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Disgraced monk held on charges of sex abuse
Kampong Chhnang Provincial Court Investigating Judge Phy Daro has placed a former acting pagoda chief monk in pre-trial detention for allegedly having sexual intercourse with four minors in December.
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Cry for justice: Families seek closure a year after Kep building collapse
The families yesterday called on the court to provide “justice” for the loss of their loved ones as well as compensation from the building owners.
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Cambodia’s migrant workers COVID-19 cluster numbers rise to 33 with six new cases, tally now 398
Cambodia’s migrant workers COVID-19 cluster, is still spiking as more workers flee Thailand as the situation in Thailand deteriorates.
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Supreme Court hears Sar Kanika’s bail appeal
The Supreme Court yesterday began hearing an appeal by activist Sar Kanika who has been denied bail while awaiting trial on charges of “incitement” in connection with a protest in front of the Phnom Penh Municipal Court last year.
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Vietnamese couple sentenced and fined for drug possession and trafficking
Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday sentenced and fined a Vietnamese couple for possession and trafficking of about two kilogrammes of methamphetamine and ecstacy which they committed in the capital in 2019.
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One Year After Building Collapse, Verdict Delayed for Reinvestigation
The Kampot Provincial Court on Wednesday morning ordered a reinvestigation into a building collapse case more than a year after the incident killed 36 people, including six children, and injured 23 others, mostly construction workers.
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Kith Theang, Facing New Trial, Away from Jail for Health Treatment.
Kith Theang, the brother of tycoon Kith Meng, was absent from a new drug trial at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Wednesday, with a prisons official saying Theang was in hospital.
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Fresh Fears for Boeung Tamok Residents as Lake’s Future Uncertain
The 3,239.7 hectare lake that the government defined as Boeung Tamok via sub-decree on Feb. 3, 2016—listed as state public property—has faced a renewed onslaught of threats, with the authorities gifting significant portions of the lake to developers and government agencies as many as nine times in 2020, amounting to some 682 hectares of the lake being sold off.
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Sihanoukville’s shores 500 tonnes cleaner
Preah Sihanouk provincial governor Kuoch Chamroeun visited a group of more than 130 people in Sihanoukville on Sunday to thank them for their efforts during a five-day beach cleanup that resulted in 500 tonnes of trash being removed from the shore.
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‘On a huge scale in Cambodia’: Director talks slave labour in Thai fisheries
This reduced productivity has driven fishing conglomerates to drastic measures in search of profits, and human life is sacrificed in the name of economics with startling callousness. According to a groundbreaking 2015 report by the Environmental Justice Foundation, 68% of the former bonded fishermen they interviewed had experienced physical violence and 59% had seen someone murdered while aboard Thai trawlers.
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SOP comes apart: No social distancing at Calmette hospital.
In a shocking development, outpatients at a public hospital are being allowed to blatantly disregard social distancing measures strictly put in place to prevent any spread of COVID-19.
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Villages Emptied Amid an Extensive Web of Elites’ Landholdings
After being kicked out of their home near the main road, Moeun and Rim Loeng saved money to rent an excavator and clear a route to their new hillside settlement. But a sprawling land claim has now swallowed up that route, and is displacing neighbors.
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Ex-opposition leaders set to return to Cambodia refused passport validation and visas
As the planned return of former senior opposition officials approaches, the possibility of them entering Cambodia remains in limbo as the government has refused to validate their Khmer passports and K-class visas.
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Phnom Penh Court Says Kem Sokha’s Trial Not a Priority
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Tuesday said that opposition figure Kem Sokha’s treason trial was not a high priority, despite its willingness to continue legal proceedings against rights activists and dozens of former opposition members.
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2,600 Hectares Made Private Land for Airport Company’s Development
Choeu, a 30-year-old fisherman, recalled that he used to place his tube-shaped nets in the shallow waters and catch between 5 and 7 kg of fish a day.But as plans for a new airport — which would dwarf many Southeast Asian runways — emerged in Kandal province two years ago, Choeu said his daily catch dwindled to about 1 kg.
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Activists, Researchers Point to Extensive Illegal Logging in Prey Lang
Hoeun Sopheap, coordinator in Kampong Thom province for the Prey Lang Community Network, whose independent forest patrols were banned by authorities last year, said that he and other members have witnessed loggers carrying timber out of the sanctuary almost every day.
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Illegally Imported Fish Devastating the Livelihoods of Cambodian Communities.
Cambodia's Ministry of Agriculture has introduced measures to temporarily suspend fish imports from Vietnam to help local aquaculture products as threaten the sustainability of farming.
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112 garment factories open in 2020
In a tumultuous period for the garment industry, the year 2020 brought the closure of 129 factories in the Kingdom, affecting over 70,000 workers while 112 new factory openings created more than 20,000 jobs.
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Migrants free to return home after completing quarantine term.
More than 600 Cambodian migrant workers were allowed to return to their homes after completing their quarantine in the six Thai-border provinces – Battambang, Banteay Meanchey, Oddar Meanchey, Pailin, Koh Kong and Preah Vihear.
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Students in Svay Rieng Learning Through Farming at School.
A primary school in Svay Rieng Province has been growing its own vegetables and fish on the premises in an effort to support the nutritional needs of students and to raise awareness of sustainability.
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