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Cambodian government cancels development of Phnom Tamao forest amid outcry
Prior to this month, the forest, located 40 kilometers (25 miles) south of Phnom Penh, spanned some 2,300 hectares (5,700 acres) and hosted a range of threatened animals, along with the Phnom Tamao Wildlife Rescue Center.
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Read More Fired NagaWorld Workers Want to Meet Labor Minister as Protests Turn Violent
The NagaWorld protests again turned violent as workers tried to move police barricades blocking them from getting to the casino complex, with one worker left with a bloody nose after the tussle.
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Youths shy away from politics, social work because of ‘dread’
Civil societies and youths say that young people’s involvement in political and social affairs is still lacking claiming that the overbearing Cambodian environment had put them off.
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Read More Vice President of Candlelight Party charged with defamation after alleging results of 5th Commune / Sangkat Council Election 2022 were ‘rigged’
Representatives of the Phnom Penh Municipal Court have decided to charge Mr. Son Chhay, Vice President of the Candlelight Party, with “public defamation” in a complaint filed by the National Election Committee (NEC).
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Read More Severance pay remains a struggle for Southeast Asian workers
Nheh Ratana said she began working at Violet Apparel in 2004. Labour rights organisation CENTRAL calculated she is owed $1,638 of severance following the closure of the company, which is owned by Singapore-based Ramatex Group.
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Read More After Phnom Tamao Fiasco, Relevant Officials Should Resign: Social Observers
After the decision of Prime Minister Hun Sen on Aug. 7 to cancel all development projects in the Phnom Tamao protected area, Leng Navatra called on people who love forests to replant trees with him. He had previously cleared around 600 hectares of forest in seven days to make way for his development projects.
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Read More Briefs: Former CNRP Officials Convicted, Thai Women at Supreme Court for Smuggling
Lanh Thavry, a former Banteay Meanchey commune chief who lost her job when the CNRP was dissolved in 2017, was extradited from Thailand in November 2021. She is charged with incitement alongside other CNRP officials — Morn Phalla, Men Sothavarin, Long Ry, Mounh Sarath and Kim Tola. Several of the others are still abroad.
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Read More Kampong Speu Governor Promises Demarcation of Destroyed Metta Forest
Kampong Speu governor Vei Samnang promised to demarcate the boundaries of Metta forest in Trapeang Cho commune, even though teams of workers have completely deforested the area, save for trees around a pagoda.
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Read More Deputy Village Chief Killed in Online Gambling Sting
Eleven Kampong Thom military police officers have been detained for an investigation into the death of a deputy village chief that occurred during a crackdown at an alleged online lottery cafe, said the provincial military police commander.
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Read More Youth political engagement urged
A group of Cambodian and international civil society organisations (CSOs) co-organised a National Youth Forum 2022 to highlight the significance of youth participation as a crucial component of an inclusive and democratic society.
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Read More Briefs: Women ‘Hugely Under-Represented’ in Media, Boeng Tamok Questioning Delayed
The U.N.’s human rights office said it had documented 23 cases of journalists facing criminal charges since January 2017, and that all respondents to a small survey of 35 journalists had faced some sort of interference in their work.
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Read More Cambodia’s land grab endangers people, forests, and the climate
“Now we see new land concessions like Boeung Tamok lake, and the new Phnom Penh airport in Kandal province, which led to the arrests of local residents protesting the effect of concession on their lives,” said Van Sophat, land monitoring officer for the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR).
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Read More Gov’t: Phnom Tamao Is Too Sandy for Trees, Wild Pigs Were a Nuisance
The land under the Phnom Tamao forest is too sandy for a forest, a new zoo will be built in exchange for the satellite-city development, and wild pigs were destroying crops on nearby farms. That’s what government officials claimed in response to growing dissent over flattening the Takeo province forest.
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Read More Cambodia, Korea to renew forestry commitment
Meanwhile, Sakhon shared information about Cambodia’s forest cover, reforestation policy, forest management, maintaining and conservation, forest business and forest benefits, and non-timber forest products, especially community forests.
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Read More Phnom Tamao Forest: 130 Hectares Destroyed in Five Days
An estimate based on the imagery suggests around 130 hectares of the forest was cleared over the five days.
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Read More CNLP says party not dissolved, will continue under new leader
A senior party official of Cambodia National Love Party (CNLP) said yesterday that the dissolution of the party announced by its ex-president Chiv Cata is void and remaining leaders are mobilising to find a new leader..
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Read More Opposition Councilor Says She Is Being Obstructed From Fulfilling Duties
An opposition commune councilor in Battambang says she is being obstructed from doing the work she was elected to perform, with the ruling-party commune chief bringing in someone from the outside to head a committee she believes she should be running.
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Read More Boeung Tamok Lake’s Residents Face Court Action
Residents at Boeung Tamok lake’s Samrong Tboung village were summoned and will appear in court one after another, following a complaint filed on charges of obstructing, incitement, and creating public disorder in the public space.
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Read More False Official Documents Help Minors Land Factory Jobs
Girls as young as 12 say they are working in garment factories in Kampong Speu, some with the knowledge of their employers and others with false identification documents issued by their local officials.
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Read More Communes Meet as Private Projects Begin Building on State Lakes, Forests
Clearing began in recent days in the beloved Phnom Tamao forest, which spans more than 2,000 hectares and contains a wildlife rescue center in one corner. Most of the rest of it has been privatized for tycoons including Leng Navatra and Khun Sea, according to documents and the country’s agriculture minister.
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