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Soldier Charged With Murder Over Land Dispute
The Preah Vihear Provincial Court yesterday charged a Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF) soldier with murder and unauthorized possession of a weapon after he shot and killed an 18-year-old man with an AK-47 assault rifle on Saturday in Kulen district, a prosecutor said.
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Expatriates Need IDs: Government
Expatriates working in Cambodia without labor identification cards will face fines and even jail when strict new enforcement kicks in, according to a July 16 joint statement from the ministries of interior and labor.
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KRT’s Second Sub-Trial to Begin
The first hearing of the Khmer Rouge tribunal’s Case 002/02 will be held today, marking the start of the sub-trial in which the gravest charges levied against the Democratic Kampuchea regime’s senior-most leader will be heard.
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S Korean Embassy Defends Rubber Firm, But Villagers Want Its Help
Villagers representing families in Kratie province petitioned the South Korean Embassy for help yesterday in their dispute with a South Korean agribusiness firm, after hearing that the embassy had lodged a complaint against them.
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On Laws, CNRP in Familiar Fight
Long beyond the blaze of the campaign trial, the opposition party has continued promising to push its seven-point platform once lawmakers take their National Assembly seats.
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Soldier Shoots, Kills 18-Year-Old in Argument With Farmers
A Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF) soldier shot dead an 18-year-old man on Saturday in Preah Vihear province’s Kulen district during an argument with the teenager’s family and neighbors, local police said.
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Land Fight Leads to Death
A Royal Cambodian Armed Forces soldier shot a 19-year-old farmer dead in Preah Vihear province’s Kulen district on Sunday during a disagreement over a neighbor’s apparent land dispute, witnesses and authorities said yesterday.
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Deaths Not Work Related: NSSF
Investigators for the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) have found that two recent deaths of garment sector workers were not related to working conditions.
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Workers at Sun Well to Come Back
Nearly 1,000 workers from the Sun Well Shoes factory in Phnom Penh are to return to work today after protesting for more than two weeks, officials said, while four union members have been summoned to court for questioning over the strike.
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Conviction in Grisly Beating Death
A deputy village chief from Phnom Penh’s Por Senchey district was sentenced to 12 years in prison yesterday for killing his superior.
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Human rights, lest we forget
The end of the boycott of the National Assembly by the Cambodia National Rescue Party is a welcome development. The fact that both parties were able to finally come to the table and settle their disagreements should be welcomed. However, we cannot become complacent just because Cambodia’s political crisis has been signed away with a promise of reform of the National Election Commission.
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Parties agree on Kek for NEC seat
LICADHO president Pung Chhiv Kek has conditionally accepted a position as the ninth member of a reformed election body following a cross-party meeting yesterday, paving the way for the opposition to take its seats in parliament a year after Cambodia’s disputed election.
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Ocean Duo Faces New Charges
Two members of a notorious recruitment agency who have already been convicted of selling Cambodians as forced laborers yesterday faced additional charges of human trafficking.
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District Guards Back on Beat
Daun Penh security guards were back on their City Hall beat yesterday – and back to using violence against protesters.
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Jailed Giant Ocean Boss in Court on Fresh Charges
Lin Yu Shin, the 54-year-old Taiwanese owner of the now defunct Giant Ocean International Fishing Co., appeared in Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday on fresh charges laid after a man claimed that he was trafficked by the company to work on a boat in South Africa.
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Kampot Villagers Protest Alleged Land Grab
About 100 villagers – including a number of former Khmer Rouge soldiers – locked in a land dispute with an agriculture firm temporarily force the company on Sunday to cease excavating the contested site in Kampot province.
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Kratie Villagers Plan March on Hun Sen’s House
More villagers involved in a land dispute with an agribusiness company in Kratie province arrived at Phnom Penh’s Samakki Raingsey pagoda yesterday as they announced plans to march on Prime Minister Hun Sen’s house if their land dispute is not settled by Friday.
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Villagers Call on Soldiers to Return Disputed Land
About 50 villagers from the Prey Tea village in Phnom Penh’s Pur Senchey district protested in front of City Hall yesterday, demanding that municipal officials intervene in a land dispute with military officials and their families.
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Locals Block Excavators
More than 100 villagers in Kampot province’s Chhouk district gathered yesterday to stop three excavators allegedly owned by tycoon Chan Sothea’s agricultural company, which village representatives accuse of clearing more than 400 hectares of their farmland.
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Workers End Strike After Factory Makes Concessions
More than 1,000 employees at the Sun Well Shoes factory will return to work today after the factory made several concessions to the striking workers’ demands for better pay and conditions.
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