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Baker McKenzie says US Government has tightened export controls for Cambodia
The US Departments of State and Commerce had reportedly amended their regulations to strengthen US export controls targeting Cambodia on December 9, 2021.
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NagaWorld Union Demands Apology over “Color Revolution” Claims, says Leadership Must be Released for Negotiations
The NagaWorld strike continued on Jan. 10, with the Labor Rights Supported Union of Khmer Employees of NagaWorld (LRSU) holding a press conference at 9 a.m. where they called out the Ministry of Labor for branding the strike a “color revolution” and said they would refuse to settle the dispute until the eight jailed leaders were released.
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Authorities on alert as Omicron variant spreads into community
As public health officials continue to find new community transmission cases of the more-contagious Omicron variant of COVID-19, the prime minister is urging provincial authorities to speed up their booster vaccination campaigns.
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Striking Cambodian workers demand release of union leaders
The strike at the NagaWorld casino and hotel, now in its 23rd day, has drawn hundreds of workers since Dec. 18 and the dismissal by managers of more than a thousand employees. The protesters are demanding that 365 of those laid off be rehired.
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Five charged with incitement in K Chhnang
Kampong Chhnang Provincial Court yesterday charged and detained three online journalists and two other villagers for allegedly inciting people to go against the authorities through a report on Facebook about a land dispute in in Kampong Leng district.
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Bunong group prefers in-person apology from Facebook celebrity
Social media celebrity Try Dana made a public apology via Facebook to the Bunong indigenous people on January 6, saying that she had no intention of inciting anger or insulting the Bunong or any of Cambodia’s other indigenous ethnic minority groups.
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CHRC all set to debate rights report with UN expert panel
The Cambodian Human Rights Committee (CHRC) will defend the government’s National Human Rights Report on the implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights at the UN Office in Geneva, Switzerland, in March.
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PM Hun Sen Shares Cambodia’s Win-win Policy Success to Myanmar (Video inside)
During a recent official visit to Myanmar, Cambodian prime minister Hun Sen shared Cambodia’s win-win policy success in achieving national reconciliation, absolute peace, stability, development and prosperity.
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NagaWorld protests continue despite incitement charges for unionists
Around 400 NagaWorld workers continued their peaceful strike on Thursday, despite the recent arrests of union president Chhim Sithar and more than two dozen workers and unionists.
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Geneva Mission defends arrests at NagaWorld protests
The Cambodian Permanent Mission to the UN Office in Geneva on January 6 responded to concerns expressed by four special rapporteurs on the arrests of former employees of the integrated resort NagaWorld who had been protesting for nearly 20 days.
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Election amendments not to compromise counting process: NEC
The National Election Committee (NEC) on January 6 issued a letter addressing concerns related to the vote-counting process, stressing that all procedures would be carried out neutrally and impartially.
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Drug authority calls for controls of chemical imports
The National Authority for Combatting Drugs (NACD) has called for the strengthening of controls related to the import of commercial quantities of chemicals.
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BREAKING: Phnom Penh Court Detains Two Protest Leaders, Allegedly Charged with Incitement to Cause Social Unrest
Phnom Penh Municipal Court (PPMC) investigating judge Im Vannak ordered to detain two protest leaders Chhim Sithar and Sok Narith, allegedly charged with incitement to cause serious social unrest in accordance with article 494 and 495 of the penal code, according to the separate orders seen by Fresh News on Wednesday.
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‘A Thousand Sithars’: NagaWorld Unionist Was Prepared for Arrest
Chhim Sithar has been preparing herself for arrest, cutting her hair and staying away from her home to protect her family. The more challenging task for the laid-off president of NagaWorld’s union, though, is preparing her union members for her inevitable arrest.
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Regional Court of Appeal upholds dropping of incitement charges against Ex-Daily reporters
Tboung Khmum province’s regional court of appeal on Tuesday upheld a lower court’s decision to drop the incitement charges against former Cambodia Daily journalists Aun Pheap and Zsombor Peter.
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NagaWorld Workers’ Protest Resumes, Demanding Union Leaders’ Release
Local rights group Licadho confirmed that Sithar and Narith were sent to pretrial detention Wednesday afternoon, whereas Kongkea was released on bail and placed under judicial supervision. Court documents released on Fresh News at 6 p.m. confirmed the same information.
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Nine charged over NagaWorld protest
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court has charged nine former employees of the integrated resort NagaWorld on January 3 with “incitement to commit a felony” in accordance with articles 494 and 495 of the Criminal Code that covers the staging of protests for more than 10 consecutive days.
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Cambodia’s new tax law gives incentives to green business
Arecently promulgated update to a 2003 law on investment is redefining incentives for more than a dozen business sectors. This is only the Kingdom’s second investment law and it expands the range of environmentally focused organisations eligible for incentives.
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NagaWorld Strike: Eight out of 30 Detained Remain in Custody
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court has decided to release Sok Kongkea, one of the NagaWorld union leaders on bail, while Chhim Sithar—the union’s president—and Sok Narith both remain in custody.
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BREAKING: Phnom Penh Court Allegedly Charges Nine Protesters with Incitement to Cause Social Unrest
The prosecution of the Phnom Penh Municipal Court (PPMC) decided to allegedly charge nine illegal protesters in front of Naga World for inciting riots to cause serious social unrest, a violation of article 494 and 495 of the penal code, according to the press release seen by Fresh News on Monday.
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