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Gareth Evans Call for Sanctions on Government
Gareth Evans, the former Australian foreign minister who played a key role in the political settlement that ended Cambodia’s civil war, has called for sanctions against the CPP government of Prime Minister Hun Sen, which he says has been “getting away with murder”.
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Details Murky in Environment Ministry Phnom Penh Land Swap
In 2011, the Environment Ministry entered into a deal with Ratana Cooperation and Construction company to swap its valuable 2,400 square-meter location in Sihaknouk Boulevard in Phnom Penh’s Tonle Bassac commune for a 9,000 square-meter plot of land and a new headquarters 20 km away in the city’s Meanchey district.
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Royalists Question Wisdom of Ranariddh’s Planned Return
Senior leaders of Funcinpec’s the party that Prince Norodom Ranariddh led to victory in the U.N. sponsored election of 1993, have questioned the wisdom of the Prince’s decision to return to the political realm by creating a new political party.
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Rainsy Tells Supporters to Heed Fall of Yanukovich
SA’Ang district, Kandal province- A little over a month after supporters of Prime Minister Hun Sen forced the cancellation of an opposition party rarely here, CNRP leaders Sam Rainsy and Kim Sokha returned to address followers and promise that the change that swept away Ukraine’s president would soon sweep over Cambodia.
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Cambodia warned again, on intellectual property regulation
Cambodia manufacturers are at risk of being blocked from exporting to the United States for using pirated software, IT industry bodies warned yesterday.
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Don’t Blame the Media. Don’t Cover Up. Just Speak the Plain Truth
Comments by senior Cambodian officials in charge of trade and representatives of global clothing brands concerning media coverage of the bloody crackdown on striking workers in Phnom Penh last month reflect the core of the problem: blaming the media when the damaging truth cannot be hidden.
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‘Yuon’ is Used to Scapegoat Vietnamese for Cambodian Problem
Sam Rainsy’s defense of the word “yuon” ignores the fact that words can change their connotation according to how they are used.
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Kanharith Reinterates No TV Station for Broadcaster Sonando
Information minister Khieu Kanharith yesterday revealed plans to split state-run TVK into three separate television stations but reiterated that no frequencies are available for independent radio broadcaster Mom Sonando.
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Gov’t Suspends Freedom of Association for Unions
Following a complaint from the Free Trade Union (FTU) over the ministry of Labor’s refusal to register 10 local branches of its organization, a ministry official said yesterday that the constitutional right to freedom of association has been suspended until a new trade union law is passed by the government.
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As Garment Sector Strikes Loom, Soldiers Watch Over Factories
Armed soldiers will continue to patrol Veng Sreng Street, the garment factory-lined thoroughfare in Phnom Penh’s Pur Senchey district where military police shot dead five workers during a nationwide strike last month, until labor unrest in the garment sector subsides, the duty commander of the military’s Bridge 70 said on Tuesday.
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will Force back us: Rainsy
Opposition leader Sam Rainsy yesterday claimed that if Prime Minister Hun Sen tries to use authorities to quash future opposition-led protests, the armed forces and soldier would disobey the government’s orders and join the protesters, as has occurred during the recent political upheaval in Ukraine.
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Authorities tear down 100 homes
Police in Kratie province’s Snuol district yesterday tore down about 100 homes of people allegedly illegally occupying an economic land concession belonging to a rubber firm.
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Hospital Staffers End Protest After New Building Promised
Medical staff and officials at the Phnom Penh Municipal Referral Hospital yesterday said they were suspending their protest against a secretive land swap for their current facilities after Health minister Mam Bun Heng agreed to request two more new buildings be built for them.
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Hun Sen Lifts Protest Ban, Warns of Pro-CPP Rallies
Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday said he would reinstate the constitutional right to freedom of assembly for all citizens, but said that any opposition demonstrations would be met by rival rallies by supporter of his ruling CPP.
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Demonstrators Demand Release of 21 Detainees
About 60 monks and land rights activists from communities facing eviction in Boeng Kak, Borei Keila, and nearby Phnom Penh International Airport protested outside the Supreme Court building yesterday for the release of 21 people arrested during strike demonstrations in January.
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Medical Staff Protest Phnom Penh Hospital Swap
Staff at the Phnom Penh Municipal Referral hospital yesterday staged a protest against the municipal health department, alleging that it had given their building to a private company in another secretive “land swap” deal involving state property.
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Phnom Penh Governor on Crusade to Shut Down Shisha Cafes
Phnom Penh Governor Pa Socheatvong said yesterday he would shut down the shisha bar-where customers smoke flavored tobacco through large Middle-Eastern style water pipes-that have recently sprung up around the city.
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CPP, CNRP Set Electoral Reform Meeting For Next Week
The first meeting of a joint CPP-CNRP commission to create a framework for electoral reforms, which the opposition CNRP asked to be convened on Thursday, will be held next week, according to senior members of both parties.
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As Workers Boycott Overtime, CPP Goes on Counteroffensive
As thousands of garment factory workers continued to boycott working overtime in the first phase of a threatened nationwide strike, Prime Minister Hun Sen and CPP-aligned union leaders have launched their own campaign to keep the industry’s labor force at work.
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IFC Accepts Complain Over Ratanakkiri Rubber Plantations
The International Finance Corporation’s compliance ombudsmen has officially accepted a complaint filed by ethnic minority families in Ratanakkiri province against the IFC for investing in rubber plantations accused of stealing land and clearing forests.
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