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Garment Workers Demand District Intervention
About 200 garment workers yesterday marched from the Sun Well Shoe Factory on Veng Sreng Street to the Pur Senchey district office, demanding intervention in an ongoing dispute over their wages, a union representative said.
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On the March Days-Long Strike Shifts to District HQ
After striking for more than a week, employees at Phnom Penh’s Sun Well Shoe yesterday marched to Por Senchey district hall, demanding their voices be heard.
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Delegation to Investigate Maid Trade in Singapore
Seng Sakada, director-general of the Labor Ministry’s labor department, will lead a delegation to Singapore on Saturday to study the ministry’s pilot program to send domestic workers to the city-state, a recruitment agency director confirmed yesterday.
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Agreement a Tough Sell
Prime Minister Hun Sen and opposition leader Sam Rainsy will meet with King Norodom Sihamoni at the Royal Palace today to officially inform him of the political agreement reached earlier this week that brought an end to a nearly one-year deadlock.
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Home Searched in KDC Row
Police searched the home of villagers protesting against the KDC International company in Kompong Chhnang province yesterday, confiscating a number of items, including a crossbow, an axe and gasoline bottles, officials and villagers said.
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Release Quickly Follows Deal
A jubilant crowd of opposition supporters burst into cheers yesterday afternoon as seven Cambodia National Rescue Party lawmakers-elect and one party activist were released on bail just hours after an announced rapprochement between the CNRP and the ruling Cambodian People’s Party.
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Khmer Krom Community Calls Off Protest
After spending all day Monday protesting ta the Vietnamese Embassy to demand their complaint regarding comments made by a Vietnamese diplomat be directly accepted by the embassy, Khmer Krom monks and supporters yesterday settled for having a City Hall representative be the messenger.
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Police Hunt Female Perpetrator After Acid Attack in Poipet
A woman was recovering in hospital yesterday after being doused with acid in an attack in Banteay Meanchey province’s Poipet City on Monday as police said they are searching for the attacker and a motive for the year’s second acid attack case.
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Jailbreak Cop Asked to Clarify Status of Appeal
Disgraced penal police officer Hang Vuthy was questioned yesterday over a verdict of damaging public property during a 2006 escape from Prey Sar prison, municipal judge Leang Samnath said.
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Farmers Ask Hun Sen for Help, Told to Go Home
Prime Minister Hun Sen’s cabinet yesterday refused to accept a petition from some 200 farmers who traveled from Kratie province to Phnom Penh to ask for help in settling their land dispute with a plantation owner, urging them to try settling the case with their local authorities first.
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Judge Pushes on Lawmaker’s ‘Jailbreak’ Case Heard
A judge in Kandal province yesterday heard evidence against an opposition lawmaker-elect accused of helping someone escape from prison, despite the accused requesting a delay and having no lawyer present, a rights group said.
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Analysts Sift Through Meaning of Political Deal
Analysts say Monday’s political deal resolved a deadlock between Cambodia’s dueling political factions but fell short of the opposition’s original goals—and still leaves room for problems in the future.
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Acid Attack Victim Won’t Talk
Police in Banteay Meanchey’s Poipet town are searching for the perpetrator of an acid attack who the victim so far refuses to identify.
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One year in the making
The deadlock is over. Nearly a year after the disputed July 2013 national election, the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party yesterday agreed to end its 10-month-long parliamentary boycott and “work together” with the ruling Cambodian People’s Party in the National Assembly.
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Eyes Turn to Legislation Passed Without CNRP
After months of decrying the one-party National Assembly as illegitimate and vowing to amend any flawed legislation passed during a parliamentary boycott, the Cambodia National Rescue Party, by agreeing to take its seats yesterday, is about to get its chance.
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Easing Sex Trade Laws ‘Could Lower’ HIV Rate
Decriminalizing sex work could slash the world’s HIV infections by a third or more, according to a new study.
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Court Hears Years-Old Case Against CNRP Officials, Lawyer
The Kandal Provincial Court yesterday tried two opposition CNRP officials and their lawyer – two of them in absentia – over a case dating back to 2011 that was abruptly scheduled a week ago.
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Fired Drivers Delay Protests Against Bus Company
Former drivers for the Phnom Penh Sorya Transportation company who were fired after striking for higher wages agreed to delay further protests as negotiations over their sacking reopened yesterday.
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Krom Protests End for Now
Two days of roadblocks in front of the Vietnamese Embassy by Kampuchea Krom activists ended yesterday after intervention from the Phnom Penh Municipality.
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Villagers Charged With Destruction of Property in KDC Clashes
Two villagers embroiled in a long-running land dispute with the well-connected KDC company were charged yesterday with intentional destruction of property and causing injuries during clashes with workers at the disputed development site in Kompong Chhnang province last week.
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