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No word on inquests into unionists’ killings
Fast approaching six months since its creation, a special commission to investigate the cold-case killings of three union figures, including Free Trade Union president Chea Vichea, has nothing to report. The commission, led by 14 high-ranking officials, was established in late June to probe the deaths of Vichea, assassinated in January 2004, and FTU factory presidents Ros Sovannareth and Hy Vuthy, shot dead in 2004 and 2007.
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City Hall Bans Human Rights Day March Over Security Fears
The Phnom Penh municipal government has rejected a request from NGOs to mark international Human Rights Day on December 10 with a march from the National Assembly to Freedom Park, claiming the walk would pose a threat to public security.
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Villagers destroy gates at Ratanakkiri court
About 150 villagers, enraged by the conviction and imprisonment of three of their community representatives, yesterday destroyed the gates of Ratanakkiri Provincial Court, bursting into the courtroom only to find that the three men had already been sent to jail. The representatives – Chroeung Touch, Em Chan and Sort Soeun – were sentenced to two years in jail over a land dispute case that pitted villagers from Bakeo district’s Keh Chung commune against Ministry of Interior immigration official Heng Socheat, who the villagers claim cleared hundreds of hectares of their land.
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An opposition weapon neglected?
In the face of a full-frontal political attack by the ruling CPP, the opposition has dropped what remains among their most powerful, though long-underutilised, weapons – their role as legislators, a veteran political consultant said yesterday. For the third time this year, the Cambodia National Rescue Party on Monday boycotted a plenary session of the National Assembly.
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FTU president claims leaders fired unfairly
A national garment workers union has asked the government to reinstate 15 of its local union leaders it claims were fired simply due to their union membership. In a letter sent to the Ministry of Labour on Monday, Chea Mony, president of the Free Trade Union, wrote that the 15 FTU unionists who have been fired separately since 2014 and were stationed in seven factories across the country were clearly discriminated against because of their status as leaders of local union chapters.
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Arrest Ordered for Rainsy Facebook Manager
An arrest warrant was issued on Tuesday for an assistant of opposition leader Sam Rainsy who helps run his popular Facebook page and is allegedly responsible for producing the video in which now-jailed Senator Hong Sok Hour presents a forged treaty.
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Kampong Speu garment workers continue strike
Protesting working conditions, nearly 300 garment workers in Kampong Speu’s Chbar Mon town entered their tenth day of strikes yesterday as the Arbitration Council prepared paperwork to resolve the dispute. Among the Chinese-owned Suoy Yat Garment Factory employees’ demands is sick leave, no forced overtime, $15 per month for food as well as the re-hiring of two union representatives who were allegedly fired for no reason.
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Sok Hour loses appeal
The Appeal Court yesterday rejected a bid by Hong Sok Hour’s lawyer to secure the imprisoned opposition senator’s freedom and avoid being forced to hand over further evidence, including the lawmaker’s laptop. Opposition lawyer Choung Choungy had appealed against an October 7 order by the Phnom Penh Municipal Court to supply documents and electronic equipment as part of the ongoing trial of his client over a Facebook post, which has been adjourned pending the resolution of the request.
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Kampong Speu garment workers continue strike
Protesting working conditions, nearly 300 garment workers in Kampong Speu’s Chbar Mon town entered their tenth day of strikes yesterday as the Arbitration Council prepared paperwork to resolve the dispute. Among the Chinese-owned Suoy Yat Garment Factory employees’ demands is sick leave, no forced overtime, $15 per month for food as well as the re-hiring of two union representatives who were allegedly fired for no reason.
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Kampong Speu garment workers continue strike
Protesting working conditions, nearly 300 garment workers in Kampong Speu’s Chbar Mon town entered their tenth day of strikes yesterday as the Arbitration Council prepared paperwork to resolve the dispute. Among the Chinese-owned Suoy Yat Garment Factory employees’ demands is sick leave, no forced overtime, $15 per month for food as well as the re-hiring of two union representatives who were allegedly fired for no reason.
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Governor pledges to resolve Battambang land dispute
The governor of Battambang province has promised to attempt to find a resolution in a long-running land dispute after 250 people held a protest in front of Battambang Provincial Hall yesterday. Villagers representing more than 300 families from Stuk Bravek and Prey Tralach communes in Rokhakiri district gathered to demand authorities stop an alleged land grab of 500 hectares of forest they say is theirs.
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Sok Hour loses appeal
Conflicting accounts of conditions at the Trapeang Thma dam worksite from a former mobile work unit “commander” testifying anonymously were heard at the Khmer Rouge tribunal yesterday, as evidence hearings for Case 002/02 resumed after several weeks of adjournment. The witness was identified only as “2-TCW-918”, a decision made by the judges due to confidentiality issues relating to cases 003 and 004 in a closed deliberation before the trial chamber decided to continue publicly later in the morning.
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Sokha Warns Youth Against Provocative Use of Facebook
Deputy opposition leader Kem Sokha on Thursday told a conference of the CNRP’s provincial youth leaders to be careful with what they post on Facebook, asking them to remain polite in political arguments to prevent provoking any trouble with the ruling CPP.
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Courts Guilty of ‘Immense Failure’ in Rape Cases
According to a new report from rights group Licadho, most rape cases in the country are settled and dropped—often illegally —before ever reaching trial, or lead to flawed sentences when they do, indicating an “immense failure” of the judicial system to tackle sexual violence.
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Acid attack hospitalises local chief
A local official was seriously injured in an acid attack in Phnom Penh’s Russey Keo district on Saturday, with those accused of carrying out the attack still at large, police said yesterday. The chief of Russey Keo district police, Colonel Teang Chansam, said that 67-year-old Nhim Sophath, who has been chief of Boeung Salang village since 1985, was attacked while he was exercising in front of his house early on Saturday morning. According to Chansam, reports from the victim and his wife indicate that the perpetrators were two unidentified young men who drove by on a motorcycle.
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Opposition Lawmakers To Boycott Assembly
The opposition CNRP’s 55 lawmakers will boycott this morning’s sitting of the National Assembly and all future sessions until the ruling CPP guarantees their safety and returns to a spirit of parliamentary cooperation, opposition leader Sam Rainsy said on Sunday.
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‘Old and Gentle’ Village Chief Doused in Latest Acid Attack
A village chief in Phnom Penh’s Russei Keo district was doused with battery acid by two men on a motorbike on Friday morning, according to police.
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Senate Blasts EU Resolution Seeking Rainsy’s Return
The Senate on Friday released a statement condemning a European Parliament resolution on the political situation in Cambodia approved the day before, accusing the E.U.’s legislative body of meddling in the country’s internal affairs and disrespecting the rule of law.
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Cambodia Most Dangerous Place for Environmental Reporters: Report
Cambodia is the single most dangerous place in the world to work as an environmental journalist, according to a new report released by the Paris-based group Reporters Without Borders this week.
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Draft Telecoms Law Gives Gov’t Broad Spying Powers
A new draft of the proposed Telecommunications Law would give authorities the right to eavesdrop on any conversation, along with a host of other powers that a rights group has warned would effectively nationalize private service providers.
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