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Villagers Questioned Over Dispute With Senator
The Koh Kong Provincial Court questioned four villager representatives yesterday over alleged violence and property damage in an ongoing land dispute with CPP Senator Ly Yong Phat’s Koh Kong Special Economic Zone company.
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Villager Says CPP Lawmaker Reneges on Deal
A prominent representative from the embattled Lor Peang village in Kompong Chhnang province yesterday accused a CPP lawmaker of cheating him out of promised compensation by blocking the cashing of a check she had given him in exchange for an end to his activism.
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Suspects Deny Human Trafficking Charges at Trial
Two Chinese men and a pair of Cambodian women accused of attempting to traffic Cambodian women to China to sell into the sex trade denied the charges against them during their trial at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday.
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Dam ‘Redesign’ a Mystery
A mid a lawsuit and a chorus of dissent, developers of the first lower Mekong mainstream hydropower project, the massive Xayaburi dam, have quietly submitted a long-anticipated, multimillion-dollar redesign plan, the Post has learned.
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Bus Staff Hold Counter protest Against Drivers
About 50 current employees of the Phnom Penh Sorya Transportation company staged a counter-protest yesterday outside their office against an ongoing picket by 17 sacked bus drivers and dozens of union members.
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Four Charged in Trafficking Case: Court
A group of four Cambodian and Chinese nationals were tried yesterday at Phnom Penh Municipal Court for allegedly trafficking two women to China as brides earlier this year.
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Interpol Joins Probe of Suspected Baby-Trafficking Operation
The international police network Interpol has gotten involved in the case of a Japanese man suspected of running a baby-trafficking ring, launching an investigation across four countries including Cambodia, according to media report.
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Vietnamese Wary of Planned Census
Sok Hieng id concerned about a government census of foreigners that some observers believe will focus primarily on those Vietnamese descents.
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Sacked Drivers Clash With Security Guards
Scuffles broke out yesterday during a protest outside the Phnom Penh Sorya Transportation company as former bus drivers and some 100 unionist clashed with Daun Penh district security guards as a campaign to rehire the sacked employees entered its fifth month.
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NGOs Seek Ex-PMs’ Support
Civil society advocates – who last week called on parliament to consider amending the constitution to limit prime ministers to two terms in office – are now trying to enlist former premiers to back their proposal.
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Workers Take Pay Dispute to Ministry of Labor
Hundreds of garment workers traveled from Kompong Chhnang factory to Phnom Penh yesterday to petition the Ministry of Labor to intervene in their dispute with factory management.
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Lor Peang Villagers March to Justice Ministry, National Assembly
A group of Kompong Chhnang Villagers in a fight for land with the wife of Mines and Energy Minister Suy Sem delivered petitions to the Ministry of Justice and National Assembly yesterday, one of five communities from across the country that have recently traveled to Phnom Penh seeking the government’s help in settling their festering land disputes.
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Residents Say 7NG Is Buying Up White Building
After the development company 7NG completed the violent eviction of more than 1,400 families from Phnom Penh’s Dey Krahorm community in 2009, it set its sights on the adjacent White Building.
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Striking Workers Face Dismissal From Factory
Workers at a Kampong Chhnang garment factory who remain on strike today will be fired, management said yesterday, as strikers delivered a petition to the Labor Ministry.
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Villagers Taking PM at His Word
Rural communities from seven provinces will demand a resolution to their land conflicts in Phnom Penh today – an action being mirrored at provincial halls nationwide following a speech by the prime minister last week that blamed local officials for ongoing disputes.
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Battambang Families to Petition Prime Minister
A group of families involved in a land dispute with a businessman in Battambang province will today submit petitions to the National Assembly and Prime Minister Hun Sen’s cabinet to plead for intervention.
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School Lacks Basic Supplies
The facilities at O’Chrey Primary School in Battambang province are allegedly so basic that it’s difficult to conceive of it as an actual school.
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Tempers Flare at Bus Protest
Resolution continued to elude 17 former bus drivers for the Phnom Penh Sorya Transportation Company yesterday when a demonstration at the company’s headquarters was roughly dispersed by company security after the ex-staffers tried to block buses from leaving.
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Two Arrested for Rape of 17-Year-Old Girl
Two teenagers were arrested yesterday for the suspected gang rape of a 17-year-old girl in Phnom Penh’s Dangkao district in the early morning, according to a commune police official.
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Women Return Home After Ordeal in China
Two 19-year-old women trafficked to China as brides last year escaped abusive husbands and a broker to finally return home on Sunday night, a relative said yesterday.
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