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Wing Star Strike to Continue After Meeting Fails
Thousands of workers at the Wing Star Shoes factory demonstrated yesterday for the second day in a row outside the factory in Kompong Speu province after a meeting between union and company officials failed to reach an ongoing strike, worker representative said.
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Hor Namhong’s Son Denies Nepotism or Abuse of Power
The Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) released a statement yesterday in which Hor Sothoun, the eldest son of Foreign Affairs Minister Hor Namhong, defended himself against complaints of nepotism, abuse of power and mishandling of overtime bonuses in his position as permanent secretary-general in his father’s ministry.
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Official Implicated in Shooting Promoted
Several provincial officials, including the governor of Takeo province, were reshuffled yesterday at a ceremony presided over by Cabinet Minister Sok An and Interior Minister Sar Kheng.
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Lawyer to Bring Security Forces Complaint to ICC
A lawyer hired by the opposition CNRP said yesterday that he would file a complaint next month with the International Criminal Court (ICC) over crimes against humanity allegedly perpetrated by state security forces.
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Cambodia Joins MH370 Search Party; Citizens Party Pray for Victims
The Ministry of Defense has sent four of its recently acquired, Chinese-built Z-9 utility helicopters and two Royal Cambodian Navy vessels to the Cambodia-Vietnam maritime border to assist in the search for missing Malaysia Airline flight MH370, according to a press release issued yesterday.
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Hun Sen Gifted With Sacred Buddhist Relics
The Indian ambassador to Cambodia yesterday presented Prime Minister Hun Sen with a number of sacred Buddhist objects during a private meeting between the two men in Phnom Penh, according to Mr. Hun Sen’s assistant.
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Man Hacks Wife Dead In Kompong Cham
Police in Kompong Cham Province arrested a 35-year-old farmer on Monday, saying he hacked his wife dead with a machete after accusing her of having sexual affair.
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Sugar Exports To Stay Duty Free, EU Trade Czar Say
European Union Trade Commissioner Karel de Gucht said he has no plans to launch an investigation into Cambodia’s much-criticized sugarcane plantations after a meeting with Commerce Minister Sun Chanthol in Phnom Penh yesterday.
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Ruling CPP sees Threat in Civil Society Group
When the ruling CPP and opposition CNRP sat down Monday for a third of electoral reform talks, the ruling party took a surprising new direction in its policy priorities.
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Lack of ID ‘Root Cause’ of Ethnic Vietnamese Problems
A lack of identification papers is the key obstacle preventing ethnic Vietnamese living in Kompong Chhnang province from enjoying the same rights as Khmer citizens, according to a survey released yesterday.
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Overseas Cambodian Activists Blamed for Anti-Hun Sen Leaflets
Police in Banteay Meanchey province are seeking the people behind printing scores of anonymous leaflets demanding the toppling of the government of Prime Minister Hun Sen.
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Mostly Failed Promises Mark Phnom Penh Governor’s 1st Year
When he assumed leadership of Phnom Penh municipality in May 2013, Pa Socheatvong vowed to be governors who would get things done.
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Kreung Protest for Release of Charged Arsonist
Dozens of ethnic minority Kreung villagers protested outside the Ratanakkiri Provincial Court yesterday demanding the release of a fellow Kreung man presently in pretrial detention for setting fire to a pile of wood on land the community sold in 2007 but claims it was never given money for.
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Men Kill Shop Owner After Running Liquor Tab
Two men were arrested on Sunday for their alleged roles in the murder of a Vietnamese shopkeeper in border town of Angkor Borei in Takeo province after they bought a bottle of alcohol and refused to pay, police said yesterday.
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CPP Piles on Talking Points In Election Reform Talks
During the third meeting of the joint-party Electoral Reform Commission yesterday, the ruling CPP and opposition CNRP agreed to 14 points for future discussion, but failed to address the central issue of reforming the National Election Committee.
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Two-Year-Old Girl Become Ninth Victim of Bird Flu This Year
A 2-year-old girl has become the latest person to die of bird flu in Cambodia this year, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Ministry of Health said yesterday.
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Long-Awaited Draft Law Limits King ‘s Powers Over Judiciary
The long-awaited draft law on the Supreme Council of Magistracy continues the practice of secret vote and gives justice Minister Ang Vong Vathana key power, according to excerpts from the document, but it would reduce the position of King Norodom Sihamoni if passed in its current form.
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Workers Demand Bonus Increase, Labor Laws
About 7,000 workers protested in front of the Wing Star Shoes Co. Ltd. factory in Kompong Speu province yesterday demanding that the company raise their bonuses by $5 and properly enforce a number of labor laws, a union official said.
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Second Death Confirmed on Kompong Speu Sugar Plantation
A 44-year-old woman was run over and killed by a harvesting machine on Sunday while working on a sugarcane plantation in Kompong Speu province owned by CPP Senator Ly Yong Phat, marking at least the second death on the plantation since December.
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Woman Tried for Insulting RCAF Mining Tycoon
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday heard case of a woman charged with defaming mining magnate and RCAF Lieutenant General Nim Meng in relation to a land dispute in Preah Sihanouk province.
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