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Plans to clear backlog of legal cases unveiled
The Ministry of Justice on Monday unveiled details of its new national campaign to ease congested prisons by clearing an immense backlog of court cases.
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Groups want charges against journos dropped
Some 130 civil society groups and a union yesterday called on the government and court officials to drop charges against journalists Sok Oudom and Sovann Rithy, noting that officials have been targeting journalists over their reporting.
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S’ville residents protest new road
A group of 162 families from Commune IV’s Village 4 in Sihanoukville on Monday protested the building of a new road by the authorities, claiming that it affected their houses.
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A campaign to solve over 30,000 court cases kicks off
The Justice Ministry today announced that it launched a six-month campaign to resolve backlog of court cases stuck at the courts across the country.
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Colour revolution still a threat to nation
Prime Minister Hun Sen and Interior Minister Sar Kheng have reiterated their instructions to the National Police to prevent a “colour revolution” movement in the Kingdom, saying the possibility of Cambodia facing one is still a threat.
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UNFPA provides dignity kits to aid for Cambodia’s vulnerable migrants
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in Cambodia provided 1,670 dignity kits along with communication materials to assist the Interior Ministry’s National Committee for Counter Tracking in fighting against COVID-19 pandemic, said its news statement released late on Monday.
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Clearing court backlogs
The Justice Ministry yesterday announced the launch of a six-month campaign to resolve a backlog of nearly 40,000 court cases across the country.
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Eight arrested in forestry crime busts
Eight suspects were sent by officials of the Kratie Provincial Environment Department to the provincial court over separate cases of forest encroachment in the Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary.
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NGO head calls out officials
Civil society organisation ACNCIPO head Chea Hean said on Monday he will send a letter to Minister of Environment Say Sam Al next week requesting officials to investigate Central Cardamom National Park director Chea Yuthea and Southern Cardamom National Park director Long Si for allowing illegal loggers to transport timber through the parks.
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Sokha’s case could be delayed until next year: Prime Minister
Prime Minister Hun Sen has said the treason trial of former opposition leader Kem Sokha could be delayed until next year and not held by August, which is when the European Union makes its final decision on partial removal of the Kingdom’s Everything-but-arms trade status.
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’ PM places boundaries on Supreme Council’s work
At a plenary meeting of the Council of Ministers on Friday, Prime Minister Hun Sen restricted members of the Supreme Council for Consultation and Recommendation from addressing disputes being handled by the courts or those already solved by the government.
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PM tells SCC to lay off resolved land disputes
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Friday prohibited members of the Supreme Consultative Council from re-opening or getting involved with any land dispute cases that had already been addressed by the courts and the premier himself.
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PM: Resumption of Sokha trial to be decided by court
Prime Minister Hun Sen has confirmed that former opposition leader Kem Sokha’s treason case will be decided by the courts according to procedure, said government spokesperson Phay Siphan.
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Mekong region under threat, report claims
A recent report by the Regional Community Forestry Training Centre (RECOFTC) said villagers living around Srepok Wildlife Sanctuary had recently reported illegal loggers in the forest and they took action by seizing some of the perpetrators’ chainsaws.
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Call to reduce discrimination against LGBT community
The Cambodian Human Rights Committee has called on the public and families with LGBT members, to avoid discrimination, violence, and psychological oppression against them.
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Financial bills heading to NA
The Council of Ministers has approved six draft laws including that on anti-money laundering, terrorism financing and counter-proliferation financing. The bills are considered urgent and would be sent to the National Assembly (NA) for deliberation in no later than a week.
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Cambodia commits to Anti-Financing of Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction
Cambodia has strongly affirmed its opposition to weapons of mass destruction, WMD, through two new draft laws approved on Friday, May 15.
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Official shrugs off M’kiri land grab claim
Mondulkiri provincial Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction director Mao Chamroeun has denied allegations he collaborated with a third party to steal land from indigenous people.
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VOA Khmer radio station allowed to resume broadcasts
The Minister of Information on Friday allowed the return of VOA Khmer to radio broadcasting via Women’s Media Centre FM102 and FM103.50MHz following its suspension in 2017 for failing to complete the requirements for its legal registration at the Ministry of Information.
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Suth Dina pardoned as special case: Justice Ministry
The Justice Ministry said yesterday that the royal pardon for Suth Dina, former Cambodian Ambassador to South Korea, was granted based on a request made by Prime Minister Hun Sen as a “special case”.
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