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Refugee plan looks like a go
The government has “agreed in principle” to a controversial refugee resettlement scheme with Australia but will hold off on inking a de3al until the proposal has been further analyzed, a senior Foreign Ministry official announced yesterday.
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Trafficker gets 10 years Duped hundreds into slavery
The Manager of Giant Ocean International, a now-defunct recruitment firm notorious for abuse scandals, was sentenced yesterday 10 years in jail for trafficking hundreds of Cambodian fishermen to work in slave-like conditions overseas.
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Uneasy Calm In Bavet as Factories Ordered Shut
Bavet City, Svay Rieng province- The government has ordered all factories here to shut down until Thursday at the earliest in a bid to keep escalating strikes from spiraling out of control and spreading nationwide.
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Calls for Speedier Indigenous Communal Titles
Indigenous groups met in Phnom Penh yesterday to call on the government to speed up the process of registering communal land, which visiting U.N. Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights Flavia Pansieri said is one of the most pressing issues facing ethnic minorities.
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NGOs say input and transparency are key
In the wake of a speech by Prime Minister Hun Sen denouncing civil society’s criticism of the way that three judiciary laws sailed through the Council of Ministers without outside input or transparency, NGOs released an open letter yesterday calling for the Kingdom’s renewed commitment to a democratic legislative process.
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Budget Cuts Force Out KRT Spokeswoman
Khmer Rouge tribunal spokeswoman Yuko Maeda left the court yesterday after her job was eliminated due to planned budget cuts.
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Alleged Sorcerer Beaten to Death Is Cremated
A man who was beaten to death by members of a 600-strong mob who accused him of sorcery was cremated yesterday at his parents’ home in Takeo province.
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Bavet factories close as protest continues
Entire special economic zones (SEZs) in Svay Rieng province’s Bavet town were closed yesterday after striking workers broke factory and car windows earlier this week.
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Villagers Protest After Sand Dumped on Land
About 30 villagers in Phnom Penh’s Meanchey district staged a protest yesterday morning against tycoon Sok Kong, whom they accuse of piping dredged sand into their farmland and fishing ponds.
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ADB plan shows gov’t unwilling
The government is refusing to compensate up to 1,000 families forced to wait for income restoration measures after being relocated from their homes for an Asian Development Bank-funded railway rehabilitation project, a previously unreleased action plan from the ADB reveals.
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10,000 Garment Workers in Bavet Still Striking for Bonus Pay
At least 10,000 garment workers in Svay Rieng province resumed their strike for extra bonus pay yesterday following the weekend holiday, but there was little sign that any more factories would give in to their demands.
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Hun Sen Hits Back at Judicial Reform Criticism
Prime Minister Hun Sen used a graduation ceremony in Phnom Penh yesterday to denounce criticism from civil society groups who say that his government is rushing judicial reforms into law without appropriate public consultation.
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Bus strike ‘return to work’
About 20 Phnom Penh Sorya Transportation bus service workers who were on strike outside a company garage in Russey Keo district yesterday agreed to go back to work, at least until the Arbitration Council hears their grievances.
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Monk ‘axes laborer’ over chess
The abbot of a pagoda in Koh Kong province was arrested yesterday after he allegedly attacked a construction worker with an axe when he found him slacking on the job.
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Strike closes most Bavet factories
All but four garment factories in Svay Rieng province were closed yesterday, as a strike of thousands of workers there continued in to its second week, a labor union official said.
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Cobra House Family Again Accuses Security Guards of Arson
A family locked in a longstanding land dispute with a powerful real estate tycoon claims company guards late on Sunday night once again attempted to burn down their Tuol Kok home.
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Cobra House Family Again Accuses Security Guards of Arson
A family locked in a longstanding land dispute with a powerful real estate tycoon claims company guards late on Sunday night once again attempted to burn down their Tuol Kok home.
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Anonymous Cambodia Takes Local News Website Offline
The Cambodian arm of the global hacking group Anonymous claimed late Sunday to have wiped clean the Deum Ampil (DAP) news website and its offline archive, warning other news outlets that they will be targeted too if they publish “false information”.
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UN Rep Asked to Focus On Public Assembly Ban
The U.N.’s deputy high commissioner for human rights, Flavia Pansieri who is on a weeklong mission in Cambodia has been asked to address an arbitrarily enforce ban on public assemblies, which has been in place since January.
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Dutch Woman Murdered, Baby Critically Injured in Phnom Penh
A Dutch national employed by the U.N. was found murdered in her rented home in Phnom Penh’s Chamkar Mon district yesterday morning.
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