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Land Sales, Covid-19 Increasingly Upend Indigenous Ways of Life
Residents are being pressured to sell off their land to outsiders, even in ancestral forests and burial grounds, as local officials push the deals along, allege indigenous villagers in Mondulkiri province.
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Bodyguard Unit, Businesswoman, 22 Families Latest State Land Recipients
The government has allocated three plots totaling nearly 100 hectares in Kampot, Kandal and Preah Sihanouk provinces separately to the prime ministerial bodyguard unit, a businesswoman and 22 families, according to sub-decrees released this week.
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Seven CNRP Members Convicted for Covid-19 Posts From March 2020
A Phnom Penh court has convicted and sentenced seven former opposition activists in absentia for Facebook posts accusing Prime Minister Hun Sen of hiding Covid-19 deaths in 2020 and other posts about his time as a former Khmer Rouge district commander.
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Bodyguard Unit, Businesswoman, 22 Families Latest State Land Recipients
The government has allocated three plots totaling nearly 100 hectares in Kampot, Kandal and Preah Sihanouk provinces separately to the prime ministerial bodyguard unit, a businesswoman and 22 families, according to sub-decrees released this week.
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Cambodian Court Sentences Seven Opposition Activists to Prison in Absentia For ‘Incitement’
A court in Cambodia’s capital Phnom Penh sentenced seven opposition activists to 18 months in prison Thursday for “incitement” after they used social media to criticize the government for its handling of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Former opposition members convicted for criticising COVID-19 response
Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR) executive director Chak Sopheap said the conviction of the seven former CNRP members for expressing their concerns over COVID-19 on social media only confirmed the government’s systemic silencing of critical voices.
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Jailed Union Leader Faces Surgery for Eye Injury
Union leader Rong Chhun is to have surgery for his right eye which was injured when unknown assailants attacked a protest demanding improved benefits for workers.
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Traffic Officer Arrested for Assaulting Woman
A traffic police officer has faced disciplinary action after video showed him assaulting a woman motorbike passenger who was not wearing a helmet.
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Authorities Clear Koh Kong Villagers’ Crops Saying They Encroached Park Land
Koh Kong villagers said that authorities have been clearing their crops since last week in the province’s Botum Sakor district, with authorities saying the people were encroaching on the Botum Sakor National Park.
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Prison agrees to eye operation for Chhun
The Ministry of Interior’s General Department of Prisons (GDP) plans to admit Rong Chhun, head of the Cambodia Watchdog Council (CWC), to hospital for surgery on his right eye. The transfer will occur when doctors summon him, according to GDP spokesman Nouth Savna.
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Two people detained for visiting farmland being cleared for Kandal airport
At least two people affected by a new airport project in Kandal province were briefly detained for questioning by authorities on Wednesday after they visited their farmland, which is being cleared by airport developer OCIC. The arrest was made just a day after authorities blocked the road leading to the new Phnom Penh airport project in Kandal province on Tuesday.
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Prison agrees to eye operation for Chhun
The Ministry of Interior’s General Department of Prisons (GDP) plans to admit Rong Chhun, head of the Cambodia Watchdog Council (CWC), to hospital for surgery on his right eye. The transfer will occur when doctors summon him, according to GDP spokesman Nouth Savna.
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Kandal Residents Briefly Detained For Taking Photos of New Airport Development
A mother and son contesting the development of Phnom Penh’s new international airport in Kandal province were detained on Wednesday for taking photos of their rice field being cleared by the developer, but were released after agreeing to stop protesting.
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Nine online journalists arrested over attempted extortion of someone transporting a wood house
Nine online news journalists, including a deputy-editor-in-chief, were arrested Tuesday over accusations that they attempted to extort money from someone transporting a wood house in Stung Treng province. The journalists are now being questioned at the provincial Military Police headquarters.
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Banteay Meanchey Officials Mum on Report of Hospital Director’s Termination
Seven Banteay Meanchey officials claimed they did not know if a provincial hospital director accused of extortion had been relieved of his position, despite local media reporting the termination.
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Phnom Penh dredges more than two kilometres of a canal to ease flooding
Phnom Penh City Hall has removed mud and trash from the canal running through Sen Sok and Russei so that flooding could be mitigated.
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Capital’s Shrinking Lakes Draw Fire
The president of the Royal Academy of Cambodia has criticized the continued filling in of natural lakes, saying it will have impacts in many ways. Instead, he says they should be used as tourist attractions.
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Banteay Meanchey Village Official Sues Family After Rape Allegations Surface
A Banteay Meanchey deputy village chief is suing a family who accused the official of allegedly raping their underage daughter in February, with health officials now conducting a forensic medical examination months after the alleged incident took place.
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Tourism Area Litterbugs Face Fines
Visitors who throw away trash in tourist areas face 20,000 riel ($5) fines, the Environment Ministry says.
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Ministry watchdog looking for fake news posted by online media outlets
The Ministry of Information’s fake news monitoring commission is scrutinising all registered online news outlets to determine if any of them have spread information deemed as misleading or inciting before filing a report to Minister Khieu Kanharith.
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