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Read More Cambodians face sugar giant in Thai court
Mai is expected to testify as a lead plaintiff in Southeast Asia’s first transboundary class action lawsuit as the case heads to trial in the coming months. The complaint brought by 712 Cambodians from northwest Oddar Meanchey province claims they were forcibly evicted by subsidiaries of Thai-based Mitr Phol Sugar Corporation between 2008 and 2009.
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Read More Hun Manet Calls Rainsy Shameless, Lacks of Virtue and Maturity (Video Inside)
Cambodian army commander lieutenant general Hun Manet reacted to baseless accusations made by former opposition leader Sam Rainsy.
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Read More Wildlife group distressed by land clearing in Tamao
Wildlife Alliance (WA) expressed its dissatisfaction concerning the clearing of hundreds of hectares of land next to Phnom Tamao Wildlife Sanctuary by developer Leng Navatra Company into a gated community and resort.
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Read More Cambodians face sugar giant in Thai court
Mai is expected to testify as a lead plaintiff in Southeast Asia’s first transboundary class action lawsuit as the case heads to trial in the coming months. The complaint brought by 712 Cambodians from northwest Oddar Meanchey province claims they were forcibly evicted by subsidiaries of Thai-based Mitr Phol Sugar Corporation between 2008 and 2009.
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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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Read More Hun Manet Calls Rainsy Shameless, Lacks of Virtue and Maturity (Video Inside)
Cambodian army commander lieutenant general Hun Manet reacted to baseless accusations made by former opposition leader Sam Rainsy.
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Read More Boeng Tamok Residents Questioned in Court
Two residents of Boeng Tamok protesting the filling-in of the lake were questioned by the Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Tuesday, with five others expected in court over the next week.
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Read More Love Party Moves On From Resigned Leaders
The party’s future came into question last week when president Chiv Cata posted on Facebook that he was dissolving the party. He later issued a resignation, and vice president Kheuy Sinoeurn told VOD on Monday that he too was resigning, alongside another vice president, Kong Kimhak, and senior leaders Sok Vibol and An Sopheara.
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Read More Two Candlelight Party Officials Summoned for Court Questioning
Two Candlelight Party officials have been summoned for court questioning in Pailin and Tbong Khmum over separate charges they argue amount to political intimidation.
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Read More Ministry challenges opposition to debate amendment
Senior Justice Ministry official has challenged opposition parties and civil society to a debate on the Constitutional amendments rather than lash out at the government.
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Read More Inside Southeast Asia’s Casino Scam Archipelago
The woman explains that she traveled from Bangkok to Sa Kaeo on the Thailand-Cambodia border to meet a Thai broker who had promised her a job in Poipet, a seedy casino town just over the border in Cambodia. “I know everything and I’m afraid that [the boss] will kill me,” she sobs. “I don’t know what he will do to the others after this and I don’t know if I can contact you again. I’ve heard that at least 20 or 30 people have died.”
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Read More Razing of Phnom Tamao Forest Begins
Excavators have begun tearing strips through the protected Phnom Tamao forest — recently privatized for development by select tycoons — raising fears among locals and a wildlife sanctuary that shares the land.
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Read More NGOs and political parties say they won’t attend Justice Ministry ‘explanation’ of new constitutional amendments
Civil society groups and opposition parties that have opposed newly passed constitutional amendments said they would be boycotting a meeting hosted by the Ministry of Justice this week intended to clarify the changes to eight articles.
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Read More More Resignations at Love Party Leave It Headless
Senior leaders of the beleaguered Cambodia National Love Party continued to resign over the weekend, leaving its elected commune officers disappointed and perplexed days after a statement announced the “dissolution” of the CNRP-linked political group.
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Read More Russei Keo: Affected Citizens Along Railway Accept Land Compensation
PHNOM PENH – 320 families affected by the construction of a new concrete road in Phnom Penh’s Kilometer 6 commune have agreed to accept a land compensation administered through a lucky draw. But they are concerned the new infrastructure will not be built any time soon.
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Read More Bummer for opposition: 42 MPs needed to summon ministers for questioning
The National Assembly is expected to unanimously approve the proposed amendments to the Constitution today but a sore point with the opposition is the change to the quorum needed to summon and question government ministers in parliament.
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Read More Lack of leadership thwarts opposition alliance efforts
Lack of an outstanding leader is what appears to be thwarting attempts of opposition parties to unite and forge a pre-poll alliance, say electoral experts and political analysts.
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Read More Phnom Penh officials said they will begin reconstructing a road that collapsed into the Tonle Sap River in Chroy Changva district earlier this year, another instance of the riverbank collapsing due to erosion.
Phnom Penh officials said they will begin reconstructing a road that collapsed into the Tonle Sap River in Chroy Changva district earlier this year, another instance of the riverbank collapsing due to erosion.
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Read More Defence: Sokha treason trial drags on
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on July 27 continued its questioning of Kem Sokha, former leader of the Supreme Court-dissolved Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), on charges of conspiracy with a foreign country to topple the government.
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Read More Minor political parties discuss alliance ahead of National Election
The Grassroots Democratic Party (GDP) said Tuesday it was seeking to make an alliance with other minor parties ahead of the 2023 National Election, though analysts and other party officials suggest it will be a challenge to create a coalition strong enough to challenge the ruling party’s dominance of the National Assembly.
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