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Kampong Speu families offered redress in Phnom Penh Sugar dispute
Following a years-long campaign by land rights activists and NGOs, Phnom Penh Sugar has finally offered compensation to families displaced by its Kampong Speu sugar plantation, although not everyone is impressed. Company spokesman Sim Sitha said yesterday that 364 families had on Monday been offered compensation packages of between $500 and $10,000 on the basis of a fact-finding investigation led by Phnom Penh Sugar, whose plantation is part of a 9,000-hectare economic land concession granted to CPP Senator Ly Yong Phat in 2010.
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NEC Official to Appear in Court over Deadly Protests
National Election Committee (NEC) official Rong Chhun is set to appear before the Phnom Penh Municipal Court over allegations of incitement during the deadly protests at Canadia Industrial Zone that led to police opening fire on protesters, killing four, in 2014. According to a letter from investigative judge San Sophat last month, Mr. Chhun’s case was sent for a hearing after he was questioned in 2014, however no date had been set for the hearing.
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Old Veng Sreng case revived for NEC member
National Election Committee member Rong Chhun will become the second non-CPP-aligned NEC official to face court action in recent weeks. According to a letter signed by Phnom Penh Municipal Court investigating judge San Sophat on April 26, Chhun, a former union leader, will face trial for his alleged role in the Veng Sreng Boulevard wage protests in January 2014, during which security forces shot five people dead.
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Families in Land Dispute With Sugar Firm Reach $500 Deal
More than 300 families in Kompong Speu province this week signed a deal with Senator Ly Yong Phat’s Phnom Penh Sugar Company aimed at ending their long-running land dispute, though several of the families have yet to agree on compensation.
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Former Capitol drivers hold protest at office
About 20 former drivers for the Capitol Bus Company demonstrated peacefully in front of the company’s office yesterday in Phnom Penh’s Prampi Makara district to demand reemployment and compensation for 45 fired drivers. Pil Pov, one of the ex-drivers, said that despite six months of protesting the company has not negotiated. The drivers, allegedly fired for trying to start a union, began calling for a boycott of the company in December.
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Four sentenced for roles in Preah Vihear ELC protest
The Preah Vihear Provincial Court yesterday sentenced four men for burning a contentious fence during a 2014 protest against an economic land concession (ELC) in Kulen district held by the FP Malaysia (Cambodia) Plantation. Srayong Cheung village residents Sing Dy, Huon Chan Thoeun, Touch Sam Bul and Koy Chamroeun, who had been identified as the ringleaders, were given one-year suspended sentences and 1 million riel fines ($250), according to provincial prosecutor Ly Lon.
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Lawmaker’s bail denied to prevent ‘social unrest’
The Appeal Court yesterday ruled that CNRP lawmaker Um Sam An must stay in custody on the grounds that he is a threat to social stability and may meddle in the case against him. Sam An was arrested on April 11 for past criticisms of the government’s border policy after returning from an extended trip to the US, where he is also a citizen.
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Historian Says Hun Sen Will Never Be Beaten
Preeminent foreign historian of Cambodia David Chandler has said he does not believe the country will ever have free and fair elections and that political change could only ever occur through the death or armed overthrow of Prime Minister Hun Sen. In an interview with Voice of America (VOA) published online on Monday night, Mr. Chandler said that opposition leader Sam Rainsy had proved an easy opponent for Mr. Hun Sen to deal with over the past 20 years, and that he did not think things would change.
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Four Mondulkiri villagers questioned for calling for activists’ release
Four ethnic minority villagers in Mondulkiri province’s Pech Chreada district have been called in for questioning since last week by police following the posting of a photo on Facebook showing them and other villagers expressing solidarity with five human rights defenders jailed in relation to Kem Sokha’s sex scandal. The photo, which was posted on the community’s Facebook page on May 9 – also the first day of the civil society-backed “Black Monday” campaign for the activists’ release – shows community members holding up a paper sign addressed to Prime Minister Hun Sen asking for the arrestees’ release.
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Appeal Court Upholds 7 Years for KNLF Blogger
A seven-year sentence handed down to blogger Hin Chan last June for disseminating dissident group Khmer National Liberation Front (KNLF) messages and forging a passport was upheld by the Court of Appeal in Phnom Penh on Tuesday.
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Calls to validate LGBT rights
Gay and transgender people yesterday called on the government to legalise same-sex marriage and change identity cards to reflect a person’s true gender during an event to mark International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia. Although local authorities have been known to sometimes sidestep prohibitive laws on same-sex marriage by simply listing one party as “husband” and the other “wife”, civil society organisations said making those channels official would give legitimacy to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people.
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Land Clearing Sentence Draws Strong Protest
About 25 residents from Pursat province’s Krakor district gathered in front of the Court of Appeals yesterday, demanding a conviction of illegal deforestation leveled against a village representative be dropped after it was upheld. Community leader Soum Saravuth was charged with clearing land that local residents say has been in his private ownership for years.
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Kem Sokha snubs court questioning
Deputy opposition leader Kem Sokha yesterday ignored yet another summons from the Phnom Penh Municipal Court – this time to answer questions about alleged procurement of prostitution related to an ongoing sex scandal. Court spokesman Ly Sophanna said the prosecutor in the case, Seang Sok, would examine “documents and legal procedures” before deciding on further action against Sokha.
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No Bail for One, No Court for Another
The rejection of opposition lawmaker Um Sam An’s bail request was upheld in the Court of Appeal yesterday, while elsewhere the Phnom Penh Municipal Court promised it would take stronger action against acting opposition party president Kem Sokha after he again ignored a summons for questioning yesterday. The closed-door trial at the Court of Appeal was led by presiding judge Phou Povsun and Mr. Sam An’s defense lawyer, Choung Chou Ngy, who spoke to reporters outside the court.
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LGBT Community Gathers in Support
On the International Day to End Homophobia and Transphobia yesterday, a group of 1,000 civil society members, local authorities and LGBT citizens gathered to demand the government better ensure equal rights for members of the LGBT community. Heng Cheyleaphy, communication officer for the Rainbow Community of Kampuchea (RoCK), told Khmer Times yesterday that members of the LGBT community still face challenges and discrimination from their families and society.
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Koh Kong Families Reach Agreement With UDG
About 100 additional families have accepted compensation packages from Union Development Group (UDG) to relocate and make way for the massive development project the Chinese firm is building along the coast of Koh Kong province, according to the Environment Ministry. UDG has already pushed about 1,000 families out of their homes to make way for its 45,000-hectare, $3.8 billion tourism complex.
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Sentence upheld for accused KNLF traitor
The Appeals Court yesterday upheld the conviction of Khmer National Liberation Front (KNLF) member Hin Chan, who was sentenced to seven years in jail on charges of conspiracy to commit treason and using a fake passport. Chan, 34, was sentenced by the Phnom Penh Municipal Court last year after being arrested in 2014 on his way back to Phnom Penh from Thailand.
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Kem Sokha Ignores Second Court Summons
Deputy opposition leader Kem Sokha failed to present himself at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Tuesday for questioning over a prostitution case involving his alleged mistress, Khom Chandaraty. It was the second time Mr. Sokha has ignored a court summons in the past six days, having failed to turn up for questioning in a related defamation case last week.
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NGO Lists ‘Political Prisoners’
The number of political prisoners in Cambodia’s jails has jumped from 0 to 29 since last May, according to a report released yesterday by human rights group Licadho. However, the government has contested this report, saying the detainees listed by Licadho were imprisoned for criminal activity, not because of their political views.
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Police Pressure Villagers Over Facebook Comment
Police in Mondulkiri’s Bousra commune have called four village representatives in for questioning over a Facebook post published as part of the Black Monday campaign, with police asking the villagers to take it down. Kroeun Tola, one of the village representatives, said his fellow representative Klang Phou was called in for questioning by commune police chief Soeun Sophak last Monday at about 10pm after villagers published a photo on Facebook requesting the release of four Adhoc officials and a National Election Committee official.
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