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Anti-Corruption Unit Finds One of Its Officials Corrupt
Members of the public who have experienced corruption at the hands of officials at the Anti-Corruption Unit are encouraged to provide further information to the unit after it sent one of its staff members to court.
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UNFPA, Wesley Zaidan join hands on women empowerment project
Not all GBV survivors are accessing the services they need though many policies and GBV response services have been established in Cambodia. Only 24 per cent of women who have experienced intimate partner violence could receive support from formal service providers, or said.
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New laws to curb digital rights and internet freedoms raise civil society concerns
Soun Yuthyia, director of advocacy for the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR), said at the National Conference on Digital Rights and Internet Freedom on January 26 that the government had passed a number of laws that go against human rights during the pandemic.
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In search of Forest: How Cambodia protected flood forest
The fields of the plot in Kampong Leng district of Kampong Chhnang province looked neat and orderly, planted with rows of rice plants soaking in the paddy. The roughly 2,000 hectare stretch, not far from the Tonle Sap lake, was bare of any substantial trees, and though parts of the area appeared to be uncultivated wetlands, the area mostly looked like any other productive agricultural area in Cambodia. There was only one issue with that — none of these farms were supposed to exist.
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NagaWorld Strikers Accuse Company of ‘Trying to Distort the Truth’ Amid Deadlock
Striking NagaWorld workers pushed back at the casino company’s position that losses in the first half of 2021 justified mass layoffs, pointing to the three years of profits preceding the pandemic-induced slowdown and the ongoing construction of NagaWorld 3.
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Two Land Disputants Arrested in Preah Sihanouk
Two land disputants in Preah Sihanouk have been arrested and charged with violence and obstructing public officials over a clash that took place in February last year.
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Trial shows video of Rainsy calling PM a ‘traitor’
A video of exiled former opposition party leader Sam Rainsy calling Prime Minister Hun Sen a “traitor” was played as evidence yesterday in Phnom Penh Municipal Court during the ongoing hearing of Rainsy and 20 other former Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) members.
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Court tries ex-CNRP activist over incitement
Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday heard the case of a CNRP activist who allegedly incited people to go against the government through a live post on Facebook saying that there are divisions and disagreements between supporters of Prime Minister Hun Sen and those who support Interior Minister Sar Kheng.
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Opinion: Don’t Spread Singapore’s Repressive Foreign Interference Law
Singapore’s Parliament passed the Foreign Interference (Countermeasures) Act, or FICA, last October. It has not yet come into force here, but it’s depressing to see that its influence has already spread to Cambodia.
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Prey Lang, Prey Preah Roka Monitors Suppressed While Tree Cover Vanishes: Report
Forest watchers in 2020 filed 90 percent fewer reports of illegal logging amid officials’ threats against community patrols, according to an international research report, as one advocate said young people were refraining from joining patrols out of fear of repercussions.
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Defense Silenced by Private Phone Evidence in Opposition Mass Trials
Transcripts of phone calls between a CNRP activist and his wife and among opposition supporters, in which they spoke of Covid-19 concerns including a potential government cover-up, featured in the penultimate hearing of a mass trial case at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court.
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Growing support for striking workers at Cambodian casino
Striking workers protesting outside the NagaWorld casino in Phnom Penh have claimed a growing support network within Cambodia and nearby Malaysia
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At Gas Stations, Beer Factory, Workers Back NagaWorld Strike
Small pockets of support for striking NagaWorld workers are emerging: at the Angkor Beer factory in Sihanoukville, Coca-Cola factory in Phnom Penh, and 27 Caltex gas stations, and among unionists in Malaysia.
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Supreme Consultative Council Accused of Inaction
The Government’s Supreme Consultative Council is passive and powerless to do its job, social observers say, citing the lack of help it has given protesting former NagaWorld employees.
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Report: Titles now issued for almost all Kingdom’s plots
As of the end of 2021, the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction had issued more than six million land titles. More than 500,000 other titles are planned for 2022, which will complete all of the estimated seven million required across the Kingdom.
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Increasingly Rampant Deforestation in Cambodia, Study Finds
Cambodia has lost some 2.5 million hectares of tree cover over the past two decades, a new report by an environmental monitoring group shows, with one of the lead authors saying the government is allowing illegal logging to happen “with impunity.”
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Takeo orders removal of border posts on state land
The Bati district administration in Takeo province has instructed people who illegally planted stone posts to occupy state flooded forest land in Tnort commune to remove them immediately. If they fail to comply, the district administration will remove the posts and collect them as evidence for referral to court.
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Gov’t, CSOs discuss digital rights, internet freedoms
Civil society organisations (CSOs) and experts held a discussion on the challenges and development of digital rights and internet freedom in Cambodia. They urged that these rights and freedom continue to be available.
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Sokha’s hearing resumes with video clip evidence played
Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday continued playing a video clip involving former Cambodia National Rescued Party (CNRP) president Kem Sokha as it resumed hearing his treason trial.
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CPP Commune Chief Pick Riles Sidelined Candidate’s Family
An outburst quickly turned into apology in a Siem Reap constituency where a deputy commune chief was not elevated to run for the chief position in the June local elections.
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