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Five arrested in second round of 'Black Monday' protests
Five land activists were arrested yesterday in the capital’s Tuol Kork district for taking part in the second week of the “Black Monday” campaign for the release of detained civil society members, though the majority of rights groups and NGOs refrained from demonstrating publicly. Phnom Penh Deputy Governor Khoung Sreng said the five – Phork Sophin, Ngov Nary and Yin Srin, from Borei Keila; Srey Touch, from Boeung Kak; and airport development activist Chray Nim – were picked up outside the Chenla Theater and taken to the district’s police station for protesting illegally.
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MPs refuse to attend court for 'prostitution' summons
CNRP lawmakers Tok Vanchan and Pin Ratana yesterday ignored a summons to appear in court to answer questions about an alleged rendezvous between opposition leader Kem Sokha and a purported prostitute in Thailand. In a case widely slammed as politically motivated, Vanchan and Ratana, both dual Cambodian-American citizens, are accused of meeting alleged mistress Khom Chandaraty in Bangkok and taking her to meet Sokha. Chandaraty has been accused of “prostitution” by police investigating the scandal.
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Resolution on political situation before US House
Amid what the head of one rights NGO yesterday described as “growing repression” in the Kingdom, a resolution has been introduced in the US House of Representatives calling on the CPP-led government to cease the “harassment” and “politically motivated” prosecutions of opposition lawmakers. The resolution’s call for “the Government of Cambodia to respect freedom of the press and the rights of citizens to freely assemble, protest and speak out against the government” on Thursday came in the wake of arrests of activists at last week’s “Black Monday” protest and an announcement by the Ministry of Information that news outlets could face repercussions if they fail to apply the honorific “samdech” to the names of senior politicians.
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Active Government Can Avert Revolution: Sar Kheng
Interior Minister Sar Kheng made the rather frank assessment on Monday that a much-discussed “color revolution” could occur in Cambodia only as a response to an inactive government. Mr. Kheng’s remarks came hours after five more peaceful protesters were arrested in the morning while waiting to join the second “Black Monday” demonstration against recent sweeping arrests of civil society activists.
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Land titling to start on Chroy Changvar
Land rights groups have cautiously welcomed an announcement that, beginning tomorrow, plots would start to be measured and land titles assigned to those who will be affected by the controversial Chroy Changvar Satellite City. But residents of the three communes affected by the $1.6 million Overseas Cambodia Investment Corporation (OCIC) development yesterday said they had received no official notice of the municipal government’s plans, and did not have time to prepare.
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Kandal nixes CNRP television antenna
Local authorities have officially blocked the CNRP from building a television antenna on land it bought in Kandal province, further setting back the party’s attempts to establish a TV station ahead of upcoming elections. The decision, based on health concerns expressed by 21 nearby families, deals another blow to the beleaguered Cambodia National Rescue Party, which was awarded a broadcast licence as part of a deal to end the political stalemate following the 2013 disputed elections.
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Protesters Hinder Land Titling In Kompong Speu Over Fishing Rights
Officials in Kompong Speu province have had to suspend their efforts to grant private land titles over part of a 40-hectare reservoir dating back to the Khmer Rouge in the face of a protest mounted by more than 100 locals afraid of losing their fishing privileges.
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On Second ‘Black Monday,’ Five Protesters Arrested
Five peaceful protesters were arrested yesterday morning in Phnom Penh as they waited to join fellow activists for the second round of a “Black Monday” campaign calling for the release of four human rights workers and an election official imprisoned earlier this month.
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Cambodian Issues Raised in Australian Election Campaign
An Australian opposition lawmaker representing the large Cambodian community in Melbourne has pledged to put pressure on Prime Minister Hun Sen’s government on issues of human rights and fair elections if she is re-elected on July 2.
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Hun Sen Says Newspaper Could Face Legal Action
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Thursday threatened legal action against The Cambodia Daily for having “distorted” his remarks from a speech on Tuesday, also telling the newspaper’s journalists that he would prefer they no longer wrote articles about his speeches.
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Analyst Ou Virak Questioned Over Defamation Complaint
Political analyst Ou Virak was questioned at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Thursday over a defamation suit filed against him last month by the CPP, which claims he affected the “dignity” of the ruling party in comments he made in a radio interview.
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Ambassador to Australia Faces Graft Claims
Cambodia’s ambassador to Australia was told by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Wednesday to respond to allegations that he and his staff have been illegally selling large quantities of tax-exempt alcohol and tobacco to a store in Melbourne.
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Police Grill Labor Leader Over ‘Black Monday’ Shirts
Police questioned a labor leader on Wednesday over his alleged involvement in printing black T-shirts for use in next week’s planned “Black Monday” protest, while an official said the U.S. ambassador refuted claims that the embassy was behind the campaign in a meeting with the foreign minister. Eight human rights officers and activists were arrested during the first Black Monday protest earlier this week, but have pledged to press ahead with the weekly rallies of black-clad protesters calling for the release of five colleagues who have been imprisoned over their alleged involvement in a sex scandal.
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PM pledges answers on Vietnamese border ELCs
Prime Minister Hun Sen will assign a team to respond to questions about the Vietnamese army’s alleged control of 40,000 hectares of land in Ratanakkiri province submitted by opposition lawmaker Um Sam An, imprisoned in April for his criticism of the government’s border policy. The letter, signed by the premier and dated March 17, also hints at the possibility of releasing the Cambodia National Rescue Party parliamentarian.
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Kandal district gov comes to aid of 'blacklisted' oknha
The governor of Kandal’s Kien Svay district has come to the defence of Oknha Lok Hour, whose name was the first to be added last week to a Land Management Ministry “blacklist” over land grabbing allegations. Land developer Hour has repeatedly come under fire over five separate land disputes in Kandal province’s Sa’ang and Kien Svay districts, causing Provincial Governor Mao Pirun to call upon the governors of both districts last Thursday to freeze the land until such time as the disputes are resolved.
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Vathana ‘partner’ no fan of prime minister
A notorious fraudster with whom Justice Minister Ang Vong Vathana allegedly had a business relationship has turned out to be a violent critic of Prime Minister Hun Sen. A 2007 register for offshore-incorporated RCD International, obtained by the Post this week following the Panama Papers data leak, lists Vathana, who was previously a member of Hun Sen’s cabinet, and Ray Chhat Dam as major shareholders with 5,000 and 22,000 shares respectively.
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Ambassador Brushes off Black Monday Allegations
The US Ambassador to Cambodia yesterday denied American involvement in the Black Monday protest, according to a Foreign Ministry spokesman. Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Chum Sunry spoke to the media after a closed-door meeting between Foreign Minister Prak Sokhon and Ambassador William Heidt. He said Mr. Heidt confirmed that the US embassy held a meeting with some civil society organizations before the protest.
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A No-Show in Court, Sokha Questions Government Attention
Deputy opposition leader Kem Sokha did not turn up for questioning in court on Wednesday, instead using a meeting with youth at his party’s headquarters to rhetorically ask why the state was pursuing so aggressively the “personal matter” of whether he took a mistress.
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Cops still after UN staffer
Despite the Foreign Ministry declaring that United Nations staffer Soen Sally has diplomatic immunity, police will still arrest the human rights worker on sight because the Interior Ministry has not been told otherwise, an official said yesterday. On Monday, the Post reported the Foreign Affairs Ministry had requested that the “competent authorities” stop legal action against Sally after determining he was protected under international law.
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Official to Address Vietnamese Land Allegation
Prime Minister Hun Sen announced yesterday that he will appoint a government official to answer questions in the National Assembly about economic land concessions (ELC) allegedly granted to members of the Vietnamese military in Rattanakiri province. The move is in response to a proposal by opposition member Um Sam An, who is now detained in Prey Sar prison on incitement charges over allegations he made last year that the government voluntarily ceded land to the Vietnamese military.
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