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Interior ministry holds workshop on anti-WMD financing law
The Ministry of Interior held a workshop on March 25 to publicise the law on combating the financing of the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMD).
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Briefs: Baby-Biting Cop Arrested, Adhoc 5 Appeal Delayed
The Appeal Court in Phnom Penh delayed a hearing into the controversial “Adhoc 5” case due to a defense lawyer’s contact with Covid-19.
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Election Body Removes Dozens of Candlelight Party Candidates
The National Election Committee took the unusual step this week of removing all Candlelight Party candidates from three communes in Kampong Cham and Phnom Penh for alleged registration irregularities.
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NEC okays CP polls candidates in 3 out of 5 communes
The National Election Committee (NEC) yesterday decided to recognise the Candlelight Party (CP) candidates in three out of five communes in Kampong Cham city, Kampong Cham province, while the other two communes were said to have removed the names of candidates from the Commune/Council candidate list.
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More that 800 forest crimes, land grabs and illegal wildlife hunting reported last year
There were 811 cases of forest crimes, land grabs, and illegal hunting of wildlife reported last year, and of the number 320 involved in forest crimes were fined while another 491 were taken to court.
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Interior Ministry and TIC set up mobile app for people to file complaints
Ministry of Interior together with Transparency International Cambodia (TIC) has set up a mobile application for people to file complaints.
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NagaWorld Protesters’ Behavior ‘Not Suitable as Khmer Women,’ City Hall Says
After registering candidates in almost all communes across the country for the June 5 Commune Election, the main opposition Candlelight Party (CP) has warned it will boycott the polls if the pre-election atmosphere was “still bad.”
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Land Protests Continue in Conflicts Across the Country
This week marked another week of villager protests across the country asserting rights in land disputes that follow similar patterns of smallholders facing off with larger business interests.
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Land dispute ends between Chinese company and families
The Koh Kong Provincial administration hopes to settle the land dispute between the remaining 20% of the 1,300 families and Chinese Corporation Union Development Group by end of this month.
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Unregistered CNHP’s founder Seam Pluk decides to join CP
The unrecognised Cambodia National Heart Party’s (CNHP) founder Seam Pluk has joined the Candlelight Party (CP) and has called on his followers to also do so ahead of the June 5 Commune Election.
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Kem Sokha denied permission to leave country to attend international conference
Former opposition figure Kem Sokha was denied permission to leave the country and attend a conference in Germany next week, as court proceedings in his treason case slowly move forward.
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ICRC urged to help mentally-ill women in jail
The Minister of Women’s Affairs has urged the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to help deal with the psychological problems and rehabilitation of female prisoners.
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NagaWorld Protesters’ Behavior ‘Not Suitable as Khmer Women,’ City Hall Says
On Wednesday, a Phnom Penh City Hall spokesman issued a statement insisting that images and videos shared on social media depicting authorities using violence on protesting NagaWorld unionists are “fake news.”
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Kem Sokha Asks to Travel Overseas for Summit Amid Treason Trial
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court rejected CNRP president Kem Sokha’s request to travel to Germany for a summit, with the prosecution saying there was no surety the politician would return to Cambodia.
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Australia Pledges Aid for Free Elections
Australia has pledged to keep helping Cambodia to hold democratic elections as commune and national ballots loom. Australian Ambassador to Cambodia Pablo Kang spoke to Cambodianess on the 70th anniversary of Cambodia-Australia diplomatic relations
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Gov’t spokesman talks of challenges
Royal Government Spokesperson Unit chairman Phay Siphan noted some challenges and inefficiencies in the state’s “Office of Information Intelligence and Good Governance in the Information Sector”, citing a lack of professional resources including officials, materials and budget, and occasional poor cooperation between the officials of the unit and those of other institutes.
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Villagers worried over land acquisition for airport project
Several families in Kandal province have expressed their anger and concern over compensation offered by authorities for their land and properties to be acquired for the Techo Takhmao International Airport.
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Majority of Workers Vote Against NagaWorld Negotiations: Union
Four of five union negotiators returned to a meeting with NagaCorp and the Labor Ministry on Wednesday afternoon — all but union leader Chhim Sithar. A majority of union members had voted against continuing negotiations at all, as the company and ministry had been unwilling to even discuss the reinstatement of terminated workers in previous meetings, Sithar said.
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Majority of Workers Vote Against NagaWorld Negotiations: Union
Four of five union negotiators returned to a meeting with NagaCorp and the Labor Ministry on Wednesday afternoon — all but union leader Chhim Sithar.
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Sokha trip for GSS summit denied
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court has rejected a travel request by former opposition leader Kem Sokha, who intended to attend a meeting in Germany on March 28-29 at the invitation of the Global Solutions Summit (GSS).
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