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Alleged human trafficker stands trial in capital
An alleged human trafficker’s four victims testified in Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday, explaining how they went to Malaysia to work as maids only to be arrested and detained for visa violations. The alleged broker, Tran Sok Channy, 27, was charged with “unlawful recruitment for exploitation” in May 2015.
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Toll road decision leaves some workers jobless, uncompensated
Prime Minister Hun Sen’s snap decision to scrap toll fees on National Road 4 in January may have proved popular with motorists, but the political “gift” has left some 500 workers without compensation and an unknown number still unemployed. Former toll booth workers at AZ Distribution Co. yesterday implored the premier to speed up the compensation process after the surprise cancellation of their company’s contract on January 14.
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Fishermen in Thai Rape Case to Get Lawyer
Foreign Affairs Minister Hor Namhong has ordered the Cambodian Embassy in Bangkok to provide a lawyer for five Cambodian fishermen arrested for attacking four French tourists—and raping a mother and daughter among them—on the Thai island of Koh Kut on Saturday night.
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Ratanakkiri locals questioned in defamation lawsuit
The Ratanakkiri Provincial Court yesterday questioned two community representatives accused of defaming an official they claim sold some 30 hectares of their land to a border police official. The two representatives are among a group of 14 accused of defamation by forest protection committee chief Pouy Plin after 11 of them filed a complaint to rights group Adhoc over the alleged sale.
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US’ Asean Ambassador Slammed for Rights Remarks
Cambodia’s ambassador to Asean on Friday rebuked his U.S. counterpart for comments she made on the country’s human rights situation, asking her to refrain from “criticizing Cambodia inappropriately.” Speaking to reporters on Wednesday, Nina Hachigian, the U.S. ambassador to Asean, said that the her country’s “key priority is to see Cambodia develop into a strong democracy that respects human rights and supports a thriving civil society.”
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Government Starts Preparing Confiscated ELCs for Poor
Land Management Minister Im Chhun Lim said on Monday his staff were already at work studying land that the government has confiscated from economic land concession (ELC) owners for redistribution to poor families, though details on the location of the sites remained elusive. On Thursday, Prime Minister Hun Sen announced the end of the government’s yearslong review of the country’s ELCs and said that almost half of the more than 2 million hectares that were handed out to companies for their agribusiness projects had been reappropriated. He said the nearly 1 million hectares freed up by the review would be doled out to poor, landless families, but offered few details.
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Unionists Questioned Over Garment Factory Clash
A national union leader and his deputy were questioned by an investigating judge at the Kompong Speu Provincial Court on Monday over a violent clash that broke out in front of the Hong Kong-owned Agile Sweater garment factory in Chbar Mon City on January 12. Investigating Judge Men Vannak said he was trying to determine whether to press official charges against the pair, who have been provisionally charged by a prosecutor with incitement, intentional property destruction, intentional violence and disrespecting a court order.
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Siem Reap residents protest unwanted address change
About 70 residents from a village in Siem Reap’s Ampil commune yesterday submitted a petition to provincial officials requesting that they not be switched to the authority of neighbouring Nokor Thom commune, though at least one local official claimed the matter was long decided. Protesters who spoke to the Post claimed they only found out about the transfer when they couldn’t get loans from a bank using paperwork identifying their place of residency as Ampil and were later told by the commune council that their section of Prey Kuy village had been transferred to Nokor Thom.
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‘No land revolution’ coming: official
While vast tracts of Cambodia remain concentrated in the hands of a few and accusations of land grabbing remain rife, the broader distribution of land is more than equitable and could never lead to an uprising, the government official in charge of finding solutions to land disputes insisted yesterday. “Cambodia will not have a land revolution,” Bin Chhin, the national land dispute resolution director, told the Ministry of L
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Kratie authorities tell families to get off land
Kratie’s provincial authorities on Friday gave an ultimatum to over 100 families living in Damrei Phong commune in Chhloung district, telling them to get off their land or face legal action. The group of 104 families, who come from different provinces, say they have lived in the area since 2011, according to rights group Adhoc, which is advocating on their behalf.
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CNRP Senator Makes Case for Bail at Supreme Court
Opposition Senator Hong Sok Hour, who has been in prison since August on incitement and fraud charges, had his request for bail on health grounds heard by the Supreme Court on Friday. Mr. Sok Hour presented his case during an hourlong hearing before Judge Khem Pon, promising to deposit 20 million riel (about $5,000) along with both his Cambodian and French passports were he to be granted bail, according to his lawyer, Choung Choungy.
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Migrants Still Deported En Masse from Thailand
Almost 70,000 Cambodian migrant workers were deported from Thailand through the Poipet international checkpoint in Banteay Meanchey province last year, with the daily average being about 200, Poipet checkpoint Immigration police chief Sim Sam Ath said yesterday, citing an annual report. Of the 67,087 migrant workers deported, 21,797 were women, Mr. Sam Ath said. He also said that Cambodians who crossed the border for illegal logging often did so through illegal corridors. Those caught were often shot by Thai border police, Mr. Sam Ath added.
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Student Stands Trial Over ‘Color Revolution’ Facebook Post
A university student arrested last year over a Facebook post calling for a “color revolution” told the Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Friday that he regretted his words, while a prosecutor argued that his comments had already caused “turmoil.”
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Advocates Cast Doubt on Hun Sen’s ELC Claim
Following Prime Minister Hun Sen’s announcement that a countrywide review of economic land concessions (ELCs) had resulted in the reappropriation of nearly 1 million hectares, land rights advocates on Friday cast doubt on the claim, citing a lack of transparency in how the review was carried out.
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PM Wants Military to ‘Open Eyes’ on Deforestation Crimes
Prime Minister Hun Sen proposed an action-movie solution to the problem of mass deforestation – blowing up the perpetrators with rocket-propelled grenades. “I gave two helicopters to General Sokha,” he said during a speech at the opening of the Ministry of Environment’s new building. “It seems like he hasn’t shot anything yet. I have ordered him to shoot without hesitation at whoever is insolent enough to commit such a crime.”
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Women Face Discrimination in Politics: Report
Women in Cambodia still face a lack of openness and opportunity within political institutions, according to a Committee For Free and Fair Elections in Cambodia (Comfrel) report presented yesterday at the Imperial Hotel in Phnom Penh. Although the rate of discrimination against women dropped in 2015 to 12.19 percent from 19.35 in 2014, women still face systemic discrimination from political institutions, especially at the commune level, where in some places there is no budget for women’s and children’s affairs.
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Chroy Changvar Residents File Petition over Satellite City
Nearly 100 residents from six communities within Phnom Penh’s Chroy Changvar district filed a petition to City Hall, the Canadian Embassy and the World Bank yesterday demanding intervention in a land dispute with the Overseas Cambodian Investment Corporation (OCIC), which is responsible for constructing a satellite city on the peninsula. OCIC received a $1.6 billion contract from City Hall in 2011 to develop the nearly 390 hectare project, which is set to be completed in 2026.
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Optimism high for law on access to information
Though Cambodia’s access to information law has been in the works for over a decade, participants at a seminar on the law yesterday said that they’re optimistic that the time is finally right for it to actually come to fruition. The law would not only benefit journalists, but the public in general and the country’s economic developments, according to those who attended the event organised by the Advocacy and Policy Institute, and it would also make government officials more accountable and less corrupt.
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Hun Sen Pledges 1M Hectares of ELC Land to Poor
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Thursday declared an end to the government’s review of Cambodia’s economic land concessions (ELCs), pledging that nearly 1 million hectares of reappropriated property would be handed over to poor families. He also announced a major reorganization of the two ministries involved in granting ELCs. Environmental and human rights groups have identified ELCs as a cause of some of Cambodia’s most pressing problems in recent years, from rampant deforestation to forced evictions across the country.
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Anti-human trafficking groups get guidelines
The Cambodian government has released guidelines for organisations and government departments dealing with human trafficking that it hopes will lead to a more coordinated approach to the problem, more prosecutions and victims getting appropriate assistance more quickly. The guidelines document was released during an annual meeting on human trafficking yesterday.
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