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Two in Court Over Fake Police Uniform, Gun
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court tried two men yesterday for illegally wearing police uniforms, possessing a fake gun and riding a motorcycle with a fraudulent number plate.
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Talks to Begin Over Controversial Trade Law
The government will host employers and union representatives today for the first round of consultations on the controversial Trade Union Law, which was shelved in 2011 and would in its current from impose increased restrictions on union registration, give the courts broad power to revoke union licenses and flout international labor conversations signed by Cambodia.
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Remains ‘Bound for NGO’
The opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party said yesterday that charred human remains retrieved by a local party member in Kompong Speu province on Saturday would be handed over to human rights organizations for examination.
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Villager Travels to Parliament Over Land Dispute
A representative of villagers involved in a land dispute in Mondulkiri province appealed to the government yesterday to address their displacement after their shelters were destroyed by police and soldiers in a forced eviction Monday.
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Two Tried for Allegedly Dressing as Policemen
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court heard the case yesterday of a former security guard for HNK Company and a friend who were charged with impersonating an officer of the law.
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Criticism of Judicial Law Grows
Surya Subedi, the UN special rapporteur on human rights in Cambodia, added his voice yesterday to the growing chorus of criticism aimed at three draft laws on Cambodia’s judiciary that sailed through the National Assembly last week.
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P Penh Pagoda Offers Haven for the Marginalized
When 200 villagers from Kratie province walked into Samakki Rainsey pagoda seeking safety and shelter early this month, they weren’t the first to do so.
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Brands, Unions Say Gov’t Moving Slowly on Wage Talks
International union groups and some global clothing brands that buy from Cambodia told the government yesterday that it was moving too slowly in coming up with a new minimum wage for garment workers and that one brand had already cut orders in haft because of uncertain supplies.
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Hundreds Pushed Off Rubber Plantation in M’kiri
Police and soldiers in Mondulkiri province yesterday demolished at least 60 shelters built by families who recently moved onto land belonging to a Vietnamese rubber company, and arrested a couple for allegedly having illegally sold some of those families’ plots.
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HAGL Called Out at the UN
Cambodian delegation to the United Nations last week used the stage to shame the World Bank’s financial arm for failing to adequately monitor investments in a Vietnamese rubber giant accused of illegal logging, forced evictions and sexual harassment.
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Judicial Laws Cement Old Ways, Experts Say
The trio of judicial passed by the sing-party National Assembly on Thursday and Friday, supposedly meant to ensure a more independent and accountable court system, will only legalize practices already deeply entrenched in the ailing and corrupt judicial system, legal experts said yesterday.
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Suspected Land Scam Artists Sent to Court
Eight huts were torn down and about 50 families were ordered to vacate land yesterday in Mondulkiri province’s Koh Nhek district as the couple whom police said illegally sold them the plots was arrested and sent to court.
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March to PM’s House Halted
Representatives of more than 400 families who watched as their homes were burned during an eviction this month in Kratie’s Snuol district were blocked by authorities yesterday as they attempted to take their grievance to Prime Minister Hun Sen’s doorstep.
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Brands Back Wage Bump: Unionist
Major clothing company representatives told high-ranking Cambodian officials yesterday that they would be willing to adjust their pricing structure to facilitate a minimum wage hike, according to a member of a global union who was present for talks in Phnom Penh.
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Villager in Land Row Denied Character Statement by Police
A villager involved in a long-running land dispute in Kompong Chhnang province with the wife of Mines and Energy Minister Suy Sem has accused his commune police chief of discrimination after he was refused a character statement he needed to apply for a garment factory job.
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Hundreds Pushed Off Rubber Plantation in M’kiri
Police and soldiers in Mondulkiri province yesterday demolished at least 60 shelters built by families who recently moved onto land belonging to a Vietnamese rubber company, and arrested a couple for allegedly having illegally sold some of those families’ plots.
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Senate Asked to Delay Much-Maligned Laws
A group of leading civil society organizations yesterday called on members of the senate to delay three laws on the judiciary that were passed by a National Assembly comprising solely of Cambodian People’s Party lawmakers last week.
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Remains Teen’s, Activist Claims
Human remains that an opposition activist claims are those of missing teen Khim Saphath, who disappeared after a crackdown on Veng Sreng Boulevard on January 3, will be brought to the Cambodia National Rescue Party’s headquarters in the capital today.
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Twenty Put End to Latest Caltex Strike
Petrol station workers who were back on strike on Friday returned to work yesterday as they prepare to file a complaint to the Ministry of Labor against US-owned Caltex over alleged rights abuse.
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Gov’t Officials Prepare for Second Round of Talks With Brands
Representatives from several major clothing brands and unions are to meet for talks with government officials on Monday to raise concerns about the deterioration of workers’ rights in Cambodia, an international union said late Thursday.
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