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Local Doctor Questioned as 16 More Test Positive for HIV in Battambang
As at least 16 more villagers in Battambang province’s Roka commune tested positive for HIV Wednesday—bringing the total number of positive tests over the past week above 100—provincial police began questioning the unlicensed doctor whom villagers suspect of spreading the virus.
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Family of Boy Beaten to Death Saw Abuse Signs
Six-year-old Sarey Virak Bot, who died of internal injuries Saturday caused by a series of severe beatings, had returned home with bruises after visiting his stepmother in the past, his family said Tuesday.
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Activist Monk Summoned Over Alleged Attack
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court has summoned activist monk Keo Somaly for questioning over an alleged attack on a fellow monk at the city’s Wat Neakavorn last month.
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Garment Factories Commit to Boost Vigilance on Child Labor
The Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia will on Thursday sign an agreement to work with the International Labor Organization’s Better Factories Cambodia program to stamp out the use of child labor in the garment sector, the organizations announced Tuesday.
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Mystery HIV Outbreak Sparks Panic In Battambang
The Preah Sihanouk Provincial Court has ordered fugitive Russian oligarch Sergei Polonsky to vacate his home on Koh Dek Koul, a tiny private island off the coast of Sihanoukville, in response to a request to the court by his rival, Nikolai Doroshenko.
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Trash Collectors’ Strike to Continue Into Third Day
Hundreds of workers at Phnom Penh’s only trash-collection firm, Cintri, have vowed to continue striking today for higher wages and shorter work days after negotiations failed to resolve the dispute Tuesday.
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Two Arrested for Attempting to Traffic a Woman to China
Anti-human trafficking police on Monday arrested two men at the Phnom Penh International Airport as they attempted to traffic a woman to China to marry a man there, police said Tuesday.
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https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hun-sen-suggests-expanding-dual-citizen-ban-beyond-nec-74338/
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Tuesday suggested eventually extending a controversial new provision banning dual nationals from sit ting on the National Election Committee to also apply to the National Assembly and executive branch, but said there is no pressing reason to do so.
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Cintri workers back on strike
Garbage was beginning to pile up on Phnom Penh’s streets yesterday, after workers at the city’s sole rubbish removal contractor again went on strike.
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Gov’t seeks access to trove
Cambodia wants to inspect a stash of antiquities hoarded by a sacked Thai government official linked to a crime syndicate after hearing the treasure trove may include dozens of ancient sculptures.
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Acid attack victim loses baby
A woman doused with acid while feeding her toddler suffered a miscarriage following the horrific attack, her husband has revealed, as the parents of the attackers are summoned for questioning. Moung Srey Mom, 31, has undergone two operations since the attack last month in Takeo province’s Kiri Vong district, which left her with burns to 44 per cent of her body and saw her 2-year-old daughter Sok Met Molita splashed with acid.
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Gov’t Seeking Access to Artifacts Seized From Thai Cop
Cambodia is waiting on the green light from Thailand to inspect a haul of items seized last month from a disgraced senior Thai police official—a trove that includes a number of Khmer antiquities that Thai authorities say may have been smuggled into the country illegally.
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Chinese, Cambodian Firms Sign Trade Deals
Six pairs of Chinese and Cambodian firms signed off on a half-dozen business deals over the past two days in Phnom Penh worth more than $1.5 billion, the bulk of it for a five-year stone crushing project.
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Spokesman chips in: Activist’s son helped with college fees
Phay Siphan, spokesman for the Council of Ministers, has vowed to fund the college education of deceased rights activist Chan Soveth’s son. Calling it a “purely humanitarian activity”, Siphan said yesterday he would pay the fees for Soveth’s eldest son, 16-year-old Chan Sovisal, to attend the Royal University of Phnom Penh. “We just share and build human resources. We want him to know he is fatherless, but he does still have relatives. This is just encouragement that you will have tomorrow and you will accomplish your purposes,” Siphan said.
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Cintri workers back on strike
Garbage was beginning to pile up on Phnom Penh’s streets yesterday, after workers at the city’s sole rubbish removal contractor again went on strike. Truck drivers for Cintri walked off the job on Sunday because the company would no longer allow them to siphon petrol from company trucks and sell it for profit after shifts, a privilege previously allowed, said worker representative Prak Sokha.
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Some teachers paid, some protest
Several teachers from Boeung Trabek High School demanded yesterday that the government altogether stop development of Cambodia’s long-awaited genocide studies institute on their school grounds while officials offered the encouragement bonuses meant to hasten the building’s construction.
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Vendors near Angkor refuse to move stalls
Vendors at the foot of Bakheng Mountain, near Angkor Wat, have refused to relocate, saying that new stalls promised by the Apsara Authority are too small and the site is too far away. Thirty-nine of 60 vendors protested yesterday against the authority’s plans to move their businesses – which mostly sell souvenirs, food and drinks – to about 50 metres behind their current location.
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Korea could take more labourers
More workers may be sent to South Korea if a request from Prime Minister Hun Sen to his Korean counterpart Park Geun-hye is approved. Hun Sen had been on a four-day official visit to South Korea, arriving back in Phnom Penh yesterday. Speaking of the scale of the proposal, Kao Kim Hourn, a minister attached to the prime minister, said “there is no limit to the number”. “For example, now we have 35,000 workers and we are asking for an increase of perhaps 40,000 to 50,000,” he said.
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Stepmother ‘confesses’ in child’s death
The stepmother of a 6-year-old boy who died on Saturday was arrested yesterday after an autopsy showed the boy had been badly beaten, an allegation to which she reportedly confessed, police said. Choun Narin, deputy chief of Phnom Penh Municipal Police, said yesterday that Seng Srey Tin, 29, stepmother of deceased Sary Vireakbuth, confessed after the examination revealed severe exterior and interior bruises to the abdomen, and a puncture to the colon, which led to ulcers, seizures and ultimately death.
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Alleged Terrorist’s Party Application Accepted
The Ministry of Interior on Monday accepted an application for the formation of a new political party submitted by the self-exiled leader of a dissident group that Prime Minister Hun Sen has personally branded a terrorist organization.
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