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Assembly Approves Members of Reformed NEC
The nine members of the new National Election Committee (NEC) were approved in a package vote at the National Assembly on Thursday, with CPP lawmaker Sik Bunhok named chairman of the body that will organize the 2018 national election. Out of 117 lawmakers present for the plenary session of parliament, 113 voted in favor of the new NEC composition, with two abstaining, one voting against and one vote nullified.
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NGO at Center of Abuse Claims Reopens With New Management
The Our Home center in Phnom Penh’s Meanchey district has reopened under interim management after its director, Hang Vibol, was jailed last month and charged with abusing boys at the organization’s orphanage, which housed more than 50 children but was shuttered and will remain closed.
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Monitors accused of complicity in logging
Officials charged with protecting Cambodia’s Samkos Wildlife Sanctuary are colluding with loggers responsible for felling at least 300 trees each day, according to activists in the area. A member of the local community opposed to the activity – who asked not to be named for safety reasons – said villagers pay corrupt Environment Ministry officers about $37 per truckload of pchek timber harvested from the sanctuary in Battambang’s Samlot district. The timber is then apparently sold on the local market.
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Boeng Kak Families Accept Swap to End Land Disputes
At least 16 more families that have been locked in a bitter and lengthy dispute with the municipal government over land in Phnom Penh’s Boeng Kak neighborhood accepted municipal governor Pa Socheatvong’s offer of a land swap Thursday morning. Some 650 Boeng Kak families were given land titles in 2012 after Prime Minister Hun Sen intervened in the dispute to cut 12.44 hectares out of a roughly 130-hectare area the city had granted to CPP Senator Lao Meng Khin for a high-end real estate project. Dozens of neighborhood families were left out of the deal, however, and have been protesting for inclusion since.
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Hun Sen Tells Officials to Stop Passing Blame Project Fallout
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Wednesday told provincial governors to take responsibility for curbing forestry crimes in their respective provinces and scolded officials who blame one another when illegal logging is uncovered.
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PM urges crackdown on illegal timber trade
Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday ordered his subordinates to crack down on illegal logging and issued a warning to companies engaging in nefarious forestry practices to clean up their act. Speaking at the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Hun Sen reiterated that illegal logging is a major problem, citing certain companies’ habit of abusing their economic land concessions (ELCs) and felling forests by the truckload. “[The authorities] need to examine all ELCs. Taking back forest from those who destroy it is not enough,” he said.
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Kem Sokha Walks Free After 7 Hours in Court
CNRP Vice President Kem Sokha walked free from the Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Wednesday afternoon after being questioned by a prosecutor for seven hours over his connections to a plethora of protests that broke out in Phnom Penh following the disputed 2013 national election. Less than a month after Prime Minister Hun Sen alleged that Mr. Sokha confessed to having tried to “topple” his government through the CNRP’s postelection protests in 2013, Mr. Sokha arrived at the court at 8:30 a.m., honoring a summons issued last week.
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Cambodian Officials Verifying Identities of Rescued Fishermen
Officials from the Cambodian Embassy in Jakarta arrived in the Indonesian city of Tual on Wednesday to begin processing 58 Cambodians who were among more than 300 enslaved fishermen rescued from a remote island last week, according to the Foreign Affairs Ministry. The fishermen, the majority of whom are Burmese, were rescued from Benjina island in Maluku province by the Indonesian government and sent to Tual following a yearlong investigation by The Associated Press (AP).
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ACU Chief Denies Arrest of Ousted Court Director
Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) chief Om Yentieng on Wednesday denied that ousted Phnom Penh Municipal Court director Ang Mealaktei had been arrested following two days of questioning over serious graft claims, despite two well-placed officials indicating otherwise.
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Storm in NW levels 53 homes
More than 50 houses were left in shambles after a storm tore through Banteay Meanchey province on Tuesday. None of the residents were injured, but 53 houses from three districts collapsed, while 355 more sustained roof damage from the rainstorm, National Committee for Disaster Management Cabinet Chief Keo Vy said yesterday. While the destroyed homes were scattered throughout several districts, Svay Chek was hit especially hard, with 22 homes levelled by the winds, Banteay Meanchey provincial police chief Ath Khem said
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VN monks chased off of island
Authorities yesterday forced out 10 Vietnamese citizens and burned down several shrines illegally built on a Navy-controlled island off of Koh Kong province, an official said. A group, led by Royal Cambodian Navy Admiral Tea Vinh, and consisting of military, police, environment officers and Ministry of Cults and Religion officials, cracked down on the island where the Vietnamese nationals had built shrines without permission, according to Koh Kong provincial police chief Sam Khit Vean
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Care lacking for victims: study
While mental health services are crucial to the recovery process for the Kingdom’s victims of human trafficking, stigma and limited resources remain a barrier in the provision of and access to those services, according to a new study published yesterday. The research, published in the International Journal of Mental Health Systems, reveals that poor access to mental health services is linked to both how Cambodians seek care and the limited capacity of organisations to treat the trauma of trafficking victims.
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Minor party head denies claims
Following charges by the Appeal Court alleging that he swindled a former supporter out of $70,000 between 2009 and 2011, League for Democracy Party (LDP) president Khem Veasna yesterday criticised the Cambodian judiciary, saying that the courts were under the control of “powerful people” and therefore lacked credibility.
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Parties Unite to Pass Strict Tobacco Control Law
The ruling CPP and opposition CNRP made a rare show of fraternity Wednesday morning in unanimously passing the country’s first tobacco control law—which bans sales to minors, smoking in public and most advertising—in a bid to combat related illnesses. Passed with 89 votes at the National Assembly, the Law on Tobacco Product Control has been years in the making and imposes fines—and in some cases prison time—on violators.
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And then there were 9
Lawmakers were to vote today on whether to approve nine members of the new bipartisan National Election Committee, after the ruling and opposition parties decided to fast-track the ballot hours after naming their nominees. At a press conference yesterday evening, Deputy Prime Minister Sar Kheng and Cambodia National Rescue Party leader Sam Rainsy said the National Assembly vote, originally scheduled for Monday, would go ahead early in a bid to get the NEC up and running before Khmer New Year.
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Navy Leads Team to Destroy Vietnamese Shrine on Island
The Royal Cambodian Navy on Wednesday led a team of Koh Kong provincial security forces to Koh Kapi island, where they destroyed a Vietnamese religious shrine and evicted seven Vietnamese monks who had been living there. Koh Kong provincial governor Bun Leut said that General Tea Vinh, commander of the navy, led at least 60 provincial officials, soldiers, police and military police to investigate reports of a religious shrine that had been constructed on the island without permission.
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Ratanakkiri corpse is not from VN: villager
Villagers in Ratanakkiri province discovered yesterday that a corpse previously believed to be a Vietnamese Montagnard was a local man, as they reportedly met with a United Nations official to discuss the fate of asylum seekers still hiding in the area. A group of ethnic Jarai villagers from O’Yadav district travelled to an area near the Vietnamese border where a local fisherman reported spotting eight corpses floating down the Sesan River on March 31.
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Court's ex-chief arrested on corruption charges
Disgraced former Phnom Penh Municipal Court president Ang Maltey was arrested yesterday afternoon under allegations of widespread graft, according to a military police official. National Military Police spokesman Brigadier General Kheng Tito said Maltey was arrested at the headquarters of the Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) following two days of questioning by the body over the allegations.
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Tobacco law passed
The National Assembly yesterday unanimously passed a draft law on tobacco control intended to combat the annual $100 million smoking habit that kills 30 people every day. According to a statement issued by Prime Minister Hun Sen in December and read out during yesterday’s session, the law contains 13 chapters and 49 articles intended to “educate and reduce tobacco use”.
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Residents claim threats over anti-dam slogans
Residents of Stung Treng province who are facing eviction due to the Lower Sesan II hydropower project accused local officials yesterday of threatening to arrest them if they don’t refrain from hanging banners reading “Would rather die than leave” on their homes. Six local officials allegedly tried to strong-arm villagers to remove the banners or face being reported to their superiors, said Hvot Khoeun from Srekor I village.
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