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Standoff, arrests in Areng
Koh Kong provincial authorities detained nine people, including the founder of a local environmental group established to protest the Areng Valley, for several hours yesterday after the activists blocked security forces from using an access road into the area.
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Settle land dispute or else
The head of National Assembly’s top human right commission has warned Banteay Meanchey’s provincial governor to settle a land dispute involving 230 disabled soldiers’ families from the province’s Malai district, saying he will sacked if the matter is not settled within three months
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Rights Groups Slam Impunity in Cambodia on Anniversary of Protest Death
One year after a Cambodian man was shot dead when police opened fire on opposition-led protests in the capital Phnom Penh, no one has been charged or convicted over his killing, local rights groups say, calling on Prime Minister Hun Sen’s government to end what they call the country’s culture of impunity.
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Inmate Who Escaped From B’bang Prison Arrested
Police in Battambang province arrested an escaped convict near a market in Kors Kralor district on Saturday, more than two years after he and four other inmates broke out of the provincial prison’s clinic, police said yesterday.
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Lawmakers Call for Negotiation Over Land in Lor Peang
The National Assembly’s Human Right Committee has laid out its plan to mediate negotiations to settle a more than decade-long land dispute between villagers and a powerful development company in Kompong Chhang province’s Lor Peang village.
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High Crime for High Fashion
Security guards at Roo Hsing Garment Co in Phnom Penh’s Russey Keo district allegedly made off with some 20,000 pairs of high-end jeans on Saturday after incapacitating their fellow guards by drugging their coffee, the factory’s management said yesterday
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Wage protest still on
Labour union leaders charged with Crime Stemming from violent demonstration during 1 10-day nationwide garment worker strike in December and January say they will protest this week supporting minimum wage raise.
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OCIC Domolishes Villager’s Shack in Chroy Changva
Eight shacks were demolished as Development giant Overseas Cambodians Investment Corporation pushed ahead with its 43-billion Satellite city project in Phnom Penh’s Chroy Changava district on Friday, leaving the fate of another nine families hanging in the balance after they refused to take a compensation deal.
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Major General Arrested Over Murder OF Wife, Daughter
A two-star military general wanted for the brutal murder of his wife and 6-year-old daughter was arrested in Thailand on Saturday and Sent back to Phnom Penh, where he was charged with premeditated murder yesterday.
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Monks Stage Failed Hunger Strike at Embassy
A group of Six monks gave up on a planned hunger strike outside the Chinese embassy on Saturday morning After a group of about 20 security guards showed up and told them to move their protest to Freedom Park, according to monks and officials.
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Shoe Factory Locks Out Workers One Day After Walkout
A Taiwanese-owned shoe Factory in Kompong Cham province locked out its workers on Saturday, a day after workers walked off the job when management allegedly delayed negotiations between the two sides over demands for better benefits.
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Market Tax Tycoon Released on Bail
A prominent businesswoman with exclusive rights to collect taxes at a number of Phnom Penh market was released on $7,400 bail by Appeal Court on Friday after more than a month in pretrial detention
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As Union Bosses Face Charges, Wage Campaign Rolls On
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court today will question the second in a list of union leaders accused of playing a Criminal role in garment sector protest in December and January, only days after the court placed unionist Pav Sina under judicial supervision for his alleged role in the event
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American Arrested in S’ville for Expired Visa
Police in Preah Sihanouk province arrested a 25-year-old American man Saturday for overstaying his visa, a local police official said yesterday.
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Villagers vow to sue over ‘threat’
Three villagers from Preah Vihear involved in a land dispute with agro-industrial firm FP Malaysia say they plan on suing a soldier employed by the company who they said shot in the air a least six times to threaten them to stop protesting.
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ACU Arrest Reporters and Construction Worker
The government’s Anti-corruption Unit on Friday arrested two reporters and a construction worker in Kampot City for their alleged role in extorting a deputy provincial governor, officials and A colleague of one of the suspects said yesterday.
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Union Boss Put Under Court Supervision
Pav Sina, president of the Collective Union Management of Workers, was placed under judicial supervision by Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Friday for his alleged role in garment sector protests in December and January, some of which tured to violent before being lethally suppressed by government forces.
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Gov’t Spokesman Wants Critical Article explained
Council of Minister spokesman Phay Siphan yesterday demanded that Radio Free Asia’s (RFA) Khmer service “clarify” a damning political commentary that attacked Prime Minister Hun Sen’s long standing grip on power.
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UNICEF slams street sweeps
Following the detention this week of homeless children as young as 1 year one at Phnom Penh’s notorious Prey Speu vocational training centre, UNICEF yesterday called for an end to street sweeps and arbitrary detentions
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Monks Threatened With Expulsion for Sheltering Villagers
Three activist monks have been threatened with expulsion from Wat Changkran Taprohm in Phnom Penh for providing shelter to villagers locked in a land dispute and for speaking out against the government.
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