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Cambodia’s Grassroots Opposition Activists Wait for ‘Right Time’ to Re-emerge
After the Candlelight Party restarted activities, a former CNRP deputy commune chief who joined the party in Oddar Meanchey province was arrested in November, which opposition activists say sent a chilling message to others looking to run in the 2022 local election.
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Woman Says Pregnancy, Layoff, Sick Child Drove Her to Drug Deal
Sam Da was 23 when arrested in 2020 after being found with 24 grams of meth, according to the court. She is now serving six years in jail.
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Politicians Accused of Ignoring NagaWorld Strikers
For almost a month NagaWorld employees have been on strike but none of the country’s 125 parliament members have stepped up to help solve the dispute, observers say.
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Court Refuses Rong Chhun’s Bid for Treatment in Thailand
Phnom Penh Municipal Prosecutor's Office has rejected a request by labor rights activist Rong Chhun for permission to travel to Thailand for medical treatment.
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Tycoon donates 97 hectares of his land to families cheated by brokers
A delegation from Prime Minister Hun Sen’s cabinet successfully negotiated the resolution of a land dispute in Banteay Meanchey province by convincing tycoon Ly Utny to donate 97 hectares of his land which 1,000 families had bought from brokers who were selling it illegally.
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PM urges media to fight fake news
Prime Minister Hun Sen called on journalists to fulfil their professional roles by publishing true information and fighting fake news from both national and international origins.
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Villagers Defend Community Forest Given Away to Soldiers
Oral district residents are pitching tents in community forests to fend off soldiers who have received rights to the land by government order, as the Kampong Speu provincial administration pursues lawsuits against the residents for not making way.
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Four Pakistanis Rescued From Captivity, Forced Labor in Sihanoukville
The announcement comes amid a scourge of trafficking in the coastal city and elsewhere in the country, mostly of Chinese nationals. Victims as young as 15 have spoken of their desperation after being tricked into coming to the country, held against their will and forced to perpetrate online scams. Thai nationals have spoken of similar plights. Despite repeated rescues of victims, the companies accused of kidnapping and detaining workers have largely been allowed to continue operating.
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Cambodian authorities tell opposition party, ‘Take down your signs’
Authorities in Cambodia are ordering an opposition party to remove a sign from a public road, sparking accusations of political bias in favor of the Cambodian People’s Party whose leader Hun Sen has ruled Cambodia for more than 35 years.
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Posts on protected land deter encroachments
The Water Resources Department and the Tonle Sap Lake authorities together with the local authorities in six provinces have put up 525 demarcation billboards, as of yesterday, at the Zone 3 borders.
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Private Conversations Presented as Evidence in CNRP Plotting Trial
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Thursday presented transcripts extracted from defendants’ private conversations in a plotting and incitement trial against CNRP officials and supporters.
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Public Fourth-Dose Vaccinations, Locations
The Health Ministry had previously announced the start of Pfizer booster shots for government officials and front-line workers but a City Hall document released Wednesday did not specify which vaccine would be used for the wider vaccination campaign.
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Crackdown on complacence: Authorities to come down hard on those ignoring C-19 preventive measures
In the wake of the Omicron threat, Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday ordered authorities, especially governors, to come down hard on people who do not follow preventive measures such as wearing facemasks, and end such complacence.
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Mondulkiri Logging Crackdown to Target ‘Brothers and Sisters,’ Not the Powerful
Mondulkiri’sprovincial spokesman says widespread loss of protected land — amid the creation of a new anti-logging task force on Tuesday — “has nothing to do with powerful people or high-ranking people.”
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Gov’t increases funding for all sub-national administrations
The government has increased funding for all sub-national administrations to more than $1 billion in 2022, with each district and commune administration receiving an average of $570,000 and $127,000 respectively, according to a senior Ministry of Interior official.
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A Young Man on Questions That Alienate and Why Gay Marriage Should Be Law
Since last month, LGBTQ group Rainbow Community Kampuchea has embarked on a campaign, “I Accept,” to push for same-sex marriage. It wants a Constitutional amendment protecting same-sex marriage and ending discrimination against gender and sexual orientation, as also recommended in a periodic review by the U.N.
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Their dispute entering its fourth year, families affected by mega-airport fight to keep hope
Though residents of Kampong Talong village are barricaded from their farmland, the area is still bustling with activity – mostly from dozens of trucks transporting soil and stones to the site of the mega-airport development that promises to transform life in this stretch of rural Kandal province.
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Land Loss, Microfinance Debts Fuel Prey Preah Roka Destruction
Thai Hon darts around a dirt track on a humid afternoon. The 34-year-old ethnic Kuy resident is walking into the southeastern corner of the Prey Preah Roka Wildlife Sanctuary, some 40 km from the provincial capital.
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Demoted Police Chief Denies Alleged Bribe: ‘I Don’t Dare to Give My View’
Samraong Thom commune police chief Huot Seiha denied he had taken $3,500 from three detained people in exchange for their release, as he was removed from his post and demoted one rank over the allegation but allowed to stay in the force.
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Legacy of Resistance Being Erased With New Law, Say Activist Monks
Bor Bet, a monk who last month fled extradition from Thailand over his criticism of the Cambodian government, says the tradition of rebellion among monks dates back a century.
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