, for their role in garment strikes in Phnom Penh in January.
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Unions, GMAC Tussle Over New Year Strike
Garment worker unions have tangled with factory owners over the unions’ plan to use the coming Khmer New Year holiday to launch a nationwide strike.
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Sam Rainsy, Sar Kheng Say Plans Underway for Top-Level Talks
Interior Minister Sar Kheng and opposition leader Sam Rainsy said yesterday that preparations are underway for a meeting between Mr. Rainsy and Prime Minister Hun Sen to discuss the country’s ongoing political deadlock.
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Ratanakkiri Villagers Questioned Over Land-Grabbing Accusations
Ratanakkiri Provincial Court on Monday questioned three villagers from a group of 150 families who are accused for grabbing the land of a Phnom Penh civil servant who purchased the land in 2007.
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NGO Reports ‘Renewed Wave’ of Land Disputes This Year
Land conflicts across the country are rising again, following an election-year lull, according to rights group Licadho.
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Three Arrested in Land Dispute With Governor
Villagers involved in a long-running land dispute with a company alleged to be owned by Pailin Governor Y Chhien were arrested yesterday for failing to heed an order from Mr. Chhien to vacate the dispute land, rights workers said.
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Workplace deaths up
Workplace deaths shot up more than 60 per cent last year when compared with 2012, while injuries and payouts to those injured also saw dramatic increases, according to data released yesterday by the National Social Security Fund (NSSF).
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City Official Posts Rainsy’s Letter to Hun Sen Over ’97 Attack
Phnom Penh City Hall spokesman Long Dimanche used the 17th anniversary of the March 1997 grenade attack on an opposition rall to post on the internet Sunday a letter opposition leader Sam Rainsy wrote to Prime Minister Hun Sen in 2006 expressing regret for blaming him for the attack.
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Violence mars rally for license
The Government’s haphazardly enforced crackdown on public gatherings continued yesterday as independent radio broadcaster Mam Sonando and a crowd of supporter were able to gather just east of Freedom Park, though not without violence.
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Ex-cop, daughter sentenced
A Former military officer and his 12-year-old daughter were convicted of trafficking methamphetamine yesterday, though only one will see the inside of prison.
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K Cham turns away Don Sahong protest
While hundreds of Cambodians were granted permission to protest against Laos’s controversial Don Sahong dam over the weekend, authorities in Kampong Cham weren’t very accommodating, activists and officials said yesterday.
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Company 72 Again Accused of Illegal Logging
Ethnic Jarai villagers in Ratanakkiri province have once again accused the Vietnamese owners of a rubber plantation of illegally logging their ancestral forests in a complaint filed with rights group Adhoc.
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Big logging cartel alleged
Prime Minister Hun Sen’s brother Hun Neng and a Vietnamese state-owned rubber firm are involved in an illegal logging cartel involving several well-connected companies operating on a “massive scale” in the embattled Prey Lang forest, forest monitors working in the area allege.
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Security Guards Thwart March, Beat Protesters
Phnom Penh security forces yesterday surrounded and beat protesters who were peacefully asking the government to grant a TV license and more radio relay station to independent broad caster Mom Sonando, a rare critical voice on Cambodia’s predominantly pro-government airwaves.
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Authorities Halt March Against Lao Dam, Citing Khmer New Year
Kompong Cham authorities block several hundred activists from marching yesterday to raise awareness about the environmental dangers raise by Don Sahong dam, officials and activists said.
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Court Hears Case of Man Raping 4-year-old Girl
The Municipal Court yesterday heard a case of 22-year-old man who was charged with sexually assaulting a 4-year-old girl at her school in Phnom Penh.
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Cambodia at High Risk From Climate Change, UN Report Says
Low-income developing countries such as Cambodia will suffer the worst effects of global climate change, including food insecurity and lower agricultural output, according to a new U.N. report released yesterday.
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Assembly back, CNRP not
The Kingdom’s fifth National Assembly is to open its second session today, more than six months after the opposition party boycotted the inauguration of parliament on September 23 and left 68 Cambodian People’s Party lawmakers to swear-in at the Royal Palace on their own.
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Worker Hold Machines Ransom Over Wages
More than 20 workers in Phnom Penh’s Pur Senchey district are holding a small garment factory’s sewing machines as ransom over unpaid wages, said a district official.
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