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Prosecutor introduces new evidence at Kem Sokha treason trial
Prosecutors in former opposition leader Kem Sokha’s treason trial on Wednesday submitted new evidence, which the defense urged the judge to reject saying it was simply delaying the case and showed the prosecution had insufficient evidence to back up its charges.
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Conviction of political activists legal, gov’t tells US delegation
Cambodia has defended “conviction of political activists” during a meeting with the US congressional delegation led by Senator Edward J. Markey, saying the court judgements are not an infringement upon political rights and freedom of expression.
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Open Political Space: Departing UK Envoy
“With such a young population, I think it's really important that young people have a voice, that young people are listened to, that they have the opportunity to express their opinions, they have the opportunity to talk about their hopes and ambitions for the future of their country, not just their own future,” she said.
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KNUP’s Nhek Bun Chhay Inducts Minor Party Defectors
Political party leader Nhek Bun Chhay has inducted a slew of new members into his party who had defected from the floundering Cambodia National Love Party and the defunct Khmer Power Party.
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Son Chhay Meets Opposition Activists in Prison
Candlelight Party politician Son Chhay met on Wednesday with 23 jailed opposition officials and activists at Prey Sar prison and asked for them to be released on bail, characterizing their arrests as political cases.
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Hundreds From Bodyguard Unit Take Over Phnom Tamao Reforestation Efforts
Hundreds of personnel from the elite Bodyguard Unit have garrisoned the northeast corner of Phnom Tamao forest, which was stripped clean in 10 days, with soldiers now leading reforestation efforts ordered by the prime minister.
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5 journalists questioned for trespassing into Phnom Tamao sanctuary
Five journalists, including a foreigner, of a local independent media were detained and released by Takeo provincial authorities yesterday for trespassing into Phnom Tamao Sanctuary in Bati district.
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PM Orders Phnom Tamao Land Protection
Speaking at a graduation ceremony on Aug. 17, Hun Sen told the ministry to protect the Phnom Tamao Zoo as a national park and said a private company must take responsibility for clearing the forest, even though it was not affecting the zoo.
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PM calls out ‘mastermind’ of P Sihanouk landgrabbing
Prime Minister Hun Sen has rejected the pleas of a purported supporter in Preah Sihanouk province to intervene on his behalf, instead publicly telling the unnamed man and those associated with him to take responsibility for scheming with others to encroach on state land there.
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Twenty-one Kratie families lost farmland to social concession
Twenty-one families involved in a years-long land dispute in Kratie province’s Chhlong district, say they are struggling to make ends meet after losing their farmland and have received no compensation from the government.
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Hun Sen orders ministry to help laid-off garment workers
Prime Minister Hun Sen has urged the Ministry of Labor to expedite compensation for garment factory workers affected by closures and lay-offs.
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NagaWorld Protestors Let Through Barricade As UN Official Looks On
Protesting NagaWorld workers were able to breeze past police barriers usually set up to block them and were allowed to resume their protest outside the casino complex, as a visiting UN official observed them.
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13 ex-CNRP activists in court for appeal hearing
Thirteen of 21 convicted activists of court dissolved Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) attended their appeal hearing by the Phnom Penh Appeal Court yesterday.
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Unions and Civil Society Groups Condemn Authorities’ Violence Against Nagaworld Strikers
Workers unions, along with human rights institutions, condemn the authorities' crackdown on women strikers over labor disputes between the workers and the NagaWorld company.
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Journalists and environmental activists detained, beaten
Five journalists from local independent media outlet VOD and four environmental activists from Khmer Thavarak were detained for about seven hours on Tuesday, after reporting on a land clearance controversy at a wildlife sanctuary.
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Four parties plan to request meetings on election reforms
Four political parties are planning to request meetings with the National Assembly (NA), National Election Committee (NEC) and the Ministry of Interior this week to submit “important” documents to them while urging revisions to the electoral system, a move they said must be made to improve political freedom in Cambodia.
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Workers urge authorities to make an example out of factory owner
Factories workers demanding compensation from a factory owner who laid off workers three months ago have protested for a third time in front of the Prime Minister’s house and called on authorities to arrest the owner so they can receive compensation to pay for living expenses.
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O’Russey Market vendors petition PM over stall rental
Hundreds of angry vendors from O’Russey Market protested and petitioned Prime Minister Hun Sen to intervene and resolve the problem of stall rental prices as vendors have rejected the price set by Phnom Penh City Hall.
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Court wraps up probe in Seam Pluk case, trial date not fixed
The investigating judge of the Phnom Penh Municipal Court closed the investigation into the case of the Cambodia National Heart Party (CNHP) founder Seam Pluk without setting a date for his trial.
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‘Why sue Son Chhay for defamation’
A senior Candlelight Party (CP) official has called for defamation charges against Son Chhay, a CP vice-president to be dropped.
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