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Authorities Arrest More Than 100 Brokers Amid Covid-19 Border Clampdown
Amid mass migrant worker arrivals and overcrowding quarantine centers at the Thai and Vietnamese borders, a senior National Police official said authorities over the past two weeks had arrested more than 100 brokers who facilitated illegal border crossings.
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Feb 20 incident C-19 scourge spreads to factory
The February 20 Community Incident continues to plague the Kingdom with a woman linked to it, becoming the country’s first factory worker to be infected with COVID-19.
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Book on waste management plan out soon
The Phnom Penh Municipal Hall will publish a pamphlet introducing the new waste management system that is coming to the capital and print enough for distribution to the more than 400,000 households obliged to pay the waste collection fee.
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Embassies Express Concerns Over 25-Year Sentence Against Rainsy
Representatives of the U.S., E.U., U.K. and Australia this week raised concerns over the Phnom Penh Municipal Court sentencing nine CNRP opposition leaders to 20 to 25 years in prison for a planned “attack” on the state.
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Cambodia’s First Lady Under Fire for Photos Flaunting Lavish Lifestyle
The wife of Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen is under criticism for her extravagant lifestyle, after several photos of her wearing expensive clothing and accessories surfaced on social media.
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Updated: CNRP Leaders Lose Right to Stand for Office, Get 20-25 Year Sentences
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court sentenced opposition leaders living abroad to 20 to 25 years in prison and stripped them of their right to stand in elections with only a Bar Association-assigned lawyer’s secretary present for the defense, according to a lawyer and court spokesperson
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Details Emerge in Deadly Abduction, Extortion Bid in Phnom Penh
PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA — Four people were shot dead in a bloody shootout by the Royal Gendarmerie of Cambodia forces on Monday for allegedly attempting to extort a million dollars from a family.
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NagaWorld to ‘Volunteer’ to Close, Days After Covid-19 Cases
After NagaWorld workers began a work boycott over the weekend about employees being kept in the dark about Covid-19 cases at the casino, its owner NagaCorp announced it would act “responsibly and swiftly to volunteer to temporarily suspend its business.”
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Over 10,000 Phnom Penh Residents in Covid-19 Lockdown: Governor
More than 10,000 Phnom Penh residents are in Covid-19 quarantine, with 74 buildings locked down, following widespread contract tracing and testing into the “February 20” cluster, Phnom Penh governor Khuong Sreng said on Tuesday.
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National Assembly reviewing new draft law on emergency Covid powers
The National Assembly (NA) plans to call an extraordinary legislative session to pass the Covid-19 prevention and control draft law which could also help with the future containment of other contagious diseases.
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AstraZeneca jabs touch down in Phnom Penh airport
The first shipment of 324,000 doses of the AstraZeneca/SII vaccine which was provided through the Covid-19 Vaccines Global Access (COVAX) Facility was delivered to Phnom Penh International Airport on March 2. The rest of the COVAX provided vaccines will arrive in Cambodia at a later date.
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US Expresses Concern Over Cambodia Internet Controls
The United States is expressing concern over the Cambodian government’s recent move to set up a national internet gateway that critics say will give authorities more power to surveil and censor internet users in the country.
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Cambodia and More Than 100 Countries Lose Low Export-Tax Rate to the U.S.
Travel goods manufactured in Cambodia and exported to the United States no longer benefit from the low taxation rate provided by the US Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) scheme.
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Enforcement officers impound 15 overloaded trucks plying NR 44
The Ministry of Public Works impounded 15 overloaded trucks on Saturday along National Road 44 in Kampong Speu province’s Samraong Tong district.
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Naga Workers Boycott Amid ‘Irregular’ Covid-19 Response, Worker Infections
Thousands of NagaWorld union and nonunion workers stayed home from work at Phnom Penh’s sole casino and hotel complex over the weekend and on Monday as some workers said they had tested positive for Covid-19, but little information was made available by the company, workers said.
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Rainsy sentenced to 25 years
The Phnom Penh municipal court on March 1 sentenced Sam Rainsy, the former leader of the now dissolved Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) to 25 years in prison in-absentia. Rainsy has been living in self-exile abroad for several years.
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Almost locked down: Authorities advice against travel in or out of Sihanoukville
Preah Sihanouk Provincial administration yesterday identified four more hotspots in Sihanoukville amid concerns of a COVID-19 community spread and has urged its residents not to leave the city in a bid to contain the situation.
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Cambodia embassy refutes Washington Post editorial on internet gateway
The Royal Embassy of Cambodia to the United States of America on Saturday refuted a Washington Post editorial that accused the Cambodian government of suffocating free speech and stifling political opposition with its planned National Internet Gateway.
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Chanrath seeks to register party
Former Cambodia National Rescue Party lawmaker Ou Chanrath has submitted an application to the Ministry of the Interior to officially establish the Cambodia Reform Party (CRP) as of March 1.
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Cambodian Opposition Figure Slapped with 25-year Jail Sentence
Cambodia's exiled opposition figurehead Sam Rainsy was sentenced in absentia to 25 years in jail Monday over an alleged plot to overthrow strongman Hun Sen's government, a court official said.
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