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New Loans Bring Risks, Rewards for Aspiring Students
Today, Puth Chakrya works in a factory. Tomorrow, she’d like to manage one.
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ILO, EU in Talks on Study of Economic Land Concession
The International Labor Organization (ILO) is in talks with the European Union (E.U.) to start a report about Cambodia’s controversial economic land concession, the ILO’s country director said yesterday.
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Worst Factories Named, But Will They Change?
At the end of December, Best Tan Garment Ltd. Moved its operations from a dilapidated, now-abandoned property in Chamkar Mon district to new premises in Meanchey district.
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Official Requests US Stance on ‘Privatization’ of US-Built Road
Nationalism Party Secretary-General Muth Chantha has written to U.S. Ambassador William Todd to request clarification of U.S. policy toward collection of private toll fees along the Phnom Penh-Sihanoukville highway, which the U.S. constructed in 1960s and later reconstructed in the 1970s and 1990s.
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Former Minister’s Son Follows Him to Ministry
The son of Cham Prasidh, the former commerce minister who was named minister of industry and handicrafts last year, is among three senior Commerce Ministry officials replaced by sub-decree on Wednesday after having taken up positions in the new Ministry of Industry and handicrafts.
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Government, NGOs Call for Halt on Dam Project
Representatives of the government and local NGOs drafted a petition yesterday asking for an immediate stop to the Don Sahong dam project, which is planned to be built 1.5 km from the Lao-Cambodian border and threatens the livelihoods of millions of people living along the Mekong River.
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Hun Sen Accused of Genocide in ICC Complaint
A group of human rights organizations and individuals yesterday filed a complaint to the International Criminal Court in The Hague, accusing Prime Minister Hun Sen and his government of genocide, crimes against humanity and other human rights abuses.
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Police Officer Charged in Shooting Boss’ Brother
A police official in Koh Kong province was charged yesterday with the murder of his boss’ brother and detained in the provincial prison ahead of trial, according to a provincial judge.
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Man Jailed Over Land Dispute Protest Released
An ethnic Kreung man jailed last week for setting fire to a timber cache on dispute land in Ratanakkiri province was released on bail yesterday.
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Donor Countries Pass Two-Year KRT Budget
The proposed $60.5 million budget for the next two years of operations at the perennially cash-strapped Khmer Rouge tribunal has been accepted and endorsed by a group of donor countries at the U.N. in New York.
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Funcinpec Continues to Receive Chinese Communist Party Support
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is providing financial and materiel support to the beleaguered Funcinpec Party for cover its rent electricity, transportation and general administration expenses, as well as offering political training to its younger members, senior leaders of the royalist party said yesterday.
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11,000 Families Refile Old Land Dispute Complaints Nationwide
Rights group Adhoc yesterday helped 105 communities locked in long-running land dispute across the country refile their complaints with local court and other state agencies in a concerted effort to push the government to finally resolve their cases.
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As Wing Star Shoes Strike Enters Third Day, Workers Block Road
Thousands of workers at the Wing Star Shoes Co. Ltd. Yesterday blocked the road to the factory in Kompong Speu province for two hours. They demanded the company raise their bonuses by $5 and properly enforce labor laws after arbitration talks failed Tuesday.
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Australian Greens Leader Says ‘Atrocities’ Taking Place in Cambodia
The leader of Australia’s opposition Greens party has criticized the political situation in Cambodia as marked by “shocking human rights atrocities.” She made the statement at a joint press conference Tuesday with CNRP President Sam Rainsy, who is touring Australia and New Zealand.
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Housing Rights Activists Protest Slow Justice
Housing rights activists from Borei Keila and Boeng Kak communities protested in front of the Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday to urge authorities to speed up proceeding in an assault case they brought against Prampi Makara district authorities last month.
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Two Police Officers Tried for 2005 Shooting
Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday tried two police officers in absentia for the 2005 attempted murder of a young man they were trying to apprehend.
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Proposed Law Gives Powers to Justice Ministry
The last of three draft laws written with the aim of cleaning up the court establishes for new judicial chambers, but legal and political experts worry that it does little to loosen the grip of Prime Minister Hun Sen’s Justice Ministry over the court.
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Koh Kong Police Officer Arrested in Fatal Shooting of Boss’ Brother
A district police officer in Koh Kong Province was questioned by provincial police yesterday after being arrested on Tuesday over the fatal shooting of his boss’ brother.
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Police Say Remains in Poipet Not Eddie Gibson’s
Police in Banteay Meanchey province yesterday ended speculation the human remains discovered in Poipet on Saturday belong to British backpacker Eddie Gibson.
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Police Confiscate 600 Pieces of Luxury Wood
Police and forestry officials yesterday confiscated over 100 cubic meter of semi-finished luxury-grade wood hidden in a forest in Mondolkiri Province.
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