Boeng Kak Residents Growing Resigned to Pending Evictions

A growing number of the residents around the capital's Boeng Kak lake who are facing eviction due to a development project are agreeing to accept compensation for their land, a commune official said yesterday. At least.

SRP Member Charged in Connection With 09 Clash

Banteay Meanchey Provincial Court on Sunday charged Him Sokha, a member of the opposition SRP, with incitement and defamation stemming from a standoff last year between protesters and authorities over a forced eviction in Poipet City.

NGOs, Indigenous People Ask For Protection Of Minority Rights

SIEM REAP CITY- Representatives from NGOs and Cambodia's ethnic minority groups yesterday called on the government to pay more attention to the threats posed to indigenous communities by mining and land concessions.

Cambodia's drug rehab system decried

Reporting from Phnom Penh, Cambodia — He meanders through a city park with friends, sniffing glue out of a plastic bag. Many nights he passes out on the sidewalk nearby. It's a bleak routine, but this 17-year-old prefers it to his stints at Choam Chao, one of the Cambodian government's controversial drug rehabilitation centers, where he was twice detained. "At night, when they got drunk, sometimes they'd beat me," he said, referring to older detainees deputized by the guards to enforce discipline. His tormentors were rewarded, he said, with occasional trips out of the center's compound, when they could buy their liquor.

Group Seeks Intervention Over Overtime Docking

The Cambodian Independent Teachers Association yesterday sent a letter to Education Minister Im Sethy asking him to intervene at a Kompong Cham province high School where teacher have accused officials of pocketing part of their over time wages, CITA president Rong Chhun said yesterday.

Court of Appeal Delays Hearing of Sam Rainsy Case

Thailand Denies Military Solution Over Border

Thailand yesterday denied Prime Minister Hun Sen's allegations that it was willing to use force to resolve a bilateral conflict with Cambodia over disputed border territory near the World Heritage-listed Preah Vihear temple.

Probe Into Death of SRP Member's Son Stalled

A year after the son of SRP lawmaker Yont Tharo was gunned down in Phnom Penh, the suspected assailant, an officer at the Ministry of Interior, has yet to appear for questioning at Phnom penh municipal court despite a court summons and warrant, according to Mr Tharo.

Government Bolsters Policy To Export Labor

Cambodia is hoping to increase the number of workers it sends abroad to absorb the some 300,000 young people entering the job market each year. "There are more than 10,000 Cambodians working legally in Thailand, and nearly 20,000 working in Malaysia." Cambodia is hoping to increase the number of workers it sends abroad to absorb the some 300,000 young people entering the job market each year. In a report made public Tuesday, the government said its labor migration policy will seek to make the export of labor the second-most robust sector, following garment factories. There are more than 10,000 Cambodians working legally in Thailand, and nearly 20,000 working in Malaysia, Seng Sakada, director general of the Ministry of Labor, told VOA Khmer. South Korea employs nearly 9,000 workers.

Trail Concluded in 09 Chi Kraeng Land Clash

The trail concluded yesterday at Siem Reap provincial Court in the case of nine men charged with attempted murder for their alleged roles in a 2009 clash with police over disputed land in Chi Kreng district.

Sam Rainsy Hearing Delayed a Second Time

The Court of Appeal postponed the hearing of opposition leader Sam Rainsy for a second time yesterday at the request of the two villagers convicted alongside Mr Rainsy of illegally removing border posts, because they do not have a defense lawyer.

Farmer Charged For Encroaching on State Forest

KAMPOT CITY- Kampot Provincial Court yesterday Charged the owner of a salt farm with illegal encroachment and demarcation of state land and placed him in provisional detention for allegedly clearing sate land that he claims as his own.

Officers, K Cham Farmers Fight Over Land

Villagers in kompong Cham province who claim a rubber plantation has encroached on their land faced off yesterday morning against armed police and soldiers attempting to shop them from farming the land, police and villagers said.

Convicted Pedophile Acquitted in P Sihanouk

Citing a lack of evidence, Preah Sihanouk provincial court yesterday acquitted a 62-year-old French man accused of committing indecent acts on 13-year-old boy, Judge Plang Samnang said.

Ceremony Marks S-21 UNESCO Listing One Year On

On the ground of Toul Sleng, where an estimated 14,000 inmates were tortured and murdered yesterday marked the first anniversary of the inscription of the prison's records in UNISCO register of world heritage.

B'bang Authorities to Try to Find Protesters Land

A day after a group of Battambang land protesters outside Prime Minister Hun Sen's house in Phnom Penh were forcibly shipped home, provincial authorities said yesterday they would attempt to obtain a social land concession for the angry villagers.

Villagers in Sam Rainsy Case Refuse Lawyer For Hearing

Two jailed villagers convicted alongside opposition leader Sam Rainsy of illegally removing border posts were to appear without a lawyer at a court of appeal hearing today after refusing to accept their newly appointed defense counsel, theiAr family members and lawyer said yesterday.

Police Use Force Against Protesters At PM's Home

Police yesterday used force to push Battambang province land protesters, including elderly women and infant children, onto a bus after they staged a sit-down demonstration at a park opposite Prime Minister Hun Sen's mansion in Phnom Penh.

SRP Lawmakers Object to VN Comments on K Krom

Six opposition SRP lawmakers have condemned what they characterize as a request by a Vietnamese government official that Cambodia curb the use of radio by Khmer Krom association, saying that it amounted to a violation of national sovereignty.

Gov't Considers Legal Action Againt Union Leaders

A council of Ministers of official said Saturday he would investigate whether union leaders could be sued if they continue to campaign for a further increase to the recently announced minimum wage in the garment sector.