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Complaint Logged Against Security Chiefs Over Woman Shooting
A protester involved in Tuesday’s clash between SL Garment Factory workers and security forces field a complaint yesterday against Phnom Penh’s municipal and military police chiefs, accusing them of responsibility for death of a 49-year-old street-food vendor who was killed by police gunfire, according to witnesses.
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Bank Urged to Divest From Ratanakkiri-Based Rubber Firm
Environment campaign group Global Witness yesterday called on the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and Deutsche bank to divest immediately from a Vietnamese firm whose rubber plantation in Cambodia are accused of rampant illegal logging and forced evictions of indigenous communities.
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Sorcery Couple Receive New Death Threats
Almost three-and-a-half-months after being expelled from their village for allegedly practicing sorcery, an ethnic Jarai minority couple is again under pressure to leave their new home from villagers fearful the pair possesses evil powers.
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Two Held, 36 Released, Following Tuesday’s Violent Clash With Police
PHNOM PENH — Police released 29 people from custody on Wednesday, along with seven monks, following violent clashes between garment factory protesters and police Tuesday.
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Chinese Man Convicted of Raping 17-Year-Old Girl
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday sentenced a 38-year-old Chinese man to seven year in prison for raping a 17-year-old girl in Meanchey district’s Prek Pra commune in December last year, a court official said.
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Garment Workers Block Road, Protest for Higher Wages
There were major traffic delays along Phnom Penh’s Veng Sreng Boulevard in Pur Senchey district yesterday after about 200 garment workers from the Alim Cambodia Co.Ltd. garment factory formed a gated roadblock and protested for higher wages.
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Police Deny Responsibility for Shooting Civilians
Police yesterday denies any responsibility for the shooting death of a street food vendor after they fired live rounds during clashes with garment factory workers in Phnom Penh’s Meanchey district on Tuesday, with a government spokesman saying the security forces can use “any means” to protect themselves and the “State”.
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Hun Sen Set Weigh In on SL Garment Factory Dispute
Officials at the Ministry of Labor who mediated talks yesterday between the management of SL Garment Factory and union leaders who have led a three-month-long strike at the factory said that they would send the results of the meeting to Prime Minister Hun Sen to review the dispute.
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Hun Sen’s Sister Linked to Private Security Firm at SL Factory
The younger sister of Prime Minister Hun Sen is the owner of a private security firm that has been hired to protect the SL Garment Factory from its workers, who have been on strike for more than three months, officials at the firm said yesterday.
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Fugitive Governor Now Abroad, Police Say
PHNOM PENH — A spokesman for Cambodia’s national police says they have been unable to apprehend former Bavet city governor Chhouk Bandith, who has been tried in absentia for shooting into a crowd of workers in 2012.
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Activists Urge Coca-Cola To Investigate Land Grabs for Sugar Plantations
WASHINGTON — Land rights activists are urging the Coca-Cola company to conduct an investigation into a Thai-owned sugar company, which they say has evicted hundreds of people to make way for plantations.
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At Embattle Factory, an Unmovable Manager
In an industry rife with labor strike, the workers at the SL Garment Factory in recent months have been strident, and sometimes violent, in their efforts to have their demands for better working conditions met by factory bosses.
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Thailand Should Pay for Damages Near Preah Vihear, Groups Say
WASHINGTON DC - Outside observers and members of Cambodia’s opposition say the country should demand reparations from Thailand over damage to the border area near Preah Vihear temple, following a ruling Monday by the International Court of Justice that land adjacent to the temple is under Cambodian sovereignty.
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ICJ Temple Ruling Gives Cambodians Joy, Hope for Future Peace
Although the International Court of Justice (ICJ) did not make a decision on the official borderline between Cambodia and Thailand, Cambodians yesterday expressed their delight at Monday’s court decision underlining their country’s sovereignty of the Preah Vihear temple and its vicinity.
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Woman Killed as Police Open Fire During Garment Worker Clash
One woman was killed, at least nine others injured and 37 arrested, including seven Buddhist monks, who later released, after violence erupted yesterday morning in Phnom Penh’s Meanchey district between protesting garment factory workers, civilians and security forces, who fired live ammunition.
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Thailand Says No Troop Pullback Preah Vihear Just Yet
Thai military officials meeting their Cambodia counterparts at the base of Preah Vihear temple yesterday said their troops were going nowhere until the two government held more talks on how to proceed with Monday’s U.N. court ruling ordering Thailand to leave the temple area.
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Law Aimed at Protecting Local Products Approved
The Council of Ministry has approved a draft law aimed at protecting the patent rights of traditional Cambodian products, which if violated could be met with a fine of up to $5,000 and a five-year jail term.
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One Killed, Several Injured During Garment Factory Protest
One woman was killed, several others injured and more than two dozen people arrested, including Buddhist monks, after violence erupted Tuesday morning in Phnom Penh’s Meanchey district between protesting garment factory workers and security forces.
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Woman shot dead in Cambodia protest clash
A woman was shot dead and several people injured as Cambodian riot police used live rounds, rubber bullets and teargas in clashes with protesting garment workers Tuesday, rights groups said, condemning the violence. The Cambodian Center for Human Rights said it "strongly condemns the violent turn of events" and urged the government to investigate the shooting -- the second death of a civilian in the Cambodian capital in two months.
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Woman Shot Dead by Cambodian Police in Protest Clampdown
The Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR) also condemned Tuesday’s violence in a statement, demanding authorities conduct a probe into the incident and “put in place mechanisms to ensure the death of innocent bystanders does not happen again.” CCHR also called on the government to “ensure that all businesses operating in Cambodia respect the provisions in Cambodian law related to labor rights and the right to freedom of association, including those to collective bargaining.”
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