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Gov’t Urged to Continue Negotiating NGO Law
More than 300 NGOs are making a last-ditch effort to bring the government back to the negotiating table over a draft law they fear could be used to quash dissent and which Prime Minister Hun Sen hopes to have passed as soon as this month.
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NGOs in Cambodia Warn Against New Draft Law
PHNOM PENH— Local and international civil society groups in Cambodia warn a new law aimed at non-governmental organizations could harm the country's economy and slow development. Speaking to journalists at a press conference Monday in Phnom Penh, representatives of nearly 270 international and national civil societies working in Cambodia claimed the draft law, called “Stop and Consult,” will impact over 4,000 development projects if enacted without proper consultations.
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Villagers blame construction for Phnom Penh riverbank collapse
More than 10 houses along the riverbank in Phnom Penh were seriously damaged when an embankment collapsed early on Sunday morning, which residents say was caused by drilling linked to construction. Workers began drilling a 10-metre segment of the Tonle Sap riverbed in Russey Keo district last week to reinforce earth close to a building project.
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After CPP Scolding, Rong Chhun Reminded to Remain Neutral
Rong Chhun, a union leader selected by the opposition CNRP to sit on the National Election Committee, was on Monday told by the body’s chairman to work harder to uphold an image of neutrality after he was seen talking with a CNRP lawmaker at a Labor Day rally last week.
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Firm Blamed Over Loss of 5 Homes in Collapse
Six families were left homeless after a section of the Mekong riverbank in Phnom Penh collapsed on Sunday, causing their houses to plunge into the river. Local villagers claim construction work at a neighboring property owned by the Vattanac company is to blame.
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Villagers fence off disputed land
Maintaining they were wronged in a land dispute with a rubber company in Ratanakkiri province’s Lumphat district, villagers there have erected a fence around about 500 hectares of land they claim belongs to them. The action came after the Daun Penh Agrico company in Lumphat district’s Chey Uddom commune went back on its word to rights group Adhoc, said provincial Adhoc coordinator Chhay Thy. Daun Penh Agrico last month promised that it would return hundreds of hectares of land it gained through an economic land concession, which villagers had cultivated for generations, he said.
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Rong Chhun let off with warning
Election administrator Rong Chhun was issued a warning yesterday not to partake in activities that could be perceived as breaching the neutrality of his membership of the National Election Committee.
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Shifting out of neutral?
The country’s official election body has said it will “take action” against one of its recently appointed members, former union leader Rong Chhun, if he continues to attend rallies with opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party leaders.
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Company Compensates Families of Fatal Elevator Crash Victims
Family members of three of the victims of a fatal elevator crash at a Phnom Penh building site last week said Sunday that they had accepted compensation from the construction company and would not file complaints with police.
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Proposed NGO Law Is a Main Test for ‘Culture of Dialogue’
During Amnesty International’s recent visit to Cambodia, the new “culture of dialogue” was discussed in many of our meetings, with some expressing cautious hope it could provide an opportunity for reforms and improved respect for human rights.
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More families accept dam relocation offer
Seventy families living close to the site of Cambodia’s largest hydropower dam project have accepted a resettlement package from the Hydro Power Lower Sesan II company. The families were each given $6,000 and a plot of land at the relocation site, which is about 15 kilometres from their village of Sre Sronok in Kbal Romea commune, in Stung Treng province’s Sesan district.
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Stung Treng Families Accept New Land to Leave Dam Site
Seventy families in Stung Treng province on Saturday officially accepted the government’s offer of new land in compensation for the farms they will lose to the under-construction Lower Sesan 2 hydropower dam, becoming the first group to agree to the deal.
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Logging complaint in works
More than 30 residents and activists have announced plans to file a complaint against two tycoons operating in Kratie province’s Prek Prasap district for allegedly clearing 3,120 hectares of forest they are claiming is owned by the state, according to the rights group Adhoc. The complaint, obtained yesterday, is being filed against two businessmen identified as Eng and Lim Bunna, from Kampong Cham’s Stung Trang district and Tbong Khmum’s Dambe district, respectively.
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Election Body Weighs Action After Member Attends Rally
The National Election Committee will meet Monday to decide whether to reprimand one of its new members, former Cambodian Independent Teachers Association president Rong Chhun, for attending a march marking International Labor Day on Friday.
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Gov’t Blocking Montagnard Refugees from Asylum Process
Government officials on Friday continued to deny any knowledge of the presence of 40 Montagnards in Phnom Penh despite the U.N. and rights groups claiming the asylum seekers are in limbo after being told they cannot register with the Interior Ministry’s refugee department.
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Unions March on Labor Day Despite Warning
About 3,000 workers took part in three separate rallies to mark Labor Day in Phnom Penh on Friday, with the municipal government warning of possible legal action against the leaders of two of the demonstrations, who failed to heed official warnings not to bring workers onto the city’s streets.
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SE Asia, China Pledge to Fight Human Trafficking Together
Government figures from six nations mostly glossed over the specifics of human trafficking at a regional forum on the topic in Phnom Penh on Thursday, but two well-positioned Cambodian officials said they were taking the opportunity to pressure into action their counterparts from countries that are common destinations for trafficked Cambodians.
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Soldiers say main mission is stopping refugees
As Cambodia prepares to welcome the first group of refugees under its controversial deal with Australia, it is going to extreme lengths to keep asylum seekers from Vietnam out of the Kingdom, interviews with soldiers stationed along the border revealed yesterday. Last week, almost 1,000 troops were deployed along the Vietnamese border in this remote province, with officials claiming that the action was taken to prevent a range of cross-border crimes, including “illegal immigration”.
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HRW urges withdrawal from refugee deal
Ahead of the likely arrival of the first group of refugees from Nauru under Cambodia’s agreement with Australia, Human Rights Watch yesterday called on Canberra to withdraw from the planned resettlement scheme.
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Kingdom backs regional human trafficking plan
High-level representatives from Cambodia and five other nations yesterday signed a joint declaration reaffirming their commitment to collaborate in the fight against human trafficking, though the meet placed a notable lack of emphasis on confronting the corruption that facilitates the trade.
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