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Group Defies Government Ban to Demand Detainees’ Release
Defying a new ban on public gatherings, more than 50 activists and monks gathered outside the local yesterday morning to demand the local U.N. human rights office yesterday morning to demand the immediate release of 23 men who were arrested earlier this month during violent clashes between police and garment workers.
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Free Trade Union Reports Overall Jump in Labor Strikes in 2013
The Free Trade Union (FTU) yesterday reported an overall increase in the industrial action by its local strikes in the first 11 months of 2013, up 35 percent from all of 2012, when there were 101 strikes by its members.
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Opposition CNRP Leaders to Face Court Today
Opposition leaders Sam Rainsy and Kem Sokha are due to appear before the Phnom Penh Municipal Court as scheduled this morning after retaining the services of a new Lawyer, a CNRP spokesman said yesterday.
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Ministry of Defense Backs Accused RCAF Officials
The Ministry of Defense yesterday said that a complaint filed against a Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF) commander in Banteay Meanchey province for alleged corruption and other crimes had already been solved in 2011.
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Hun Sen in Form With Nguyen Tan Dung
Nine days after he put a brutal end to labor protests and mass opposition demonstrations in Phnom Penh, Prime Minister Hun Sen looked to be in top form yesterday as he joined Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung-on a three-day state visit to Cambodia-for a conference at his “Peace Palace” office, where rising investment from Vietnam was celebrated.
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CNRP Reaffirms Commitment to Nonviolence
Opposition leader Sam Rainsy and Kem Sokha. Scheduled to appear at Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Tuesday to their alleged role in violent demonstrations in the garment sector, continued to stress their commitment to nonviolence yesterday at rallies in the provincial capitals of Battambang and Pursat.
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Vietnamese Prime Minister Official Arrives for Three-Day State Visit
Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung arrived for an official three-day visit yesterday, during which he is scheduled to meet with Prime Minister Hun Sen as well as inaugurate a new Vietnamese-funded hospital and attend a groundbreaking ceremony for bridge linking the two countries.
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Healer Charged With Sexually Assaulting Boys
A Traditional healer in Kompong Cham specializing in love potions was charged yesterday with sexually assaulting nine teenage boys who came to him seeking spells and charms to attract girls, police and court official said.
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Unions Want Government, Factories to Resume Wage Talks
The unions behind several days of strikes that turned deadly this month said they will officially ask the Labor Ministry today to resume negotiations on a new minimum wage for the country’s critical garment sector, and said they would hold more street protests if their request is rebuffed.
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Former Banteay Meanchey Official Arrested for Corruption
The Anti-Corruption Unit on Friday arrested a former senior member of the Banteay Meanchey provincial administration for allegedly forging and selling a duplicate land title to 992 hectares of land already owned by a development company, provincial and anticorruption officials said yesterday.
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Relatives Call On Government to Release 23 Detainees
Relatives and human rights activists yesterday called on the government to release 23 men beaten and arrested during clashes between police and garment workers just more than a week ago, and said they would defy a ban on public gathering if they were out.
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Cambodians and Koreans Join Protest in Seoul
Hundreds of Cambodians living in South Korea protested in front of Seoul’s City Hall yesterday demanding justice for five garment workers killed in clashes with police on January 3, and calling for Prime Minister Hun Sen to step down.
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As Strikers Return to Work, Factories Sue Garment Unions
As garment workers continued to return to their factories yesterday after several year of strikes that turned deadly last week, some of their employers have wasted no time in suing the union behind the strikes, demanding compensation.
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Business Access Damage From Clashes Along Veng Sreng Street
Owners of three business along Veng Sreng Street in Phnom Penh’s Pur Senchey district, where clashed broke out between military police and striking garment workers last week, have submitted property damage complaints to local authorities totaling more than $250,000, police said yesterday.
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Crush Protests, CPP Has Abandoned Constitution
King Norodom Sihamoni has not declared a state of emergency in Cambodia. But tha hasn’t stop CPP government of Prime Minister Hun Sen from disregarding the Constitutions and political dissent in Phnom Penh.
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International Condemnation Grows in Wake of Deadly Clash
The U.N.’s Human Rights Office, Geneva yesterday said it was deeply concerned about human rights situation in Cambodia in the wake of government moved on Friday to Fatally crush garment workers’ call for an increased minimum wage.
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For Workers, Wage Rise is Shift from Surviving to Thriving
Sous Sary, a 31-year-old garment worker, works two hours of overtime every day in order to earn enough to live even the most Spartan to lifestyles on the out-skirts of Phnom Penh
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South Korean Embassy Denies Role in Strike Suppression
The South Korean Embassy yesterday denied a new report that it is lobbied Cambodian military authorities to “crack down on protesters” in a bid to shield Korean investments in the garment industry, prior to Friday’s killing to five protesters and wounding of more than 40 others by military police officers.
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Conflicting Figures on Number of Slain at Garment Protest
The Opposition CNRP has placed the number of striking garment factory workers shot dead by military police at Friday’s protest in Phnom Penh at six, party President Sam Rainsy said yesterday.
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Authorities Begin to Clamp Down on Striking Teacher
Authorities in Phnom Penh and at least three provinces have begun to clamp down on teachers conducting piecemeal strikes for higher wages.
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