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Boeung Kak protesters freed but defiant
Five months behind bars has done nothing to deter Phnom Penh’s Boeung Kak activists from taking their demands to the streets. Just one day after their release from the capital’s Prey Sar prison, the female activists – often at the helm of Phnom Penh demonstrations – vowed yesterday to continue protesting for “as long as land disputes and social injustices remain”.
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After Nine Months, New National Election Committee Forms Today
The new National Election Committee, a key pillar of last year’s political deal between the CPP and the CNRP, will formally assume its duties as the country’s election-organizing body this morning after almost nine months of negotiations and preparations.
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RCAF Officer Arrested for Selling Fake Counterterrorism Job
A lieutenant colonel in the military has been arrested and charged with fraud for posing as the deputy head of the army’s counterterrorism department and extorting money from job-seekers hoping to work alongside the department’s commander, Prime Minister Hun Sen’s son, police said Sunday.
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Five CNRP and three defrocked monks released following political negotiations
This afternoon, eight more of the Free the 19 activists were released from detention in Prey Sar’s CC1 prison. Three defrocked monks – Venerable Seung Hai, Venerable Khith Vannak, and Venerable Sang Kosal – and five CNRP members and supporters – Meach Sovannara, Sum Puthy, Tep Narin, Ke Khim, and Ouk Pich Samnang – were released on bail. All eight were arrested between September and November last year and face a variety of charges. The cases against all those released remain open
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18 Activists to Be Released Monday, Lawyer Says
Following negotiations between Prime Minister Hun Sen and opposition leader Sam Rainsy, the country’s courts are preparing to release 18 activists who have been imprisoned over the past year on protest-related charges and convictions, a lawyer for the CNRP said Friday. Chuong Choungy, a longtime attorney for the opposition, said that he met with the Phnom Penh Municipal Court director on Thursday and filed documents with the Appeal Court in order to facilitate the release of the activists by Monday, the day before the start of the Khmer New Year holiday.
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Second Mission Finds 36 More Cambodian Fishermen
Indonesian authorities made a second trip on Friday to the island of Benjina, rescuing 36 more Cambodian fishermen on top of the 58 already found enslaved and working under brutal conditions on the remote island, according to a statement by the International Organization for Migration (IOM).
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Students to Get Course in Responsible Use of Social Media
The Education Ministry is planning to introduce a course to the country’s schools that would teach upper-secondary students how to responsibly use social media, the minister said on Friday.
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Second Mission Finds 36 More Cambodian Fishermen
Indonesian authorities made a second trip on Friday to the island of Benjina, rescuing 36 more Cambodian fishermen on top of the 58 already found enslaved and working under brutal conditions on the remote island, according to a statement by the International Organization for Migration (IOM).
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Boeng Kak Activists Released From Prison
A group of 10 land-rights activists were freed from Phnom Penh’s Prey Sar prison on Saturday afternoon after receiving a royal pardon that resulted from negotiations between opposition leader Sam Rainsy and Prime Minister Hun Sen over the past week. The release of the activists — widely seen as political prisoners — comes just two days after lawmakers from the ruling and opposition parties approved all nine members of the new National Election Committee, a central piece of the July political deal that ended the CNRP’s 10-month boycott of parliament.
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Six Military Police Imprisoned Over Violence
Six military police were placed in pretrial detention Friday, charged by the Prey Veng Provincial Court over a police pursuit in March in which a truck driver and his assistant were allegedly shot at, beaten and hog-tied after blowing through a pair of military police checkpoints, a court official said.
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Boeng Kak Activists Released From Prison
A group of 10 land-rights activists were freed from Phnom Penh’s Prey Sar prison on Saturday afternoon after receiving a royal pardon that resulted from negotiations between opposition leader Sam Rainsy and Prime Minister Hun Sen over the past week. The release of the activists — widely seen as political prisoners — comes just two days after lawmakers from the ruling and opposition parties approved all nine members of the new National Election Committee, a central piece of the July political deal that ended the CNRP’s 10-month boycott of parliament.
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Six Military Police Imprisoned Over Violence
Six military police were placed in pretrial detention Friday, charged by the Prey Veng Provincial Court over a police pursuit in March in which a truck driver and his assistant were allegedly shot at, beaten and hog-tied after blowing through a pair of military police checkpoints, a court official said.
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Group Contests Police Report of Gateway Arrests
Police in Siem Reap City said Thursday that they arrested six people on Wednesday for questioning over an arson attack on a decorative gateway built for the Angkor Sangkranta festival. The gate, built and decorated by the Union of Youth Federations of Cambodia, a youth group headed by Prime Minister Hun Sen’s son, had drawn the ire of many Cambodian Facebook users, who complained that it had not been built in a sufficiently Khmer style.
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Activist on tour: Anti-dam campaigner goes abroad
Expelled environmental activist Alex Gonzalez-Davidson is touring cities in North America that boast large ethnic Cambodian populations to raise funds and support for Mother Nature, a “movement” he co-founded that campaigns against the destruction of the Areng Valley. “After I was unjustly exiled by the government from Cambodia, I thought it would be a good thing to visit the US and Canada and start building much needed relationships with Khmers living here,” he said in an email.
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Gov’t Announces 5,001 New Hires Authorized for 2015
A month after Prime Minister Hun Sen issued a directive ordering government bodies to put a halt on new hires—except to fill vacated positions—the Ministry of Public Function has authorized state institutions to hire 5,001 civil servants to replace those who had recently retired, quit or been fired, according to a statement released Tuesday.
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Too Many Cambodian Women Dying During Childbirth
Cambodia has one of the highest maternal mortality rates in Southeast Asia. The number of women dying during pregnancy or childbirth has dropped in recent years. But it is still far short of the United Nations’ Millennium Development Goals. The Cambodian government accepted those goals as part of its effort to help pregnant women. Years ago, UN member nations and international agencies agreed on a plan of action in eight areas, including maternal health. They set the end of 2015 as a target date for reaching the goals.
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Gov’t rolls to grow by 5,000
Thousands of people will be recruited into the civil service this year, according to a government notice released this week, drawing criticism from observers who say dealing with low salaries and a plethora of so-called “ghost workers” should be the top priority. In a letter of notification sent to the heads of ministries and other government institutions on Tuesday, and released to the public on Wednesday evening, Minister of Public Function Pich Bunthin says the government has, “in principle”, given the green light for 5,001 new civil servants to be employed.
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Rescued Fishermen Tell of Enslavement, Abuse
When Roeun Hen would try to take a break from his 20-hour shift trawling Indonesian waters for fish, his Thai captain would pummel him, kicking and punching the 29-year-old until he returned to work. After two years of the abuse, and without receiving the pay he had been promised, Mr. Hen made a dash for freedom when the boat docked at the remote Indonesian island of Benjina.
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Cambodia’s Military Police Suspends Six Officers For ‘Torturing’ Villagers
Cambodia’s National Military Police Department on Friday suspended six officers from neighboring Tbong Khmum and Prey Veng provinces who allegedly shot at and tortured four villagers last month after they tried to avoid paying a fee for driving an overloaded vehicle. The decision to suspend the officers, including a district chief and the head of a commune police department, was made by National Military Police Commander in Chief Sao Sokha after an investigation into the case concluded that the six had acted in breach of the law.
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Lawmaker say aye to NEC members
Amid resounding expressions of goodwill and cooperation, lawmakers yesterday approved the new National Election Committee’s nine members, with Prime Minister Hun Sen and opposition leader Sam Rainsy calling the body a Khmer New Year “gift” for Cambodians. Less than a month after passing legislation underpinning the new bipartisan committee, parliament voted overwhelmingly to back the candidates, with 113 lawmakers in favour, one against, two abstaining and one vote annulled.
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