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Bodies swap control over ELCs, preserves
Authority over economic land concessions (ELCs) currently under the purview of the Ministry of Environment will be transferred to the Ministry of Agriculture, while all protected areas and nature preserves currently under the Ministry of Agriculture will pass to the Ministry of Environment, according to a sub-decree issued on Friday. The sub-decree, signed by Prime Minister Hun Sen, also states that the Ministry of Environment reserves the right to submit amendments to laws pertaining to ELCs despite the transfer of control.
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Students Blocked From CNRP Forums
A group of student demonstrators seeking to confront CNRP Vice President Kem Sokha over a series of audio recordings purported to be of conversations between him and a mistress was barred from entering two public forums held by the opposition party over the weekend. Mr. Sokha, who has not publicly responded to the recordings—which were posted to Facebook last week—presided over public forums in Preah Sihanouk province on Saturday and in Phnom Penh Sunday.
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Details scant for warrants issued in logging crackdown
The recently formed anti-illegal logging committee has issued 10 warrants against alleged illegal timber traders since it began its crackdown in January, officials have confirmed, although the details of those accused and the charges they face remain under wraps. The committee’s spokesperson Eng Hy said yesterday that since the group began scouring Cambodia’s eastern provinces in January, the Tbong Khmum and Mondulkiri provincial courts have issued 10 warrants for the arrest of people connected to illegal logging, but he declined to go into detail on the cases.
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Fire Destroys Suspected Illegal Timber Pile
Mondolkiri provincial governor Svay Sam Eang said Sunday there was yet another pile of timber of dubious legal provenance that went up in flames under mysterious circumstances on Wednesday, the same day a suspicious fire consumed a large pile on the Unigreen Resources rubber plantation.
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The Supreme Court Rejects CNRP Senator’s Bail
The Supreme Court decided to continue detaining Sam Rainsy Party senator Hong Sok Hour after turning down his bail request on Friday. Mr. Sok Hour has been in prison since last August on charges of forgery of public documents and incitement based on a video he posted to his Facebook page showing a fake border treaty signing with Vietnam. The court gave its decision with Mr. Sok Hour in absentia, claiming the release of the senator would cause “chaos.”
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Senator’s final bail attempt shot down
Jailed opposition senator Hong Sok Hour’s bail request – made on health grounds – was denied yesterday by the Supreme Court, with the presiding judge citing the Appeal Court’s observation that his release could lead to “chaos.” Deputy court president Khim Ponn said Sok Hour would remain in jail as he was currently amid a trial at Phnom Penh Municipal Court and law and order could be affected by his release.
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Students Protest Over Sex Scandal at CNRP HQ
Dozens of students and youth protested outside the opposition party’s Phnom Penh headquarters on Friday calling for CNRP Vice President Kem Sokha to come clean about audio clips that have circulated online this week, purported to be recordings of him speaking with a mistress about topics including sex and a possible pregnancy. The group of about 60 youth, who claimed to have no political affiliation, submitted a petition calling for Mr. Sokha to address their concerns or face further protests.
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Students to trail Sokha
A group of 105 university students showed up outside CNRP headquarters yesterday with a petition demanding that Kem Sokha respond to the release of phone conversations earlier this week purportedly between him and an alleged mistress. The students, who insisted they have no political affiliations, stood outside for an hour before submitting the petition when no meeting with the deputy opposition party chief materialised.
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Opposition Senator’s Bail Request Denied Again
The Supreme Court on Friday rejected a bail request from opposition senator Hong Sok Hour, saying that releasing the 60-year-old from jail “could cause chaos to society.” The senator has been in Phnom Penh’s Prey Sar prison since being arrested in August on direct orders from Prime Minister Hun Sen, who took umbrage with a video Mr. Sok Hour helped produce that made false claims about the Vietnamese border.
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Areng activist guilty of ‘forest crimes’, released on suspended sentence
Ven Vorn, one of four Areng Valley environmental activists arrested in the past year, was released yesterday afternoon after being found guilty of “forest crimes” by the Koh Kong Provincial Court, which handed down a one-year sentence with seven months suspended. Vorn, who is also a councillor for the Cambodian People’s Party in Chumnap commune, had been in jail for more than three months.
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City Hall Planning to Privatize 280-Hectare Development Site
City Hall plans to privatize a 280-hectare plot of public land set aside for a $3 billion development by the Overseas Cambodia Investment Corporation (OCIC) in Phnom Penh’s Chroy Changva district, officials said Thursday. The entire development area covers 387 hectares next to National Road 6A. OCIC has pushed those living on the land to take compensation deals and move out, making way for its satellite city project.
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Areng activist guilty of ‘forest crimes’, released on suspended sentence
Ven Vorn, one of four Areng Valley environmental activists arrested in the past year, was released yesterday afternoon after being found guilty of “forest crimes” by the Koh Kong Provincial Court, which handed down a one-year sentence with seven months suspended. Vorn, who is also a councillor for the Cambodian People’s Party in Chumnap commune, had been in jail for more than three months.
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City Hall Planning to Privatize 280-Hectare Development Site
City Hall plans to privatize a 280-hectare plot of public land set aside for a $3 billion development by the Overseas Cambodia Investment Corporation (OCIC) in Phnom Penh’s Chroy Changva district, officials said Thursday. The entire development area covers 387 hectares next to National Road 6A. OCIC has pushed those living on the land to take compensation deals and move out, making way for its satellite city project.
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Firm denies circumventing Malaysia maid ban
Four domestic workers sent to Malaysia despite an official moratorium on the practice have been repatriated amid claims of unpaid wages and harsh working conditions, though the company that recruited them has insisted that the terms of their employment didn’t technically violate the government ban. The four women, who were all from Kampong Chhnang province and who went to Malaysia in May, returned to Cambodia on February 25. However, three more women from the same province are reportedly being detained by Malaysian immigration authorities.
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Road block leads to land grab inspection
Following a two-day roadblock protest by residents of six villages in Preah Vihear province, district authorities have inspected land allegedly stolen by Chinese sugar cane producer Rui Feng. Rui Feng was granted 8,841 hectares in a 2011 economic land concession (ELC), but ethnic Kuoy villagers allege that the company has been pushing the boundaries of its ELC and encroaching on their farmland.
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R’kiri officials targeted for ‘tolerating’ logging
A senior official with rights group Adhoc and two villagers from Ratanakkiri province’s Lumphat district filed lawsuits against seven local officials yesterday, accusing them of negligence in protecting some 5,000 hectares of cleared forest. Adhoc senior land investigator Pen Bunnar, along with Batang commune resident Yang Thorn and Kaleng commune resident Soeung Yarat, filed the two separate suits yesterday accusing the officials of “tolerating forestry crime and not having stopped forest clearing” under articles 85, 94, 97, 100 and 101 of the Forestry Law.
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‘Boeng Kak 13’ Make Final Appeal to Clear Their Names
Thirteen land-rights activists from the Boeng Kak neighborhood appeared Wednesday at the Supreme Court in Phnom Penh for a final appeal in a yearslong legal battle over a protest-related conviction. The 13 women, who have become well known for their fierce protests against their eviction at the hands of a senator’s real estate firm, were arrested near Boeng Kak in May 2012 when security forces attempted to disperse them as they protested on the contested land.
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Workshop to air views on draft union law
A public consultation session on the controversial draft union law will be held at the National Assembly next Wednesday, officials confirmed yesterday. According to a statement issued by the assembly, participants in the workshop will include senators, members of parliament, development partners and officials from the Ministry of Labour. The event is also open to the public.
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Activist Files Defamation Complaint Over Salacious Audio Clips
Popular anti-government activist Thy Sovantha on Wednesday filed a defamation complaint with the Phnom Penh Municipal Court over the release of a series of audio clips purporting to be recordings of deputy opposition leader Kem Sokha speaking with his mistress, including one in which Ms. Sovantha is discussed. The audio clips were posted to the Facebook page purportedly belonging to the alleged mistress, “Mon Srey,” on Monday before being widely disseminated by a number of government-aligned media outlets. In one of them, a man and woman can be heard talking about Ms. Sovantha.
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Unionist, Neighbor Arrested After Confronting Factory Boss
A unionist and his neighbor are being detained by military police in Kompong Chhnang province on accusations of slapping a female factory administrator and trying to kill her, union officials said on Wednesday while suggesting the arrests were politically motivated. According to the Free Trade Union (FTU), the dispute started when the unionist’s wife, Sam Chreb, was fired from the factory where she worked, Horizon Outdoor, for attempting to start a branch of the FTU there.
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