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IFC investigates over ‘land-grabbing link’
The international finance corporation (IFC) has launched an internal investigation into a complaint lodged against the institution for investing in a Vietnamese rubber firm accused of illegal logging and land grabbing in Rattanakkiri, an NGO and villager said yesterday.
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Sacked Bus Drivers Petition Labor Minister
A group of bus drivers and representatives of the Cambodian Labor Confederation (CLC) yesterday submitted a petition to labor Minister Ith Sam Heng to intervene in their dispute with the Sorya Bus Transportation Company.
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Two flee summons in long-running dispute
Two villagers in Kampong Chhnang province’s Kampong Trolach district have fled their homes for safety reasons after getting an alarming summons from police in response to their refusal to accept relocation money from KDC International Company, which has been feuding with locals over land for more than a decade.
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BK evictees lose battle on plot size
Fourteen families evicted from Boeung Kak were left disappointed again yesterday when Phnom Penh’s governor ignored their calls to increase the size of land plots authorities had offered them.
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More than 200 illegal logs seized
Three trucks carrying illegally felled luxury timber to the Preah Sihanouk Autonomous Port were held up by the Forestry Administration in Kampong Speu province on Monday , resulting in two men being arrested and four others escaping, officials said yesterday.
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Monks fight alleged overstep
A deputy district governor and a land tycoon are allegedly attempting to seize land deemed sacred by about 700 monks and residents who gathered yesterday in protest outside the unfinished Wat Kohbodhivong in Phnom Penh’s Sen Sok district
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CNRP to File Lawsuit Against Deputy Governor
Officials from the opposition CNRP announced yesterday that they will file lawsuits against deputy Daun Penh district governor Sok Penhvuth, who on Monday ordered district security guards to attack a small and peaceful group of CNRP supporters near Phnom Penh’s Freedom Park.
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Isolated Protests Emerge in Wake of Failed Garment Strike
A day after union leaders conceded that a nationwide stay-at-home strike in the garment sector had failed, fresh strikes raged in Svay Rieng, Kandal and Kompong Speu provinces, with workers claiming bosses reneged on agreements for extra Khmer New Year vacation days.
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Fishermen allege lot sold to businessman
One hundred fishermen in Banteay Meanchey province’s Sisophon town filed a complaint with local authorities yesterday, accusing a provincial fisheries administration official in Phneit commune of selling their subsistence fishing lot to a businessman.
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Wage-setting meet up in air
Exactly who will participate in a workshop to set the minimum wage in the garment sector with the Ministry of Labor this week remained unclear yesterday, with some key figures saying they had not yet been invited.
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Hackers Arrested in Operation With FBI
Two leaders of anonymous Cambodia, an arm of the global hacking group, were arrested this month on charges of infiltrating government websites and stealing sensitive data, following an eight-month operation by local authorities and the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), according to a statement posted yesterday on the National Police website.
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Trucks Hauling Luxury Wood Busted
Police in Kompong Speu province on Monday night stopped three container trucks on National Road 4 bound for Sihanoukville Autonomous Port, seizing more than 100 logs of illegal luxury wood, officials said.
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Free HPV Test Target Married Women, Nearly 500 Screened
Nearly 500 women were tested this month in a screening drive at Phnom Penh’s Calmette Hospital for human papillomavirus (HPV), two strains of which are known to cause cervical cancer, but the free Pap smear was advertised as being available only to married women.
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Strike still on in some provinces
Unrest in the garment sector spread yesterday, as hundreds of workers from Kandal province demonstrated outside their factory.
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‘Hacktivists’ unmasked
Two members of Anonymous Cambodia, the local arm of the international “hacktivist” collective, were arrested earlier this month following an eight-month-long investigation in conjunction with the US federal Bureau of Investigation, the National Poli9ce announced yesterday.
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Unrest Among Disabled Security Guards at SL Garment Factory
A team of disabled security guards hired to protect the embattled SL Garment Factory in Phnom Penh is seeking the formalization of their empowerment and an end to what they claim is the factory’s exploitation of their impairments.
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Stay-at-Home Strike a Bust as Workers Returned to Factories
The vast majority of the country’s 600,000-strong garment factory workforce appeared to be back on the job yesterday despite a call from unions to continue a stay-at-home strike until today.
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Hundreds Rally To Support Union Leader
About 300 workers protested yesterday in front of the Phnom Penh Municipal Court in support of union leader Ath Thorn as a rival, but much smaller, group of worker from the same union rallied against their embattled president.
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Wood Confiscated in Stung Treng Province
Military police and local forestry officials in Stung Treng province confiscated more than 90 pieces of luxury-grade Thnong wood from a private farm on Sunday, but only after the suspected owner escaped, according to officials.
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UN Concerned About Detainees’ Presence at Trials
The U.N.’s human rights office in Cambodia expressed concern yesterday that 22 detained protesters may not be allowed to attend their trials on Friday, while the government insisted that the prisoners will be transported to the court.
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