Workers to protest mass lay-off

GARMENT workers from W&D factory in Phnom Penh are due to protest again on Tuesday after the factory’s owner fired some 1,200 employees last week as a result of protests calling for improved conditions.

KNUP eager to merge with Funcinpec

The Khmer National United Party has addressed concerns about the amount of time Funcinpec is taking to join forces in order to be a legitimate contender in future elections.

National Assembly adopts council seat amendment

The National Assembly yesterday passed an amendment to the law on municipality, provincial and district council elections to increase the number of council seats.

NA ratifies law amendments

The National Assembly on Thursday ratified two amendments to laws intended to improve the representation and efficiency of sub-national administrations and local elections. This is part of an ongoing effort to decentralise power in the Kingdom.

Sar Kheng: Return of Sokha up to courts

Interior Minister Sar Kheng said on Thursday that the reinstatement of opposition leader Kem Sokha’s political rights, which would open the door for his possible return to the political stage, was purely dependent on legal proceedings as his court case is ongoing.

Kandal garment factory workers on strike to demand healthcare

Hundreds of garment workers from a Prestige factory in Kandal province yesterday descended upon the Labour Ministry in Phnom Penh to demand better working conditions.

‘Door – and prison gates – open for Rainsy’s return’

A Caambodian People’s Party (CPP) spokesperson mockingly told exiled opposition leader Sam Rainsy on Wednesday that “the door is open” for his return, adding that he would be greeted with “handcuffs and prison” upon his return.

Veng Sreng protest anniversary blocked

Police yesterday dismantled a ceremony tent erected by worker unions i district to mark the fifth anniversary of the 2013 and 2014 fatal along Veng Sreng Boulevard for higher minimum wages in the garment sector.

Fifty garment workers injured in truck crash

Fifty garment workers were injured in a traffic accident yesterday in Svay Rieng province’s Svay Teap district.

Court denies bail to RT news fixer

Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday denied bail to a news fixer who was charged over his role in the production of a sex trafficking documentary dismissed as fake news.

Striking workers given ultimatum

Garment workers on strike in Phnom Penh are defying an ultimatum made by some of their employers ordering them to return to work within 48 hours or lose their jobs.

Second protest over detained ‘filmmaker’

The wife of detained alleged filmmaker Rath Rott Mony and 10 other protestors gathered outside the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Phnom Penh for a second time on Wednesday, reiterating calls for his release.

Political parties grow by six to 44 after registration last year

Forty-four political parties are registered to legally conduct activities in the Kingdom, according to an Interior Ministry report.

$6 million spent on pregnant garment workers

The government, through the National Social Security Fund, spent more than $6 million on about 65,000 pregnant garment workers last year, Labour Minister Ith Samheng said yesterday.

Court acquits man accused of murdering friend

Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday acquitted a Chinese businessman accused of murdering his friend in 2016 in Meanchey district in order to steal $5,000.

Workers on strike, plan to ask PM for solution

Rainsy faces CNRP backlash after ‘cheap’ jibe at barred 118

Opposition leader Sam Rainsy faced a backlash after narrowing his prediction that “99 per cent” of banned Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) politicians would not seek the return of their political rights, saying “only two cheap, short-sighted officials” would do so.

Students witness KR history

Seventeen first-year Phnom Penh law students witnessed history recently as the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) became the first international tribunal to rule that the atrocities committed under the Khmer Rouge amounted to genocide.

Union distances itself from striking workers

The Cambodian Council of National Unions yesterday issued a statement blaming recent garment factory strikes in Phnom Penh on instigators.

Villagers demand $250 payout for land grab

Some 1,000 villagers on Tuesday blocked National Road 2 in Kandal province’s Kandal Stung district, each demanding compensation of $250 from the provincial authority for communal land they claim a former commune chief sold to a well-connected developer without their knowledge in 2008.