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  • Journalists posing as police arrested

    Police in Preah Sihanouk province have arrested four local journalists, a construction worker and a Chinese national who allegedly posed as police officers, planted drugs in a Chinese tourist's car and extorted $2,3000 from his family in exchange for his release.

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  • Minimum wage to be decided

    The National Council on Minimum Wage will decide on a wage increase for workers in the garment, footwear, textile and travel product sectors at a meeting on Thursday after a figure could not be reached at a tripartite meeting on Wednesday.

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  • Smith asked to respect HRC rules

    The Permanent Mission of Cambodia to the UN called for the Special Rapporteur to Cambodia, Rhona Smith, to 'strictly observe' the Human Rights Council's code of conduct and manual of operational procedures.

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  • Police chief’s sexual abuse case not ‘crime’

    Ministry of Interior spokesman Khieu Sopheak said the complaint filed by women police officers against Kampong Thom police chief Ouk Kosal over sexual harassment did not carry a criminal offence as the complaint concerned administrative work.

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  • Sokha’s movements under surveillance

    After keeping a low profile for a while following a Phnom Penh Municipal Court warning that he may have been involved in political activities during previous public appearances, former opposition leader Kem Sokha has been spotted visiting provinces by authorities secretly monitoring him.

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  • UN rapporteur told to follow code of conduct

    The Cambodian Permanent Mission to the UN Office in Geneva on Wednesday urged UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Cambodia Rhona Smith to strictly observe the code of conduct and her office's operations manual.

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  • Oxfam announces project to protect 78,000 marginalised workers in Kingdom

    Oxfam announced yesterday it will launch a new project with in-country partners and international funding aimed at providing social protection for over 78,000 marginalised workers in Cambodia amid the global pandemic.

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  • Activists summoned in 2015 land dispute case in Preah Vihear

    Preah Vihear Provincial Court prosecutor Phy Sithorng issued a summons for four forest activists to appear in court on September 14 over charges of incitement to commit a felony after PNT Co Ltd filed a complaint against them concerning a 2015 land dispute.

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  • Minimum wage discussions continue

    The second-round meeting of the National Council on Minimum Wage yesterday was not been able to reach an agreement on the figure for 2021's minimum wage.

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  • Cambodia, VN ministers talk Covid-19 cooperation

    Minister of National Defence Tea Banh and several senior military officers held a virtual conference on Tuesday with Banh's Vietnamese counterpart General Ngo Xuan Lich to discuss the two countries' cooperation in the Covid-19 fight.

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  • ‘Meet one, smash one!’: Interior Ministry orders crackdown on inciters

    Amid the ongoing street protest to release unionist Rong Chhun and Khmer Win Party president Soung Sophorn who were arrested over their comments concerning the border issues, the Ministry of Interior has instructed authorities to take legal action against such activists, labelling them as 'inciters' causing chaos.

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  • Cambodia and Vietnam solidify relationship in defence meeting

    The Defence Ministers of Vietnam and Cambodia, General Tea Banh and Ngo Xuan Lich, have held a joint discussion on defence cooperation, the containment of COVID-19 in the region and working on the development of X16 zone ' a culturally significant site where the end of the genocide was marked by the Vietnamese side during the liberation of Cambodia.

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  • Government committee to assist journalists holds first meeting

    Minister of Information, Khieu Kanharith, yesterday held the first meeting with government lawyers to examine issues that journalists face in Cambodia, following an announcement in February of a commitment to assist journalists facing litigation.

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  • Facebook post sparks incitement arrest

    Police in Tboung Khmum province yesterday arrested the author of a Facebook post which said 'Angkor Wat does not belong to Khmer', followed by a live video defending the sentence, causing outrage amongst sites users.

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  • Ministry: No unlawful protests

    The Ministry of Interior is warning citizens not to take part in social justice protests.

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  • Kong Korm calls on former CNRP bigwigs to unite against CPP

    Kong korm, a former senior advisor to the Supreme Court-dissolved Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) wrote an open letter to former lawmaker Ou Chanrath and Son Chhay inviting them to discuss a way to compete with the ruling Cambodian People's Party (CPP) in the coming elections.

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  • Garment workers petition EU for intervention over legal compensation

    More than 250 garment workers from Violet Apparel (Cambodia) Co Ltd who claim to represent 1,284 others gathered on Monday in front of the EU offices to request intervention on legal compensation from the shuttered factory.

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  • Provincial police chief axed after harrasment probe

    The Ministry of Interior has decided to remove Ouk Kosal as the Kampong Thom Provincial Police Chief after concluding its investigation into sexual harassment claims against him from fellow female staff and officials.

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  • Authorities urged to address impact on railway residents

    More than 30 community members living along a railway in Boeung Kak II commune in Phnom Penh's Tuol Kork district gathered on Thursday to submit a joint letter requesting municipal governor Khuong Sreng to address the impact on their homes from a road and a reservoir project in Tuol Kork 2.

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  • CSOs report Covid-19 impacts

    Five civil society organisations presented a report on Thursday highlighting the negative impacts that Covid-19 has had on farmers, sex workers, garment workers and students.

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