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Two more questioned in ‘treason’ case against former CNRP leader
The investigating judge at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Wednesday questioned two more witnesses in a treason case against former Cambodia National Rescue Party leader Kem Sokha. Khoeun Virath, who after last year’s commune election became the first deputy chief for Sangkhat Boeung Tompun 2, in Phnom Penh’s Meanchey district, was questioned for more than one hour by Investigative Judge Ky Rithy.
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Villagers again flock to Land Ministry
About 70 people representing thousands of Kampong Speu province households yesterday gathered once again in front of the Land Management Ministry to appeal to the authorities to take action against three rubber plantations and a sugar cane plantation over more than 2,000 hectares of disputed land.
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Hundreds of villagers demand their land
More than 100 Koh Kong province villagers returned to the Land Management Ministry office in Phnom Penh demanding that the authorities speed up the distribution process of three hectares of land owed to each family as compensation in two districts after authorities declared it had solved a dispute between villagers and two sugar companies.
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Kratie villagers claim at least two shot dead by officials, while authorities deny fatalities
Clashes between villagers protesting a land dispute and security officers erupted in gunfire yesterday in Kratie province, with a rights official initially reporting six killed, and villagers at the scene confirming at least two dead – while authorities provided a starkly different account, saying that nobody had been killed.
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Koh Kong villagers petition ministries
Fourteen families from Koh Kong province’s Kiri Sakor district have asked the Ministry of Environment and Ministry of Land Management to intervene in their land dispute with the Union Development Group.
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Montagnards will be sent back home
The Interior Ministry has rejected refugee status to dozens of Montagnards from Vietnam living in Cambodia, saying they will face deportation to their home country, according to an annual report released this week.
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Land grab protested
Nearly 50 villagers representing 50 families who live in Phnom Penh’s Por Senchey district went to the Ministry of Land Management yesterday to protest against a man allegedly trying to grab 13 hectares of their land.
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Land rights NGO given green light to resume its operations
The Interior Ministry has decided to allow land rights NGO Equitable Cambodia to operate in Cambodia after suspending its activities in September.
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Kem Ley foundation registered
The Ministry of Interior has officially registered a newly created “Kem Ley Foundation Association” after months of processing the application.
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Villagers in dispute over land for new Kandal airport take fight to province hall
More than 200 people gathered at Kandal Provincial Hall yesterday demanding intervention in a dispute involving tycoon Seang Chanheng near land earmarked for a massive new $1.5 billion airport development.
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Kem Ley's family arrives in Australia as refugees
The wife and children of slain political analyst Kem Ley have landed safely in Melbourne, Australia as refugees.
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Cambodia’s Ongoing Imprisonment of Former RFA Reporters ‘Unjustified’: Media Watchdogs
The ongoing imprisonment of two former RFA reporters held for three months on charges of “espionage” is “unjustified” and in violation of Cambodia’s constitutional right to freedom of expression, a consortium of journalist organizations said Tuesday, calling for their “immediate release.”
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Mother Nature activists due for prison release
Two Mother Nature activists who were convicted of incitement to commit a felony and violation of privacy by Koh Kong Provincial Court may be released today following the completion of their five-month prison terms.
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Hundreds of Cambodians stopped on Thai border
Thai authorities on Sunday stopped nearly 50 homemade tractors and trucks belonging to Cambodians who were transporting chemical fertilizer from Sa Kaeo province in Thailand into Cambodia, according to a police officer.
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Cambodia's Supreme Court Rejects Appeal by Jailed Land-Rights Activist
Cambodia’s Supreme Court today upheld the 30-month sentence imposed last year by a lower court on prominent land rights activist Tep Vanny, sending her back to prison to serve out her term in a case widely seen as politically motivated.
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UN help sought in land dispute
Human rights representatives from NGO Adhoc and the United Nations have been asked to intervene in a land dispute between villagers and an army lieutenant they say was granted a land title illegally inside a protected community forest in Oddar Meanchey province.
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Police prevent same-sex wedding ceremony
A wedding between a 36-year-old Frenchman and a 23-year-old Cambodian man was prohibited on Saturday evening by provincial immigration police in Kratie province’s Kratie town.
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Five more held for shooting forest patrollers in Mondulkiri
Five more suspects have been arrested and are being interrogated by authorities in relation to the murder of three forest patrollers last Tuesday in Mondulkiri’s Keo Seima Wildlife Sanctuary, authorities confirmed yesterday.
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Borei Keila members told to stop protests
District authorities warned Borei Keila residents yesterday during a meeting to stop protesting lest they be arrested.
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Borei Keila holdout community shrinking
With one of their representatives leaving the last standing Borei Keila building yesterday and three more families accepting compensation on Monday, the remaining holdouts in one of Cambodia’s longest-running and highest-profile land disputes say their community is crumbling.
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