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Former Cambodian Freedom Fighters commander dies of COVID-19 while serving life sentence
Richard Kiri Kim, a Cambodian American who was sentenced to life in prison in 2001 for attempting to violently overthrow Prime Minister Hun Sen’s government, died from COVID-19 the age of 72 on Thursday.
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Ex-SRP Senator named secretary of state
Thak Lany, a former Senator for the Sam Rainsy Party (SRP) who has recently returned to the Kingdom after receiving a royal pardon, has been appointed as secretary of state for the Ministry of National Assembly-Senate Relations and Inspections.
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Opinion: Press Freedom in Cambodia Suffers Deterioration During COVID-19 Pandemic
With the 2015 Telecommunication Law and the establishment of the National Internet Gateway, people raise concerns that the regulations can be powerful tools for the government to curtail and manipulate online information.
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Phnom Penh authorities begin tearing down floating communities
Families living in floating communities along Phnom Penh’s rivers are being driven from their homes as local authorities began tearing down floating houses, fish farms and other informal settlements on Saturday. The demolition comes at the end of a one-week notice period ordering the largely ethnic Vietnamese fishing communities to leave due to what authorities described as environmental concerns.
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Floating Communities, Many Vietnamese, Uprooted by Phnom Penh Evictions
After Phnom Penh City Hall threatened to evict those who live on floating houses in the capital with just over one week of notice, the families are torn on what to do, some rapidly disassembling their floating houses and others stalling for time. Some tried to float to Kandal province, but authorities there denied them from staying, Korng says.
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One More Week to Apply for Cash Aid for Poor Hit by Lockdowns
Poor residents of Phnom Penh, Kandal’s Takhmao city and Sihanoukville have another week to apply for emergency cash aid to alleviate the impacts of Covid-19 lockdowns, the Planning Ministry has announced.
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Post-pandemic, should Siem Reap embrace quality tourism over quantity?
The pandemic has devastated tourist-reliant Siem Reap. But Future Forum researcher Darlin Nay sees opportunity in crisis, believing that the downturn in visitors is an opportunity to reassess what kind of tourism model Cambodia wants to embrace.
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Fee for COVID-19 rapid tests at hospitals add more burden for poor patients and family members
Mak Bunthoeun, a retired resident of Phnom Penh’s Sen Sok district, usually spends $60 on his diabetes treatment at the Cambodia-China Friendship Preah Kossamak Hospital. That figure has gone up, however, with the hospital now charging $15 for a mandatory COVID-19 rapid test every time he enters.
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Inmates Continue to Die as COVID-19 Spreads through Cambodia’s Prisons
On the evening of June 10, 72-year-old Richard Kiri Kim died at Khmer-Soviet Friendship Hospital after having contracted COVID-19 while serving a life sentence in Phnom Penh’s Correctional Center 1, according to the General Department of Prisons.
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Cambodia Denies U.S. Full Access to Naval Base During Embassy Visit
The U.S. embassy in Cambodia said Friday that its defense attaché was denied complete access during an invited visit to the country’s largest naval base, but a Cambodian official told RFA that Phnom Penh had never agreed to a full tour.
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Opinion: A Decade of Decent Work for Domestic Workers
Ten years on from the adoption of the International Labour Organization’s Domestic Workers Convention, much more needs to be done to recognize the rights and improve working conditions for domestic workers, writes Chihoko Asada-Miyakawa, ILO’s assistant director-general and regional director for Asia and the Pacific
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Chroy Changva Authorities Clear Resident’s Land Near OCIC Satellite City
Local authorities, accompanied by security forces, started clearing land in Chroy Changva district’s Prek Leap commune without any notice on Thursday, affecting one resident’s fencing and fish pond, near a satellite city being developed by the Overseas Cambodia Investment Corporation.
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Governor: Long-standing land dispute in Kandal nears solution
On June 7, an inter-ministerial committee convened a meeting to discuss ways to quickly bring about a solution to a land dispute that erupted into violence on June 3 at the Chamkar Barang area in Tuol Prich commune of Kandal province’s Ang Snuol district.
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Airport Protesters Vow to Block Road Next Week as Governor Refuses to Budge
More than 100 villagers have planned to block the entrance to the Kandal province construction site of Phnom Penh’s new international airport, as they hold out to be compensated at market prices while the governor threatens legal action.
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Fourteen Tbong Khmum Activists Due to Face Trial in a Week
A repeatedly delayed incitement trial for 14 activists in Tbong Khmum province has been scheduled again for next week, with families pleading for movement in the case — but a court spokesman said further potential delays would be up to the discretion of the judge.
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Airport Protesters Vow to Block Road Next Week as Governor Refuses to Budge
More than 100 villagers have planned to block the entrance to the Kandal province construction site of Phnom Penh’s new international airport, as they hold out to be compensated at market prices while the governor threatens legal action
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Collective of 73 rights groups rejects NagaWorld layoff plan
A wide assortment of workers’ rights and civil society organizations issued a joint statement Thursday rejecting the ongoing mass layoff of NagaWorld employees and labelling the downsizing as a clear attempt to bust the casino company’s union.
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Elderly Activist Inmates Increasingly Positive For COVID-19 in Cambodia’s Penal System
A growing number of elderly political activists held in Cambodia’s notorious Prey Sar Prison are testing positive for COVID-19 as the coronavirus spreads unchecked through the penal system, inmates and their family members said Thursday
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Five years after his murder, family and advocates still seeking justice for slain political commentator Kem Ley
As they prepare for Saturday’s five-year anniversary of the murder of prominent political commentator Kem Ley, a broad coaltiion family members, friends and civil society groups of all kinds are calling on the government to provide “genuine justice” in a case that has drawn international attention.
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Wife Says Husband Detained at Prey Sar Died Due to Delay in Treatment
An inmate of Phnom Penh’s Prey Sar prison, currently dealing with a Covid-19 outbreak, died from pneumonia at the Khmer-Soviet hospital on Monday, according to his wife, who said he did not have Covid-19 but the prisons were slow to treat him.
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