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Villager Charged After Blocking Land Clearance in Ratanakkiri
A villager representative in Ratanakkiri province was charged yesterday with unlawful interference in the discharge of public function after he let a group of neighbors to block a Chinese company’s bulldozer from clearing dispute land in Bakeo district on Sunday, a court official said.
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Businesswoman Arrested for Tying Up Employee
A businesswoman in Ratanakkiri province was arrested on Wednesday after she tied up a staffer she accused of stealing money and kept her locked in a room for two days, police said yesterday.
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Release Our Relatives: Evictees
The families of four people from Pailin province’s Krinh village who have been incarcerated since March for allegedly living on state land are calling for their release.
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Workers Take Strike to Minister
More than 300 workers from a garment factory in Phnom Penh’s Russey Keo district took their protest to the Minister of Labor yesterday, marching there to demand government intervention.
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‘One-Stop Office’ to Help Migrants at Thai Border
Following an exodus of more than 200,000 Cambodian workers from Thailand in the past two weeks, the junta has urged Cambodia to expedite planned border offices that will facilitate legal labor migration.
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British Man Arrested for Sexual Assault in S’vill
A 68-year-old British man was arrested in Sihanoukvill on Tuesday on accusations of sexual assault and producing pornography, a police official said yesterday.
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Activists Call for Proof of Ownership
The activist independent Monk Network has called on the Ministry of Cult and Religion to release paperwork proving that an agreement it struck with NagaCorp to help construct an electricity substation at Phnom Penh’s Buddhist Institute does not involve the selling of any of the center’s land to casino operator.
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Six Evicted Boeng Kak Families Strike Land Deal
Six families that were evicted from the Boeng Kak lake community, including long-time activist Heng Mom, confirmed yesterday that they had accepted a deal from Phnom Penh City Hall for plots of land and titles in the same neighborhood.
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Prey Speu Tales Conflict
Following last week’s street sweep, children as young as 7-year-old were kept in Phnom Penh’s notorious Prey Speu social affairs center, eyewitnesses, staff and those targeted by the initiative have told the Post, directly contradicting government denials offered earlier this week.
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Siem Reap Land Protest Draws Crowd of 1,000
In a rare display of solidarity outside of Phnom Penh, more than 1,000 people with varied land-related grievances across Siem Reap province gathered in front of the provincial governor’s office on Tuesday to demand action, and left with a promise from the governor to help.
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Activists Put Blame on Local Police
Activists working in Prey Lang forest have accused military and police officers of being behind two illegal timber hauls they have intercepted.
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Kratie Villagers Bring Land Dispute to Hun Sen
More than 20 villagers representing nearly 200 ethnic Phnong families in Kratie province’s Chet Borey district came to Phnom Penh yesterday to seek Prime Minister Hun Sen’s intervention against Vietnamese agribusiness concessionaire Dotisaigon-Benhwoeuk (SBK), which they accuse of encroaching on their land.
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No Word From Witnesses to Alleged Thai Killings
A local rights group that last week published witness reports claiming that nine Cambodians were shot dead by the Thai military said yesterday it has lost contact with the witnesses.
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Dam-Affected Villagers Say Relocation Inadequate
With the construction of two irrigation reservoirs in Pursat province’s Phnom Kravanh district nearing completion, local set to be evicted from the area complained yesterday of the inadequacy of the relocation site.
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Officials Burn Villagers’ Crops in M’kiri Forest
Forestry officials resorted to destroying the crops of about 60 families living in protected forestland in Mondolkiri province on Monday following efforts to remove them from the land, an official said.
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Banong Villagers in Land Dispute Lobby Capital
About a dozen representatives of some 200 ethnic minority Banong families who accuse a rubber company of encroaching on their ancestral lands in Kratie province were in Phnom Penh yesterday to ask Prime Minister Hun Sen and the U.N. for help.
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Better Protection Entertained
Workers in an industry where obnoxious, drunk customers and 12-hour shifts are common could gain legal safeguards if a subdecree brought before a Ministry of Labor committee yesterday passes into law.
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Authorities Destroy Villagers’ Home
More than 50 houses in Mondolkiri’s Sre Preah commune were destroyed or damaged this week by authorities, residents said yesterday.
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Bank Pays Out After Factory Boss ‘flees’
Workers at a garment factory that closed without warning last week received payment yesterday for nearly a month and a haft of work, but some are still waiting for bonuses owed to them.
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Homeless ‘went to Prey Speu’
With number of homeless, beggars and street sellers who were rounded up in caged vans last week still unaccounted for, several of those targeted by the street sweep claimed yesterday that they had been held in Phnom Penh’s notorious Prey Speu social affairs center.
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