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Cambodian Teacher Sentenced to Jail For Criticizing Monument to Cambodian-Vietnamese Ties
A court in western Cambodia’s Pailin province has sentenced a schoolteacher to one year in prison for “incitement” after he criticized a monument to Cambodian-Vietnamese ties, prompting condemnation from rights groups who said the verdict violates his freedom of expression.
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Interior Ministry Defends Closing Police Chief’s Sexual Assault Case
An Interior Ministry official said it closed a sexual abuse investigation against a Kampong Thom police chief after the accusers did not go to court, defending the ministry for failing to respond to three high-profile sexual assault and harassment cases in the past year.
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Markets Reopen Slowly as Covid-19 Fears Persist
At O’Russei market, only about 40 of 6,200 stalls reopened on Monday morning on the first day of the return of public markets citywide. At Boeng Keng Kang market, about 76 of 1,400 stalls reopened, according to market managers.
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Authorities Suspect Alcohol Poisoning as Eight Dead, 34 Hospitalized in Kampot Province
Another eight people have died and 34 have been hospitalized after drinking tainted alcohol at a funeral ceremony, according to Aun Khon, governor of Kampong Thrach District, Kampot Province.
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Authorities Deflect on ‘Hundreds’ of Alleged Prison Covid-19 Cases
The Interior Ministry prisons department, Preah Sihanouk provincial administration and Phnom Penh City Hall this week would not offer clarification on a human rights group’s claim that there are “hundreds” of Covid-19 cases in the country’s prisons.
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NagaWorld Union Alleges Layoffs Target Organized Workers
NagaWorld has begun its proposed layoffs of 1,329 total workers, according to the casino’s union, which also alleges that long-serving union members are bearing the brunt of the cutbacks
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Newly established Cambodia Reform Party seeks support of former CNRP ahead of the commune elections
the newly formed Cambodia Reform Party is lobbying former CNRP officials as well as other opposition parties to join forces in the hopes of making the CRP a credible opposition ahead of next year’s commune elections, said Pol Ham.
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Capital’s state markets reopen
Phnom Penh's state-owned markets reopened on May 24 but with strict Covid-19 preventative measures in place to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus.
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Rights Groups Urge Inmate Release as COVID-19 Infections Spike in Cambodia’s Prisons
Cambodia should immediately release inmates who are most at risk from the coronavirus and pre-trial detainees eligible for bail amid the risk of “mass outbreaks” in the country’s overcrowded prisons and detention centers, a rights group said Monday.
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A Buddhist High School for Future Monks Sees a Rise in Student Dropouts in Siem Reap City
The number of student monks dropping out of school at a Buddhist high school in Siem Reap City has gone through an exponential increase during the pandemic.
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With low water levels and poor fishing, fishers struggle in Tonle Sap Lake
As the rainy season begins, people living on and around the Tonle Sap Lake say they fear another year of poor catch and dangerously low water levels in the region’s largest freshwater basin.
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‘I have never had love affairs with Heng Sear’, says Mean Pich Rita
MY TV presenter Mean Pich Rita has denied that she had a love affair with tycoon Heng Sear who has been in a court tussle with her.
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DMC project aims to reduce plastic
Ten students from the Royal University of Phnom Penh’s (RUPP) Department of Media and Communications (DMC) have organised a campaign to reduce plastic use and keep the environment clean and green.
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Red Zones Lifted as Capital’s Covid-19 Cases Dip
Phnom Penh’s “red zones,” the areas of the capital with the most restrictive Covid-19 lockdown measures, were removed effective Thursday, leaving most of the city in yellow-designated areas with about a dozen “orange” pockets remaining.
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Police Detain 45 for Drugs in Phnom Penh Condo Raid
After a police raid this week netted about 300 grams of illicit drugs and other chemicals at a Phnom Penh condo, 45 suspects were being held by authorities and tested for drugs on Thursday, a police official said.
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Union leaders sound alarm as COVID-19 spreads among provincial garment workers
Over the past two weeks, at least 80 garment workers have tested positive for COVID-19 in just a handful of provinces outside Phnom Penh, sparking worries from laborers, union leaders and civil society figures that measures to reopen factories are insufficient.
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Health ministry warns dengue and Covid-19 a dangerous mix
As of May 20, cases of dengue fever in Cambodia for 2021 had risen to nearly 600 across the country with one death. Health officials have called on people to remain cautious though so far this year the outbreak has not been widespread
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King grants political rehab for Ham and Chansak
King Norodom Sihamoni on May 20 granted political rehabilitation to Pol Ham and Phan Chansak, former senior officials of the Supreme Court-dissolved Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP)
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Union leaders sound alarm as COVID-19 spreads among provincial garment workers
Over the past two weeks, at least 80 garment workers have tested positive for COVID-19 in just a handful of provinces outside Phnom Penh, sparking worries from laborers, union leaders and civil society figures that measures to reopen factories are insufficient
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Cambodia's Garment Workers Struggle to Pay Debts as Lockdown Bites
After weeks without pay, it was debt that drove Cambodian garment worker Eang Malea back to her factory when it reopened this month, eclipsing her heightened fear of falling ill amid a surge of COVID-19 cases on factory floors.
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