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Interior Ministry Blames country’s Increased crime on CNRP
The total number of serious and minor crimes in Cambodia increased by 1 percent, or 27 cases, in 2013 compared to the previous year, while Phnom Penh’s crime rate rose by 62 percent, a report released by the Interior Ministry on Tuesday says – laying the blame for the increase on the opposition CNRP.
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Councilors to get payouts before vote in upcoming elections
The ruling CPP will pay a bonus of 500,000 riel (about $125) to each of its commune councilors just weeks before they go to the polls to vote in the next elections for district, city and provincial councilors in May.
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Cop in shooting trial
A penal police officer and his wife were tried yesterday by the phnom penh municipal court for shooting and injuring a motor taxi driver in a dispute over a traffic accident in Phnom Penh’s Chamkarmon district last year.
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Three Missing after Mekong Riverbank Collapse in Kandal
Khsach Kandal district, Kandal province – A 39-year-old woman and two young children are missing and presumed dead after their home in Preah Prasap commune collapsed into the Mekong River on Tuesday night, tragedy villagers are blaming on illegal sand dredging of the riverbed.
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Vietnamese Embassy Keeping close watch on Mob killing case
The Vietnamese Embassy said yesterday that it is closely following the investigation into the mob killing of Nguyen Vann Chean on Saturday, and that embassy representatives were meeting with Cambodian police to monitor their progress in identifying the killers.
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Family of woman trafficked to china seeks help
The relatives of a 25-year-old Ratanakkiri woman married to an abusive husband in China have filed a complaint with right group Adhoc seeking help in her repatriation, Adhoc and the family said yesterday.
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Juvenile justice law step closer to being reality
Officials from the ministries of interior, social affairs, and justice met with NGOs on Friday to discuss the latest draft of a juvenile justice law that has been in the works for more than a decade and which would mean young offenders’ right would be better protected, a Social Affairs Ministry official said yesterday.
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Brands Meet with gov’t over labor unrest
Representatives of global clothing brands Puma, Gap and H&M met with senior government ministers in Phnom Penh yesterday to discuss the lethal repression of a nationwide strike of garment workers last month as well as growing labor instability in the country.
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Trafficking fight goes on: gov’t
Although human-trafficking cases dealt with by the ministry of interior decreased significantly in 2013, suggesting progress was being made in tackling the crime, trafficking in persons continues to a major challenge for the government, the ministry said in its annual report on Tuesday.
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Ex-police officer faces court for shooting
The phnom penh municipal court yesterday heard a case of a former police officer accused of shooting a female motorist in the foot after she collided with the officer’s wife.
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Political Parties Point Fingers in Racial Mob Killing
The Ruling CPP and Opposition CNRP Yesterday traded barbs over the savage mob killing of an ethnic Vietnamese man in Phnom Penh on Saturday, with each party laying blame for the murder with the other.
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Bosnian Lawyer Appointed for KRT Suspect Ta Tith
As the judicial investigation in two politically sensitive cases draws to a close, the Khmer Rouge tribunal announced yesterday that a Bosnian lawyer has been appointed to represent crimes against humanity suspect Ta Tith.
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Raises pending, prices soaring
Since Minister of labor Ith Sam Heng announced in late December that the ministry would hike the minimum monthly wage for the garment sector to $100, Nuch Sdoeung has, at times, questioned if he could even afford beef.
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Meth-trafficking charge for trio
Two former lumber sellers and a construction tore owner have been arrested and charged with selling nearly a kilogram of methamphetamine to undercover police officers.
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Court ousts evicted villagers
More than 100 families occupying grounds outside Pursat’s provincial courthouse in protest a forced evictions were dispersed by authorities yesterday, villagers and a rights monitor said.
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CPP, CNRP Agree on Election Reform Body
Senior officials from the ruling CPP and opposition CNRP met for the first time in three months yesterday and agreed in principle to the creation of a joint-party commission to “prepare a framework” to implement electoral reform.
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Phnom Penh Governor Tells officials to Monitor City’s Market
Action on direct orders from Prime Minister Hun Sen, Phnom Penh Municipal Governor Pa Socheatvong yesterday called on municipal officials to strictly monitor the companies that collect daily fees from the city’s market vendors.
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Two teens charged with rape
Two teenage boys from Kandal’s Lvea Em district were charged yesterday with the rape of a seven-year-old girl, a court and police official said.
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Villagers Protesting Eviction Forcibly Removed
Forty villagers were yesterday forcibly removed from outside the Pursat provincial office, where they have been camping for the past five days to protest what they say was the burning down of their homes by district officials, villagers and a rights group said.
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For Duch, a solitary life
Away from the clamor of his fellow prisoner, an elderly man approaches the barbed wire that keeps him locked in solitary confinement in a cell in Kandal Provincial Prison.
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