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Supporters Mark Anniversary of Wutty’s Death
More than 120 forestry and land-rights activists from around the country gathered in Koh Kong province on Saturday to mark the second anniversary of the death of Chut Wutty, who was murdered by a military police officer while investigating illegal logging in 2012.
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General in Land Dispute With Another General
A two-star army general was arrested Friday on charges of defamation because he lost a court case over a dispute with a land broker and a formerly high-ranking police official, his lawyer said.
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Empty Building Represents KRT’s Uncertain Legacy
In 2009, the Japanese government gave Cambodia over $2 million to build a permanent center for the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) to store its archives and help students and scholars from around the world study the war crimes trials taking place here.
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Land Dispute Villager Questioned for Incitement
A villager in Kompong Chhnang province said police questioned him yesterday over allegations he had “incited” his neighbors to resist authorities’ efforts to settle a long-running land dispute with the wife of Mines Minister Suy Sem.
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Acid Attack Wife Charged, Imprisoned
A 26-year-old woman who illegally disfigured her husband’s face and body in an acid attack Tuesday has been charged and sent to pre-trial detention in Banteay Meanchey province, police said yesterday.
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Prosecutor Seeks Case 004 Rape Investigation
The international co-prosecutor at Khmer Rouge tribunal yesterday asked the court’s co-investigating judges to consider allegations of rape, forced marriage and gender-based violence in their investigation of the government opposed Case 004.
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Government Audit Five Years Late, Lacking
More than five years after the close of the 2008 fiscal year, the National Audit Authority (NAA) yesterday released its audit into the government’s financial management in 2008.
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Families: World Bank Wants B Kak Dispute Settled
Families from Phnom Penh’s embattled Boeng Kak neighborhood say the World Bank’s country manager told them yesterday he hoped to see their dispute settled by year’s end and that the Bank could start lending to Cambodia again in 2015 a claim the Bank denied.
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Thousands Expected at Municipal Court in Support of 23
Union leaders say they expect upwards of 1,000 people to jam the streets around Phnom Penh Municipal Court today in a show of support for 23 unionists, workers and bystanders who are on trial for their alleged part in violent protests in Pur Senchey district in January.
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Factories Mostly Skip Minimum Wage Meeting
Government officials and union representatives met behind closed doors yesterday to start hashing out a better way to set the minimum wage for the country’s all-important but troubled garment sector at a workshop brokered by the International Labor organization (ILO).
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Hacking Group Threatens Government
Members of the global hacking group Anonymous yesterday threatened to attack the website of the National Police in response to the arrest earlier this month of two of its Cambodian members who allegedly hacked 30 government websites.
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Protest Over Tycoon’s Construction of Gate in Road
About 40 people burned tires yesterday to protest a wealthy businessman’s decision to build a concrete gate in the middle of a busy thoroughfare in Phnom Penh’s Meanchey district.
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Cambodia Route Reopens for Uighur Refugees
Recent arrests by Thai authorities of groups of suspected Uighur refugees along the Cambodia border have experts convinced that Cambodia has once again become a transit hub for members of the minority group fleeing religious and political persecution in China.
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Man Injured by Landmine in Poipet
A 19-year-old man was seriously injured when he stepped on a landmine in Poipet commune on Wednesday as he tried to illegally sneak across the border to work in Thailand, a local official said.
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Heads of New Departments of Immigration, Identification Sworn-In
Interior Minister Sar Kheng presided over a ceremony in Phnom Penh yesterday to appoint the directors of his ministry’s new general departments of immigration and identification, who have both stood down as National Police deputy commissioners to take up the positions.
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Protest over Khmer Rouge land dispute
About 80 villagers calling for the release of two former Khmer Rouge soldiers allegedly arrested for illegally occupying land in Malai district rallied outside Banteay Manchey Provincial Hall, locals ad rights group Adhoc said yesterday.
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Post-New Year Protests in Svay Rieng Decline
Labor strikes in Svay Rieng province cooled down considerably yesterday with uions reporting a more than 50 percent drop in striking workers, but more than 4,000 union members continued protesting, according to local officials.
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Workers Protest Over Reps Summoned to Court
About 50 fired factory workers protested in front of the Phnom Penh Municipal court yesterday after two of the factory’s five union representatives were summoned for questioning following strikes in February.
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Accused 21 brought to capital
A group of 21 detainees who have been held at Kampong Cham’s remote CC3 prison since they were arrested during garment worker protests in early January were transported to a capital yesterday morning ahead of their hearings at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Friday, where they would be held at Prey Sar prison.
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Concern Over Migration Chief’s Family Connections
The appointment of General Sok Phal to head the Interior Ministry’s newly formed department to monitor migrant workers has raised concerns over his close familial connection to a labor recruitment industry fraught with human rights abuses.
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