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Police Block Villagers’ March to Hun Sen’s House
About 100 villagers locked in a land dispute with an agribusiness firm from Kratie province were blocked from marching to Prime Minister Hun Sen’s house yesterday by hundreds of military police and municipal security guards after walking from Phnom Penh’s Samakki Raingsey pagoda.
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House Call on Premier Thwarted
Villagers from Kratie province’s Snuol district were met by a large security presence yesterday when they descended on Prime Minister Hun Sen’s house to ask him, for the third time, to intervene in a years-long land dispute.
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Migrants Rescued from Island
Seventy-five Cambodian migrant workers, their paperwork in order, believed they were en route to high-paying construction jobs in Thailand. Instead, the group of workers and six children were carted to an island 12 hours south of Bangkok and abandoned, given no money, food or job.
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Betting Ad Ban ‘to be enforced’
The Ministry of Information has ordered the media to stop advertising any form of gambling, be it on radio, television, the web or in print.
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One Family Settles Land Dispute, 2nd Holds Out
One of two Phnom Penh families involved in a long-running land dispute with a powerful real estate tycoon accepted the businessman’s latest compensations yesterday brokered by the Housing Rights Task Force, though the other family has continued to hold out.
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Two Arrested Over Rape of 14-Year-Old in B’bang
One man and a teenager were arrested on Sunday for the rape of a 14-year-old girl in Battambang City, according to police.
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‘Act of Violence’ Won’t be Tolerated: Premier
Prime Minister Hun Sen warned yesterday that people who instigate and commit acts of violence will face the full force of the law.
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Jailing is Unjust, Says Charged Tax Collector
Recently jailed businesswoman Roth Sopheap made a last-ditch effort yesterday to cut a deal keeping her out of prison but was rebuffed by a court official and the plaintiff who filed the case against her, a relative said yesterday.
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Suspects in Teen’s Rape Sent to Court
Two Battambang town men arrested for black-mailing a 15-year-old girl into having sex with them were sent to court yesterday, according to local police.
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Visa ‘Loophole’ No Friend to Maids: NGOs
Cambodia’s embassy in Kuala Lumpur has played a key role in pressuring domestic workers to stay in the country despite fears for their welfare, rights groups have said.
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Boeng Kak Evictees Protest At Singapore Embassy
A small group of evictees from Phnom Penh’s Boeng Kak neighborhood protested in front of the Singapore Embassy yesterday morning against a Singaporean company’s plan to buy a plot of land inside the neighborhood, from which they say they were pushed out illegally.
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Thirith on the Mend: Son-in-Law
The health of former Khmer Rouge Minister of Social Affairs Ieng Thirith has improved to the point that she was able to return home last week after a lengthy hospitalization in Thailand, her attorney and son-in-law said yesterday.
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UK Urged to Help Improve Cambodia’s Factories
A group of unions in U.K. is urging its government to make sure British brands sourcing clothes from Cambodian factories respect their workers’ rights, and to ask the European Union to negotiate a deal with the Cambodian government to improve factory conditions.
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Workers Get Loans After Fire, Vow More Protests
About 900 employees of a Phnom Penh garment factory destroyed last week by a fire were provided with loans to cover their expenses while they are out of work, but will continue to protest to demand their full paychecks and severance, a factory administrator and the workers said yesterday.
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Unions Up Wage Demands
Despite not having come close to achieving their goal of a $160 monthly minimum garment wage, unions announced yesterday that they will raise their demands to $177 for 2015.
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Dismissed Protests in S’Ville Over Sacked Staff
Dozens of workers in Preah Sihanouk province marched on the local labor department yesterday after three days of protests against the sacking of seven employees.
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Lawmakers to Take Oath
This afternoon, the 55 opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party politician who won office in last year’s disputed election will officially take their oaths as lawmakers in front of King Norodom Sihamoni, ending their more than 10-month boycott of parliament.
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Family’s Bodyguard Charged in Child Abuse Case
A bodyguard working for a wealthy family accused of abusing and holding captive an 18-year-old girl for eight years and her 12-year-old brother for two years was charged on Friday with using intentional violence, exploiting child labor, illegal human detention and using an illegal weapon, police said.
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Vendors See Justice in Arrest
The Friday arrest of a local businesswoman who holds the municipal contract to collect parking and stall fees from markets citywide on breach of trust charges came as no surprise to many vendors, aggrieved by what they say are her unfair business practices.
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Three CNRP Youth Jailed As Deal Nears Completion
A day after authorities imprisoned three opposition youth organizers on seemingly spurious charges of insurrection, CNRP President Sam Rainsy said yesterday that final talks with the ruling CPP over the details of the July 22 deal between the parties can now be “considered complete”.
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