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Cambodia Convicts 5 Environmentalists Over Plan to March to PM's Home
A Cambodian court sentenced five environmental activists for up to 20 months in jail on Wednesday for incitement to commit crimes, over their attempts to organize a march to the prime minister's residence to protest the filling-in of a city lake.
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Provinces Vigilant as Crowds Leave Phnom Penh With Lockdown’s Easing
Some provincial authorities are taking extra precautions with the hopes of preventing Covid-19 transmission after the government relaxed lockdowns in Phnom Penh and Takhmao and crowds departed the cities on Thursday.
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Businesses reopen as Phnom Penh lifts lockdown in yellow zones
Phnom Penh’s residents have wasted little time getting back to business as usual after municipal authorities announced the lifting of the lockdown for people in the city’s yellow zones. Smaller areas with high infection rates will continue to face travel restrictions, though, with one social researcher warning that further outbreaks could erupt at any time.
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Nearly 300,000 packages food aid delivered to residents amid lockdown
The Phnom Penh Municipal Administration has supplied nearly 300,000 packages of relief assistance to residents in Phnom Penh’s red, orange and yellow zones during the lockdown.
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Poipet Casino Workers Stuck in Lockdown, Face Food Shortage and Debt
Sin Reaksa, a staff member at DNA Star Vegas Casino in Poipet, says he and 40 colleagues occasionally get 10 minutes to leave their seven-story dormitory, cross the road, and quickly buy groceries or food from vendors rolling past with carts.
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As factories reopen, those who can’t return to work continue to struggle
Sunday marks one month since rising COVID-19 cases forced the closure of D’Luxe International Co., Ltd, a garment factory in Pur Senchey district that is just one of hundreds that suspended operations on April 9.
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Cambodian Youth Said to Have Died of Pneumonia Was Killed in Custody, Mother Says
A Cambodian detainee said by authorities to have died of pneumonia was actually killed in custody, the young man’s mother says, citing injuries seen on his body after it was returned.
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Siem Reap Provincial Administration temporarily shuts down two guesthouses for having involvement with patients from
The Siem Reap provincial administration has decided to close two guesthouses in Siem Reap after involving Covid-19 patients from Pailin province.
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Covering Cambodia’s elections amid threats
We went to the field with CPP officials because we didn’t focus on sensitive or negative issues. Our journalist role at that time was like disseminating propaganda for them — highlighting positive stories about the ruling CPP.”
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With lockdown coming to an end, the government still has lots to learn
Following two weeks of curfew and the partial closure of the capital of Phnom Penh, the government abruptly announced in mid-April that the whole city, as well as the neighbouring city of Takmao, would be completely locked down for a fortnight. The announcement, which would leave families locked in their homes for everything except the most essential tasks, came just a few hours before its immediate implementation at midnight.
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Curfew hours in Phnom Penh and Takhmao City to be revised to 8pm and 3am
As the end of the lockdown will take place at midnight today, the government has decided to reduce the curfew hours in Phnom Penh and Takhmao City from the current 8pm to 5am to 8pm and 3am.
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Six arrested after crossing into Cambodia illegally from Vietnam
Six Chinese men who were smuggled in from Vietnam were arrested and sent to a quarantine centre in Svay Rieng province’s Svay Rieng town on the night of May 3 after residents spotted them walking through Prasot 2 village in Svay Tiep district’s Kandieng Reay commune.
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Alleged Police Poser in Court for Driving Man From ‘Red Zone’
Cambodian Lou Kimfat, 27, had pretended to be a policeman by displaying an officer’s uniform and cap in the front of his car, and drove 27-year-old Chinese national Chen Xubo from a restricted area in Sihanoukville’s Bei commune, according to provincial authorities.
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Mother Nature activists found guilty, jailed for planning one-woman march
Five environmental activists were sentenced to up to 20 months prison on incitement charges by the Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Wednesday, over plans for a one-woman march to raise awareness of the impact of filling in lakes for development in the capital.
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CICP supports PM’s actions towards fighting COVID-1
The Cambodian Institute for Cooperation and Peace (CICP) has expressed its appreciation and support to the actions made by Prime Minister Hun Sen in safeguarding the wellbeing of the citizens in Cambodia against the deadly coronavirus disease.
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Ex-opposition activist blasted for using children as political tool to attack gov’t
People have expressed disappointment and anger towards a photo posted on social media by former Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) activist Seng Meng Bunrong, showing four children holding messages saying they don’t have food to eat because of the lockdown.
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Mondulkiri Requests 3,000 Hectares of Wildlife Sanctuary Be Made an SEZ
A shopping mall, hotel, casino, warehouses and mixed-use areas are proposed to be built on a wildlife sanctuary near the Vietnamese border under a request made by the Mondulkiri provincial administration to the Interior Ministry.
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Cambodia Sentences Five Environmental Activists to Jail For ‘Incitement’
A court in Cambodia’s capital sentenced five members of an environmental watchdog to between 18 and 20 months in prison Wednesday for “incitement,” prompting condemnation from family members and rights groups who said the convictions were unjust and had dealt a blow to freedom of expression.
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Government Failing to Investigate Violence Against Journalists, Rights Groups Say
The Cambodian government must investigate and punish perpetrators of crimes and violence against journalists, civil society groups said after releasing a statement to mark World Press Freedom Day on Monday.
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More of Phnom Penh Turned ‘Yellow’ in Easing of Lockdown Restrictions
In a new list of lockdown zones issued by Phnom Penh City Hall Wednesday night, all of the capital’s Boeng Keng Kang, Chamkarmon, Chroy Changva, Daun Penh and Sen Sok districts were moved to “yellow.”
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