Searching Result
Found: 15,658
-
World Bank Meets Phnom Penh Governor, Boeng Kak Evictees
The World Bank yesterday asked Phnom Penh municipal officials to do more to help the thousands of families the city evicted from the Borng Kak neighborhood to make way for a CPP senator’s private real estate project, and is now waiting for a reply, according to anti-eviction activists.
-
Fisherman Files Anti-Corruption Unit Complaint
A fisherman who survived a deadly collision after his boat smashed into a towboat off the south coast earlier this year filed a complaint Tuesday with the Anti-Corruption Unit, accusing a Koh Kong Provincial Court judge and his clerk of corruption after the judge allowed the owner of the towboat to leave prison after paying $10,000.
-
New Report Says Garment Sector Fails to Meet UN Standards
Cambodia garment manufactures and the association that governs them are failing to meet the standards set by the U.N.’s Guiding Principle on Business and Human Rights, as evidenced by lethal violence against during garment strikes in January, when five people were shot dead and scores wounded by state force, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) has said.
-
Lao Dam Raises Fears of Damage to Fisheries
The planned construction of the Dam Sahong dam in Southern Laos should not go ahead because it will seriously affect fisheries, biodiversity and livelihoods in downstream Cambodia and Vietnam despite assertions to the country by the Laos government, the NGO forum on Cambodia said yesterday.
-
No Mention of Party Affiliation in Code for Judges
A new draft law on a Status of Judges and Prosecutors does not prohibit the judiciary from affiliation with political parties and allow Supreme Court judges and prosecutors to work beyond the mandatory retirement age of 60, when all other judges will be expected to retire.
-
‘Jealous’ Husband Beats Wife to Death With Club
A 40-year-old man beat his wife to death with a wooden club on Tuesday night only 11 days after they were married in Kompong Speu province’s Phnom Sruoch district, police said yesterday.
-
Nationwide Garment Factory Strike Fizzles After First Day
What was initially planned as a nationwide garment factory strike involving hundreds of thousands of workers has effectively ended after its first day, with only a few factories reporting work stoppages, according to the two union leaders who call for the strike.
-
Cambodia, European Union Wrap Up Bilateral Talks in Brussels
Cambodia and European Union brought to a close their eighth joint committee meeting in Brussels yesterday after a “frank and in-depth” discussion on everything from trade and aid to the latest political developments in Cambodia, according to a joint statement.
-
British Pedophile in Court For Abusing Three Boys
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday held a closed door hearing for a British national charged with debauchery for abusing three children aged 8 to 12, according to presiding judge Kim Rathnarin.
-
Teen Charged with Assaulting Girls, 5 and 6
The Battambang Provincial Court on Tuesday charged an 18-year-old man with indecently assaulting two girls aged 5 and 6 in the province’s Kors Kralor district, police said yesterday.
-
Rainsy Claims Hun Sen Sought Immunity Law
A senior ruling party lawmaker yesterday denied a claim made by opposition leader Sam Rainsy in a Bangkok newspaper this week that Prime Minister Hun Sen had proposed an amnesty law that would protect senior politicians; including the premier, from prosecution should they step down from their positions.
-
Rainsy Warns of New Demonstrations if NEC Not Reformed
Opposition leader Sam Rainsy said yesterday that CNRP will renew mass demonstrations if the ruling CPP continues to reject a proposal to make the membership of the National Election Committee (NEC) more representative.
-
Gold Statues, Tusks, Urn Stolen From Pagoda
Thieves allegedly broke into Wat Ounalom in Phnom Penh early Tuesday morning and stole five gold statues valued at more than $20,000, as well as a pair of elephant tusks and an urn, estimated to be more than 100 years old, pagoda secretary Sie Pheara said yesterday.
-
Three arrested Over Ecstasy Possession
A Vietnamese couple and a Chinese man were arrested Sunday after they were found with more than 300 ecstasy tablets at a guesthouse in Phnom Penh’s Daun Penh district, police said yesterday.
-
Riot Police Ready for Action, Protests on Standby
About 100 Daun Penh district riot police yesterday held exercises in Phnom Penh’s Freedom Park in preparation for possible industrial action in a week that garment workers’ unions had called for a mass stay-at-home strike.
-
Government’s Trade Union Law May Limit Freedom of Association
A draft trade union law that the government has pledged to introduce by the end of the year includes provisions that will allow for unions to be suspended if their activities are deemed illegal, the head of Cambodia’s largest employers association said yesterday.
-
CPP Says Public Forums on Reform Underway
Officials from the ruling CPP said yesterday that a series of public forums announced by Prime Minister Hun Sen earlier this year, which he said would help gather input for his promised plans to introduce widespread political reform, are now being held around the country.
-
Tougher Sentence at Appeal for Metfone Murderers
The Court of Appeal on Wednesday upheld the guilty verdicts of two men and increased their prison sentences, originally handed down by Preah Vihear Provincial Court, for beating to death the manager of a Metfone branch more than two years ago.
-
Court Tries Australian Filmmaker in Absentia
A Brisbane-based Christian church refusing to release the children of a Cambodian couple from its rescue shelter accused Australian filmmaker James Rickentson of blackmail yesterday during a hearing in Phnom Penh Municipal Court.
-
On 1st Day, Garment Strike Gains Little Traction
Two unions that called for a stay-at-home strike by garment factory employee yesterday had little success in mobilizing workers after six other unions, under pressure from the government and factory owners, pulled out of the planned industrial action on Tuesday.
Generously Supported by
