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One Arrested, Two Missing Logging in Thailand
Thai soldiers last week arrested a Cambodian man suspected of illegal logging across the Thai border, while his two accomplices have been missing for 10 days, police said yesterday.
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Daun Penh Guards Seize Protest Drum, Scuffle With Activists
Two political activists were injured by district security guards outside the Daun Penh district office yesterday morning after a protest to free 21 protesters beaten and imprisoned during a strike in January turned into an effort to reclaim a confiscated protest drum.
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UK Pedophile Deported After Abusing Boys
British citizen Ian Paul Bower, who fled to Cambodia in 2006 while on bail on child sex abuse and subsequently committed a series of sex offenses against Cambodian boys, was deported to the U.K on Friday and sent back to prison, a British official confirmed.
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Families File Complaint Over Pailin Governor
The 19 families in Pailin province who were told by police and military police on Saturday to vacate their land filed a complaint with Adhoc yesterday, the provincial coordinator for the NGO said.
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After Chinese Company’s Visit, Villager Fear Dam Construction
Following a visit by representatives of the Chinese company planning to build a controversial 108-MW hydropower dam in Koh Kong province’s Areng Valley, local officials and residents say they fear that construction on the project, which will require the evacuation of an estimated 1,500 villagers, will begin soon.
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A Life forever Changed After Shooting, Each Day a Trial
Inside a rehabilitation centre in Phnom Penh’s Russey Keo district, Hoeun Chan is slowly and arduously training his arms to be stronger.
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Former US Marine gets 210 years in Prison for raping girls
In 2008, several scared and hesitant young Cambodian girls stood before U.S. district judge Dale Fischer to tell her what Michael Joseph Pepe had done to them.
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Pailin Governor orders 19 families to move off his land
More than 60 police and military police informed 19 families farming on a plot of land in Pailin province’s Sala Krao district on Saturday that they would have to move as they were growing crops on state land.
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Joint-Party Electoral Reform Commission to Hold Meeting
The electoral reform commission created during a meeting between senior members of the ruling CP and opposition CNRP last month will hold its first meeting this morning to forge an agenda, members of the new commission said yesterday.
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Parties on NEC Roster for Election
Three parties- the Cambodian People’s Party, the Cambodia National Rescue Party and Funcimpec- were registered for the May 18 municipal, district and provincial council election as of Saturday, according to the National Election Committee.
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Filmmaker charged with hindering anti-prostitution efforts
The Phnom Penh Municipal court has charge an Australian filmmaker with hindering the work of an unnamed organization in its efforts to help prostitutes or those at risk of prostitution or those at risk of prostitution, and summoned him for questioning on Friday.
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NGO Declares Coca-Cola’s Visit Compromised by Police
Auditors from the Coca-Cola company visited Oddar Meanchey Province on Friday to investigate allegations of land grabbing against sugar plantations that supply the global drinks giant, but called off a community meeting because of a heavy police presence, an NGO said yesterday.
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Angry villagers block dusty quarry road in Takeo province
About 300 angry villagers blocked a dusty road in Takeo province’s Bati district on Friday, demanding that three quarrying firms follow through on promises to pave it, a local official said yesterday.
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Unions Plan Forum
The leaders of 18 unions and union confederations this week will invite ruling and opposition party members to take part in a public forum where labor relation issues will be discussed.
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Government responds to Rainsy’s Cambodia, Ukraine Comparison
The council of Ministers’ press and quick reaction unit (PQRU) on Friday published an extended criticism of a speech made by opposition leader Sam Rainsy last week in which he promised his supporters that the political change that swept Ukraine’s president from power would soon be witnessed in Cambodia.
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Labor Ministry Denies It Has Stopped Recognizing Unions
The Labor Ministry in a statement yesterday insisted that unions were still free to register as entities recognized by the government, a day after a ministry spokesman said that union registration had been effectively suspended for the foreseeable future.
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More than 100 Garment workers in Two Factories Faint En Masse
More than 100 garment and shoe factory workers fainted in two separate incidents yesterday, the first reported factory fainting of the year, according to local officials.
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Union Representatives Detained for Distributing Strike Leaflets
Two union representatives said that they were detained and “educated” yesterday for distributing leaflets calling on workers to participate in a nationwide strike next month.
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Stability, Growth Require Job Creation
Cambodia is entering a new phase of economic growth in which the development of a skilled workforce will be critical to social stability and regional competitiveness, government officials and economists said yesterday at the 2014 Cambodia Outlook Conference.
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Villagers in Land Dispute Are Summoned, But Not Questioned
Five Kompong Chhnang villagers locked in a land dispute with a company owned by the wife of Mines and Energy Minister Suy Sem, who had repeatedly tried and failed to file a complaint with their provincial court, were summoned for questioning to the Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday.
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