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Union Official Arrested for ‘Inciting’ Striking Garment Workers
A union activist was arrested yesterday and accused of inciting striking garment factory workers to block National Road 1 in Svay Rieng province, according to authorities and the union’s president.
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Abuse of Migrants Rife: Report
From forced marriage in China to daily 20-hour shifts on fishing boats, most Cambodian workers face some kind of abuse when they leave the country to escape “desolate” work opportunities and low wages, a report from the Community Legal Education Center says.
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Union Leader Arrested at Strike in Svay Rieng
A union leader was detained briefly by police in Svay Rieng province yesterday while peacefully monitoring a garment worker strike.
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Girl Appears in Court Over Torture Accusations
An 18-year-old who claim she was abused and held captive by a wealthy family in their Tuol Kok villa for eight years appeared at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday to answer questions about her allegations, although the whereabouts of the family remained unclear.
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Workers Faint at Six Factories in Vattanac Park
Nearly 140 workers from six factories at the Vattanac II Industrial Park in Phnom Penh fainted at work on Friday and Saturday, leading the factories to close down for the weekend while they searched for the cause of the incident, officials said.
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Traffic Law Lacks Foot Soldiers
Now that Cambodia’s long-awaited Traffic Law has made it out of the Council of Ministers and is expected to arrive in the National Assembly later this month, the conversation is once again turning to the poorly paid officers who will ultimately be responsible for enforcing it.
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Sibling to Appear in Court Over Torture Claims
An 18-year-old girl who has accused members of a wealthy family of holding her captive for eight years in a Tuol Kok villa is due to appear at Phnom Penh Municipal Court today to answer questions alongside her 12-year-old brother, who also claims to have been held by the family, according to a local NGO.
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More Are Charged Over Park Protest
Two more opposition supporters have been summoned to appear in court for questioning over their alleged involvement in a violent protest near Freedom Park, a move that threatens to further destabilize relations with the ruling party mere weeks after an agreement was reached to end a historic boycott of parliament.
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‘Baby Factory’ Suspect Living in Cambodia
A Japanese businessman suspected of human trafficking after police raided his “baby factory” in Bangkok has invited Thai officials to Cambodia where four of his surrogate-born offspring are being raised.
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Police Put Brakes on Ride
About 100 security officers were deployed in the capital’s Meanchey district yesterday to stop a bicycle ride involving only about 30 environmentalists, some of whom were dressed as animals.
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City Hall Blocks Bike Ride Against Koh Kong Hydro-Project
Phnom Penh security forces yesterday blocked activists from riding their bicycles around the city to promote their campaign against the pending construction of a hydropower dam in Koh Kong province, claiming the organizers failed to ask City Hall for permission.
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Cambodia Garment Sector Small Fry for Suppliers
In Cambodia, where the garment sector accounts for 80 percent of exports, hundreds of thousands of people depend on their slice of the $5 billion industry to survive.
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Man Arrested for Sexually Assaulting 5-Year-Old Girl
A 37-year-old man was arrested on Thursday evening for sexually assaulting a 5-year-old in Preah Sihanouk province, according to police.
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After Vietnam Raises Concern, Khmer Krom Community Resolute
A day after Hanoi issued a strongly worded statement calling on the Cambodian government to take measures to prevent anti-Vietnam demonstrations from souring relations between the neighbors, the group that has organized a series of recent demonstrations promised more protests at the start of September if its demands are not met.
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Refugees Face Tough Times if Australia Deal Moves Ahead
On a busy street corner behind O’Russei market in Phnom Penh, a man meticulously prepared one piece of roti flatbread after another at his spotless food cart on Friday as his cousin took orders.
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Protesters Again Fill Streets
Any hopes the ruling party might have entertained that a political deal with the opposition signed almost a month ago would help to defuse societal tensions would have faded yesterday, with three separate protests taking place across the city.
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ANZ Refuses to Help Evictees of Senator’s Sugarcane Farm
About 100 villagers who lost land to a sugarcane plantation, which was until recently financed by ANZ Royal Bank, traveled to Phnom Penh to protest in front of the bank’s headquarters yesterday, but failed to convince the bank to help them.
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Boeng Kak Activists Ask for Rice, Compensation
About 50 evictees from Phnom Penh’s Boeng Kak neighborhood protested outside the National Assembly yesterday demanding 500 tons of milled rice and that the issue of their compensation be debated in the Assembly.
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R’kiri Row No Drag on Oknha Title
The Royal Palace has granted the prestigious title of oknha to politically connected businesswoman Keat Kolney, who has been locking horns for a decade with ethnic Jarai minorities in Ratanakkiri province over hundreds of dispute hectares.
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Khmer Rouge Tribunal Past, Future Under Spotlight at Debate
Almost a week after the Khmer Rouge tribunal found Nuon Chea and Khieu Samphan guilty of crimes against humanity, a panel that included government and court spokespeople, a defense lawyer and a survivor of the regime came together at Meta House on Wednesday night to discuss the court’s past and its future.
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