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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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Minimum Wage Talks Underway, Workers Point to Rising Costs
Unions, employers and the state began minimum wage talks for the garment sector on Tuesday, swapping research reports that will be the basis of negotiations as workers seek a raise from $192 a month to $214.2.
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Garment worker minimum wage talks begin, find early disagreement
As the first day of a three-way negotiation of the minimum wage for Cambodian garment workers, union and industry representatives have reached an early disagreement on the prospect of a wage increase for 2022.
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Cambodian Police Bar Villagers From Land Seized for New Airport
Hundreds of police officers blocked villagers in Cambodia’s Kandal province on Tuesday from visiting rice fields seized to build an airport, while displaced farmers vowed to keep fighting for fair compensation, Cambodian sources said.
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Despite lack of resolution in dispute, authorities block roads, let OCIC begin clearing residents’ farmland for mega airport project
Hundreds of police and military police have been deployed to the road leading to the new Phnom Penh airport project in Kandal, as land clearance begins despite an ongoing land dispute with local residents.
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Tonle Sap Lake Can Change from a Lake Rich in Fish to a Lake Rich in Fishermen?
The houses are built on 10-meter wooden stills in order to protect them from floods during the wet season on the Lake. Kampong Khleang is the largest community on the lake banks.
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Cambodian Police Bar Villagers From Land Seized for New Airpor
Hundreds of police officers blocked villagers in Cambodia’s Kandal province on Tuesday from visiting rice fields seized to build an airport, while displaced farmers vowed to keep fighting for fair compensation, Cambodian sources said.
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Defrocked monk reinstated after police questioning
A recently defrocked chief monk from a pagoda in Kampong Cham province was restored to his position August 4 after he was cleared of allegations of violating measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
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CHRC seeks input on draft law to make it more independent
The Cambodia Human Rights Committee (CHRC) is inviting all embassies in Cambodia, local and international NGOs, Parliamentarians, international stakeholders and Supreme Consultative Council members to give input over the draft law on proposal to make it more independent.
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UN support for disabled continues amid Covid-19
The United Nations in Cambodia yesterday highlighted their continued support for people with disabilities and praised the Covid-19 response in the Kingdom.
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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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Sokun to rap new songs after his release
Kea Sokun, 22, who was released from prison on Friday after having served a one year in jail for incitement will continue his career as a rapper in Siem Reap.
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Airport Protesters, 100 Officers in Standoff on National Road 2
About 50 villagers attempted to block National Road 2 in Kandal province on Tuesday morning in protest of the development of Phnom Penh’s new international airport but were confronted by about 100 security officers.
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Protected Forest Rife With Illegal Logging, Community Patrol Finds
More than 100 incidents of logging, transport and processing were found by a community patrol over just three days in the Prey Preah Roka Wildlife Sanctuary in Preah Vihear province, as activists accused authorities of turning a blind eye to timber trafficking.
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