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Protests See Some Businesses Bust, Others Boom
Hundreds of demonstrators regularly gather outside the Phnom Penh courthouse when high-profile cases are being tried, but Phy Mengleng, the manager of an electronics store across the street from the court, wishes they would just go away.
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Logging fight Villagers confiscate bulldozer
Ten villagers in Preah Vihear province hijacked a bulldozer on Monday in an act of retaliation against a company allegedly responsible for clearing about 200 hectares of community forest in the province’s Rovieng district, an official said.
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Illegal Vietnamese Fishermen Caught in Nighttime Operation
A group of 13 Vietnamese nationals were apprehended by Cambodian fishermen on Sunday night while illegally fishing off the coast of Kampot province and are being held for repatriation, according to a village representative and the provincial governor.
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Survivor Against Inscribing Names of All S-21 Victims
S-21 prison survivor Chum Mey has raised concerns about a proposal to inscribe a planned memorial stupa with the names of those who died at the notorious Khmer Rouge jail.
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CNRP bullish on local polls
With its campaign for subnational council elections well under way, the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party is putting forth an optimistic message about its prospects in the vote even going so far as to predict that ruling party voters will bolster its share of the ballots.
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Hackers Confess to Infiltrating Anti-Corruption Unit Website
Two alleged members of the hacking group Anonymous Cambodia who were charged Monday with infiltrating the website of Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) confessed to their crimes yesterday, the ACU’s chairman said.
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‘The 23’ put police on trial
Each of the 23 defendants who testified yesterday on charges linked to the garment protests in early January denied involvement in the violent demonstrations, while many said police beat false statements out of them.
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Meanchey Families Petition City Hall Over Wall Built in Road
More than 170 families in Phnom Penh’s Meanchey district submitted a petition to City Hall on Monday complaining about wealthy businessman Khun Sear’s decision to build a wall in the middle of a road in their neighborhood.
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Vietnamese fishermen sent home
Thirteen Vietnamese fishermen detained by a fishing community in Kampot province on Sunday morning were deported back to their home country yesterday, officials have revealed.
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Again, abuse in China alleged
Four parents in Kampong Cham province have filed complaints with provincial police alleging that their daughters are being sexually abused by their husbands in China, officers said yesterday.
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Families Ask Hun Sen for Help to Reclaim Farms
Dozens of representatives from at least 100 recently evicted families accused of illegally occupying state land in Kratie province traveled to Phnom Penh yesterday morning to petition Prime Minister Hun Sen for his help getting their land back.
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Journalists Garner Support, Monks Silent in Wake of Attacks
Condemnation has grown following Friday’s attack on a journalist near Freedom Park as the Ministry of Information joined the U.N. Human Rights Office in denouncing the attacks.
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More Evidence Points to Murder in Vallier Case
Kompong Speu Provincial Court has received further evidence from the Paris Court of Appeal that a Frenchman and his four children found dead inside a submerged car in January 2012 were murdered.
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One Man Dead, 2 Injured In Mine Explosion
An anti-tank mine killed one man and injured two others in Tbong Khmum province’s Memot district on Friday afternoon, a local demining official said.
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CNRP Activist Detained Over Political VCDs
Police on Sunday detained a CNRP activist and confiscated 347 political video-CDs that he was transporting to the party’s headquarters in Phnom Penh, police and opposition party officials said yesterday.
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Employees of Wing Star strike again
Thousands of striking factory workers in Kampong Speu province blocked National Road 3 yesterday, an action they say is in response to managers not living up to their end of a deal struck in March.
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Two Hackers Who Allegedly Targeted Gov’t Sites Charged
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court charged two more alleged members of the hacking group Anonymous Cambodia yesterday, as other members of Anonymous claimed to hack at least four government websites, including that of the National Police.
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A way of life falls with trees
The Phnong ethnic minority in Mondulkiri province have heard the promises of development before. With increasing investment and the selling off of the region’s forests will come new roads and schools, they are told.
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Protest Planned for 2nd Day of Garment Protest Trials
Some 500 supporters of union leader Vorn Pao and 24 others arrested during a string of garment worker protests since November will rally in front of the Phnom Penh Municipal Court today on the second day of their trials, a union official said.
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Forensics Team Completes Autopsy on Canadian
A team of experts from Canada and Thailand has completed an autopsy on what is believed to be the body of Canadian journalist and filmmaker Dave Walker, discovered last week at Angkor Thom temple in Siem Reap province.