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Phone Taps Against Teachers Debated in CNRP Trial
Tapped private phone conversations were debated in court on Thursday as evidence of former opposition party members organizing a plan to topple the government, in the latest hearing in a series of ongoing trials against the outlawed CNRP.
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CNRP defendants allege radiation at Prey Sar is causing memory loss
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court ordered an expert analysis into allegations from former CNRP members claiming that their memories were being affected by radiation, during one of four trials against members of the party.
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Civil Service Ministry Getting Bigger, Eyes Boeng Tamok Lake Plot
The ministry overseeing salaries and promotions for the country’s more than 200,000 public servants is growing and needs more space, its spokesperson said, as the government granted 40,000 square meters of Boeng Tamok lake to build a new headquarters.
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Past Age 35, Garment Workers Say They’re Jettisoned From the Sector
Chan Bony, a 42-year-old mother of three, says 23 years of working at a garment factory left her with few useful skills. “I know exactly how to do my job,” Bony says. But that job, over more than two decades, was mostly limited to sewing sleeves. “I can only do that part professionally, but no other part. So I can’t run my own clothing business.”
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Authorities pass buck in railway eviction, residents say
Six months after receiving an eviction notice, a community living alongside the railway in Phnom Penh finally met with City Hall officials to make their case for compensation on Wednesday – but they received little assurance, with officials claiming to be waiting on reports from subordinates, they said.
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Social land concessions for 153 veterans’ families
Kampong Thom provincial authorities will hand over around 2,000 hectares of social land concessions to 153 families of veterans in the province, according to the governor. “Each family will receive two hectares of land. We will lucky draw the land for the landless veterans. We are working with the veteran association to set the date,” governor said.
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Five women’s COVID-19 ordeal after illegal entry to Thailand
Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, five Cambodian women took a risk and left for Chonburi, Thailand in mid-November illegally, returning to the Kingdom on January 5 only to be tested positive for the disease. Talking to Khmer Times, the women confessed to gaining illegal entry to Chonburi via a “broker” to whom they paid around $116 per person for transport and helping them find a job in Thailand.
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Illegal fishermen volley between Cambodia and Vietnam
Vietnamese and Cambodian fishermen are still illegally fishing in each other’s territorial waters in Kep province, even though authorities have attempted to crack down on it, an official said yesterday.
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Cambodia’s foreign policy looks at all nations for win-win cooperation
Cambodia has diplomatic relations with almost all countries and its foreign policy is to work together for mutual benefits and win-win cooperation, Prime Minister Hun Sen said. “Cambodia’s foreign policy is looking all around us. Cambodia doesn’t look in one direction, therefore do not look at Cambodia as being only close to China, Cambodia can work with all. Cambodia looks at all corners in our foreign policy,” he added
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Kampong Speu villagers allege “nameless” factory behind “black and bubbly” stream
When the factory started operations in 2019, water in the entire stream turned black and bubbled, making the fish die and now we have no more fish to eat,” said Lay Ratha, 46, who lives in Taing Snor village.
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Cambodian Civil Society Calls For End to Harassment, Arrests of Mother Nature Youth Activists
Members of the Mother Nature Youth Movement provide critical information to Cambodia’s government as an environmental watchdog and should not have to carry out their jobs while facing the threat of arrest, according to civil society groups.
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Pictures and Video: Mass surge of migrant workers across Thai Border into Cambodia
More than 200 migrant workers stream across the O Smach border check point at Oddar Meanchry province from 9am Tuesday, 2 February 2021
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Covid-19 measures implemented in prisons, UN special rapporteurs told
The Ministry of Interior said necessary measures had been taken in prisons throughout the country to prevent Covid-19 transmissions. The assertion came in response to a letter from Rhona Smith, UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in Cambodia, and Tlaleng Mofokeng, Special Rapporteur on the right to health.
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Little evidence produced against unionist Rong Chhun, two activists
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court continued the questioning of prominent unionist Rong Chhun and two co-defendants, with the cross-examination centering around their private messages on social media messaging applications.
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Fleeing home in droves: Migrant ‘trains’ walk across border in the hundreds
O’SMACH, Oddar Meanchey – The first signs of a large exodus of Cambodians from Thailand’s Surin province were the five truckloads of personal effects belonging to the workers
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Residents Warned of Jail Time if They Don’t Make Way for Roadworks
About 150 families encroaching on Sihanoukville’s 7 Makara St. and refusing to make way for roadworks could face jail time and hefty fines, according to local authorities.
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The view on the ground: Runs on food and empty ATMs in Yangon
Fear and tension gripped the streets of Myanmar on February 1 after the country’s military staged a coup toppling the civilian leadership of the National League for Democracy (NLD) and instating a year-long state of emergency.
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Prince-Linked Firm Pours Sand Into 400 Hectares of Bay Without Study
PREY NOB DISTRICT, Preah Sihanouk — Ream Bay is an oasis, explains a family of fishers on its shores. They used to own a house within the wetlands that face the coast, where they could park a boat in front of their house and take it through Boeng Thom Angkep lake and out to fish in the Gulf of Thailand.
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Authorities Close Coal Ash Plant That Coated Community in Dust
Preah Sihanouk provincial authorities ordered a coal ash plant in Stung Hav district to close in two weeks after nearby residents frequently complained of struggling to breathe amid the potentially poisonous dust, officials said.
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PM criticises some ‘democratic countries’ for lack of regret over Khmer Rouge support
Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday blasted some “democratic countries” for their lack of regret over their support of the Khmer Rouge genocide, after it was overthrown four decades ago.
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