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Violence, Around 30 Arrests at New Phnom Penh Airport Development
Around 30 people were arrested in one morning amid violence, villagers and local officials said, as unrest around Phnom Penh’s new international airport development project in Kandal province continued to escalate.
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Arbitration Council Avoids Ruling on NagaWorld Mass Layoffs
A NagaWorld union representative said the Arbitration Council refused to adjudicate on the validity of the mega casino’s decision to layoff more than 1,300 workers, with a labor advocate saying the council wants a labor inspection procedure to decide the matter.
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Arbitration Council will not consider demands of laid-off NagaWorld’s workers
The Arbitration Council on Friday rejected consideration of the demands of 373 laid-off NagaWorld workers who had sought to counter the casino company’s mass layoff strategy.
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Police officer suspended for beating woman over not wearing helmet in PP
A police officer has been detained for allegedly beating a woman till she bled at a police barricade on Wednesday night.
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Lor Peang villagers appeal against in absentia land dispute verdict
A group of villagers from Lor Peang village in Kampong Chhnang province brought a complaint appeal against the Phnom Penh Municipal Court’s decision on July 8 to sentence four villagers in absentia to one year in prison for incitement to commit a felony, intentional damage and use of violence on property occupied by a person in 2012.
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Officer lands in court for ‘hitting’ motorist with walkie-talkie
The police officer who was detained on the order of National Police chief Neth Savoeun for hitting a woman while enforcing traffic law in Veal Vong commune of Phnom Penh’s Prampi Makara district has been sent to the municipal court.
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Koh Kong Residents Want Land Titles After Officials Raze Their Neighbors’ Crops
More than 20 families in Koh Kong province, where authorities have been razing villagers’ farmland, are asking officials to formalize their ownership as they fear the land clearings will continue.
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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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