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Embassy Defends Handling of Maids
Cambodia’s embassy in Malaysia yesterday denied pressuring domestic workers from the Kingdom into renewing their visa, after rights groups told the Post last week that the embassy exploited a legal loophole to keep maids in the country.
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Woman Gets 7 Years for Bride Trafficking
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday sentenced a woman to seven years in prison for trafficking Cambodian women to China to sell them for marriage, while two more were sentenced in absentia.
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Workers March to Ministry to Demand Backpay
About 50 workers from the Xin Chang Xin garment factory yesterday marched for the second time to the ministry of Labor to demand intervention after the factory allegedly failed to pay two months of wages, workers and a union representative said.
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Five Who Sent Brides to China Get Jail Terms for Trafficking
Five co-conspirators who sent at least a dozen Cambodian women to marry men in China were sentenced yesterday by the Phnom Penh Municipal Court to jail terms under human trafficking laws, the latest in an increasing trend of similar cases.
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Telecom law grants ‘police powers’
Private-sector representatives today are to conclude a two-day consultation forum with the government over the controversial new draft telecommunications law.
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King Oks Judiciary Laws
Three widely condemned laws concerning the operation of the Kingdom’s judiciary were officially signed into effect by King Norodom Sihamoni last month, according to recent copies of the Royal Book.
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KDC Land Fight Comes Closer to Phnom Penh
A day after police beat some of them with batons; villagers involved in a dispute with KDC International again faced resistance yesterday as they marched towards the capital – this time from forces with guns.
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Kampuchea Krom Protests Speak to Larger Fears
It started on Radio Free Asia’s morning political affairs program on June 6. A diplomat at the Vietnamese Embassy in Phnom Penh denied that Cambodia’s historical claim over today’s Southern Vietnam had extended up to colonial France’s departure in June 1949.
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‘Orphanage Tourism’ Still an Issue: UNICEF
The UN Children’s Fund in Australia has warned volunteers and tourists to avoid visiting Cambodian orphanages following critical reports from the press in recent weeks.
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Despite Police Blockade, KDC Villagers Reach Phnom Penh
A day after three of their community members were arrested following a violent encounter with police, about 50 villagers from Kompong Chhnang province forged ahead with a peaceful march toward Phnom Penh yesterday, but were temporarily blocked by police officials in Russei Keo district.
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Shooting Site Visited
Acting on the complaints of villagers in Preah Vihear’s Kulen district, rights groups visited the shot a teenage farmer to death over a land dispute, hearing from residents that the shooting was neither the beginning nor the end of the dispute.
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Sugar Giant in Spotlight for Abuse
Thailand’s human rights commissioner has issued demanding preliminary findings against Asia’s largest sugar producer in relation to alleged abuse committed on large economic land concessions in Oddar Meanchey province.
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Traffickers’ Jail Time Grows
Two Taiwanese nationals and members of a notoriously abusive recruitment agency were convicted yesterday for a second time of human trafficking.
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Thai Human Rights Body Says Plantations Stole Land
The National Human Rights commission of Thailand yesterday corroborated claims that a Thai sugar company that supplied Coca-Cola has illegally taken land off of villagers in Oddar Meanchey province and violated their human rights; more than a year after the communities filed their complaint with the commission.
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Khmer Krom Protests Conclude With Another Ultimatum
Nationalist protesters demanding an apology for controversial comments made by a Vietnamese diplomat regarding the annexing of Kampuchea Krom 65 years ago called off their demonstration on its third day yesterday, promising to return to the streets if the embassy continues to ignore their demand.
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Trafficker Guilty Again; Jail Time Unchanged
A Taiwanese woman who was convicted in April of trafficking 179 Cambodians onto fishing boats – where they were held, beaten and denied pay – was found guilty yesterday of trafficking her 180th victim, though on jail time was added to her 10-year sentence.
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Peaceful Marchers Beaten
Villagers from Kompong Chhnang were met yesterday with brutal violence and arrests as they embarked on an arduous journey to the capital to see a resolution to their long-running land dispute with politically connected KDC International.
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Khmer Krom Protesters Burn Vietnamese Flag
Monks and nationalist protesters burned a Vietnamese flag in front of the Vietnamese Embassy yesterday as the Embassy continued to ignore calls to apologize for comments made by a diplomat in July.
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City Hall Lays Out Plan for Borei Keila Evictees
Phnom Penh municipality officials met with about 100 evictees of the city’s Borei Keila neighborhood yesterday to try and resolve their long-running land dispute with businesswoman Suy Sophan, whose firm, Phanimex, owns the area.
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Factory Strikes End After Pay Disputes Solved
About 3,000 garment workers in Kompong Chhnang province agreed to end their protest and return to work today after confusion over their monthly salaries was cleared away.
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