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More Resignations at Love Party Leave It Headless
Senior leaders of the beleaguered Cambodia National Love Party continued to resign over the weekend, leaving its elected commune officers disappointed and perplexed days after a statement announced the “dissolution” of the CNRP-linked political group.
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Russei Keo: Affected Citizens Along Railway Accept Land Compensation
PHNOM PENH – 320 families affected by the construction of a new concrete road in Phnom Penh’s Kilometer 6 commune have agreed to accept a land compensation administered through a lucky draw. But they are concerned the new infrastructure will not be built any time soon.
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Bummer for opposition: 42 MPs needed to summon ministers for questioning
The National Assembly is expected to unanimously approve the proposed amendments to the Constitution today but a sore point with the opposition is the change to the quorum needed to summon and question government ministers in parliament.
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Lack of leadership thwarts opposition alliance efforts
Lack of an outstanding leader is what appears to be thwarting attempts of opposition parties to unite and forge a pre-poll alliance, say electoral experts and political analysts.
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Phnom Penh officials said they will begin reconstructing a road that collapsed into the Tonle Sap River in Chroy Changva district earlier this year, another instance of the riverbank collapsing due to erosion.
Phnom Penh officials said they will begin reconstructing a road that collapsed into the Tonle Sap River in Chroy Changva district earlier this year, another instance of the riverbank collapsing due to erosion.
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Defence: Sokha treason trial drags on
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on July 27 continued its questioning of Kem Sokha, former leader of the Supreme Court-dissolved Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), on charges of conspiracy with a foreign country to topple the government.
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Minor political parties discuss alliance ahead of National Election
The Grassroots Democratic Party (GDP) said Tuesday it was seeking to make an alliance with other minor parties ahead of the 2023 National Election, though analysts and other party officials suggest it will be a challenge to create a coalition strong enough to challenge the ruling party’s dominance of the National Assembly.
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Court Briefs: Documentary Translator’s Case Retried, Dissident Sentenced in Two Cases
The Appeal Court in Phnom Penh retried a case involving a Cambodian translator convicted of incitement for assisting on a 2018 Russia Today documentary on sex trafficking in the country.
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Commune chief champion’s women’s role in leadership
Heng Srey Pov, a resident of Kansaom Ak village and commune of Prey Veng province’s Kampong Trabek district, was re-elected as Kansaom Ak commune chief in the fifth mandate commune council election on June 5 in order to continue her work serving the people there – which includes finding ways to empower women and solve their particular problems.
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Tourism, Food-Worker Unions Back Plan to Strike for NagaWorld Workers
Major tourism and food workers’ unions said they supported a proposal to strike in August to show solidarity with Phnom Penh casino NagaWorld’s fired workers, who have been protesting since December.
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Gov’t denies Aussie report on ‘haven for regime’s dirty money’
The Cambodian government has responded to an Australian news report that accused Cambodia of using Australia as a “haven for the regime’s dirty money”.
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Hundreds of Families Want Land Concession to Offset Evictions
More than 300 village residents from Koh Kong province protested at a district hall on Monday, asking for a social land concession to resolve their longstanding land conflict with a sugarcane plantation.
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Opposition Outrage as CPP’s Constitution Changes Move Ahead
The National Assembly is expected to this week adopt draft amendments to the Constitution that relate to the transition of national leadership – a move strongly opposed by the opposition as an overt power grab by the ruling Cambodian People’s Party.
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State Hands Land to Lawmaker, Senator’s Family
A ruling-party parliamentarian, a CPP senator’s family member and a business associate of the prime minister’s daughter are among the latest recipients of state-land transfers that have been distributing lakes, forests and wildlife sanctuaries to the country’s elite.
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Unions Plan Wider Strikes to Support Naga Workers Amid Incitement Accusations
Unions are planning strikes next month in the food industry and the country’s factories in support of the long-running NagaWorld labor dispute, a unionist said on Monday even after authorities accused her and another of Cambodia’s prominent union leaders of incitement.
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‘Dismay’ on new US bill’s democracy accusations
The Kingdom’s Senate was “utterly dismayed” when the US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations passed the Cambodia Democracy and Human Rights Act 2022 (S.3052) last week claiming that Cambodia’s elections have not been free and fair.
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Kingdom’s bid to escape ‘grey list’ looks promising
Minister of Justice Koeut Rith has urged all relevant institutions to continue their cooperation to curb money laundering and the financing of terrorism so that Cambodia can be removed from the grey list of countries which are vulnerable to money laundering.
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Briefs: Kratie Military Police Officer Given Bail in Abuse Case, CNRP Official’s Conviction Upheld
The Supreme Court granted bail to a Kratie city military police chief — after lower courts denied his requests — with the official being charged with alleged torture, violence and death threats against two 12-year-old girls working at his house.
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Opposition parties want CPP-backed constitutional amendments scrapped
An alliance of opposition groups led by the Candlelight Party asked the National Assembly to reject CPP-proposed changes to the constitution, saying the amendments weakened parliament and violated the principles of multiparty democracy.
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Opposition parties petition NA to dismiss Constitutional amendments
Four opposition parties yesterday submitted a petition to the National Assembly (NA) asking for the proposed amendments to the Constitution requested by the Cabinet to be dismissed, claiming that the changes will reduce the power of the parliament.
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