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Factory Shut, 11 Dead After Drinking Wine With ‘High’ Methanol Content
Eleven people have died from apparent methanol poisoning after consuming wine produced by a Kandal province factory now shuttered by authorities
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Resort Encroaches on Community Wetlands, 11 Workers Arrested
An under-construction resort in Banteay Meanchey province allegedly began clearing an adjacent protected wetland and its flooded forests — designated as shelter for breeding fish — leading to the arrests of 11 workers, local police said.
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Widening of National Road 4 to Preah Sihanouk Set to Start Next Year
One of the country’s key trucking routes linking the capital to Sihanoukville’s coastal port is set for widening in a $100-million, World Bank-financed project starting next year, as a parallel expressway under construction is also now about 50 percent complete, the Transport Ministry said.
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Research on Cambodia Wildlife Trade Examines Risk of Animal-Human Virus Transmission
The Pasteur Institute in Cambodia said it is researching wildlife trade and consumption in the country’s north in order to better understand the health risk posed by pathogen transmission from wild animals to humans.
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Red zones eliminated in Phnom Penh as COVID-19 cases drop
The Phnom Penh government announced on Wednesday that there will be no more red zones in the capital, though dark yellow and yellow zones will remain.
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Nightclub raid nets 45 for curfew violations
Phnom Penh municipal police arrested 45 people in the early hours of May 19 for gathering to drink alcohol in a nightclub, breaking the capital’s 8pm-3am curfew.
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Phnom Penh Fishers’ Boats, Incomes Plummet in Stronger Storms
The storm that day affected everything,” she says on a bright but overcast Tuesday morning. “We lost everything. I just tried to save my little children.
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‘Virtually no Red Zones’ in Phnom Penh starting from today
Phnom Penh authorities announced yesterday that as of today, the capital will be virtually free of Red Zones, because the number of Covid-19 infections has been steadily declining.
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“It Didn’t Feel Warm in the Family Anymore”: LGBTIQ+ Community Speaks Out at Pride Week
The LGBTIQ+ community and five other civil society networks in Cambodia are celebrating Pride Week 2021 from May 14 to May 31, including International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, and Transgenders on May 17, according to the Rainbow Community Kampuchea Organization.
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Opinion: Time to Stop Discrimination Against LGBTIQ People in the Workplace
In Cambodia, more and more LGBTIQ people are now beginning to reveal their identity and advocate for their rights, resulting in some positive changes in recent years. Some non-governmental organizations or youth groups are also working on promoting LGBTIQ rights and equality. Ten years ago, the term LGBTIQ might sound weird to many Cambodian people, but it may not be the case anymore.
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Hun Sen warns of ‘rebel group’ disrupting 2022 commune elections, as high-ranking CNRP officials allowed to rejoin politics
Two more former CNRP members have requested the reinstatement of their political rights, bringing the total number to 24 thus far, as candidates prepare for the commune elections next year.
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Accused wife-beater Duong Chhay faces stalled investigation after leaving monkhood
Phnom Penh police are still waiting on an order from the prosecutor’s office before they can continue their investigation of accused wife-beater Duong Chhay following the disgraced tycoon’s decision to leave the monkhood on Monday. Police had initially declined to question Chhay, who was caught on camera violently attacking his wife, after the tycoon publicly declared he was entering a monastery.
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Mekong river monitoring network improvement receives French support
The French Government today granted EUR 1.5 million to the Mekong River Commission (MRC) to improve and expand its river monitoring network for better river monitoring and management of water infrastructure project operations along the mainstream and key tributaries of the Mekong.
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Fears of Heightened Repression After PM’s Election ‘Attack’ Rhetoric
Prime Minister Hun Sen is setting the stage for heightened repression with his message over the weekend that there are opposition plans “to sabotage the upcoming elections,” civil society groups say.
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WHO, Gov’t Stress Continued Vigilance as Covid-19 Numbers Ease
Cambodia’s Covid-19 numbers appear to be on the decline, but authorities stressed the need for continued vigilance as outbreaks have emerged across the region, and say they are keeping particularly close watch on factories and dense urban areas.
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Opposition activists on trial over Chinese Embassy protest
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court began the trial of nine former Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) activists yesterday, who have been charged with “incitement to commit a felony or cause social unrest” for gathering about 100 people in front of the Chinese Embassy in Phnom Penh asking China to respect the 1991 Paris Peace Agreements.
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‘Big fish’ comeback: Former CNRP number two seeks political rehabilitation
After years of silence following the court dissolution of the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), prominent veteran politician Pol Ham, a former CNRP vice president, has requested “political rehabilitation” from the government.
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‘Please Release Us’: Youth Activists Seek Bail 9 Months After Arrest
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Tuesday denied bail to five members of activist group Khmer Thavrak and two members of the Khmer Student Intelligent League Association, as the defendants urged that they had already been in jail for as long as nine months.
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Opinion: Yubi — Yes, This Is the Way It Has Been
Last week, the story of Mean Pich Rita, a 19 year-old student, beauty queen and TV presenter, sparked outcry among Cambodian social media users.
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Former Opposition Deputy Applies for ‘Political Rehabilitation’
A former vice president of the outlawed opposition CNRP has broken with the strident wing of the party in asking the government to be reinstated to politics this week, a course of action that a party co-founder has previously criticized as effective betrayal.
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