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Trial shows video of Rainsy calling PM a ‘traitor’
A video of exiled former opposition party leader Sam Rainsy calling Prime Minister Hun Sen a “traitor” was played as evidence yesterday in Phnom Penh Municipal Court during the ongoing hearing of Rainsy and 20 other former Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) members.
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Court tries ex-CNRP activist over incitement
Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday heard the case of a CNRP activist who allegedly incited people to go against the government through a live post on Facebook saying that there are divisions and disagreements between supporters of Prime Minister Hun Sen and those who support Interior Minister Sar Kheng.
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Opinion: Don’t Spread Singapore’s Repressive Foreign Interference Law
Singapore’s Parliament passed the Foreign Interference (Countermeasures) Act, or FICA, last October. It has not yet come into force here, but it’s depressing to see that its influence has already spread to Cambodia.
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Prey Lang, Prey Preah Roka Monitors Suppressed While Tree Cover Vanishes: Report
Forest watchers in 2020 filed 90 percent fewer reports of illegal logging amid officials’ threats against community patrols, according to an international research report, as one advocate said young people were refraining from joining patrols out of fear of repercussions.
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Defense Silenced by Private Phone Evidence in Opposition Mass Trials
Transcripts of phone calls between a CNRP activist and his wife and among opposition supporters, in which they spoke of Covid-19 concerns including a potential government cover-up, featured in the penultimate hearing of a mass trial case at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court.
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Growing support for striking workers at Cambodian casino
Striking workers protesting outside the NagaWorld casino in Phnom Penh have claimed a growing support network within Cambodia and nearby Malaysia
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At Gas Stations, Beer Factory, Workers Back NagaWorld Strike
Small pockets of support for striking NagaWorld workers are emerging: at the Angkor Beer factory in Sihanoukville, Coca-Cola factory in Phnom Penh, and 27 Caltex gas stations, and among unionists in Malaysia.
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Supreme Consultative Council Accused of Inaction
The Government’s Supreme Consultative Council is passive and powerless to do its job, social observers say, citing the lack of help it has given protesting former NagaWorld employees.
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Report: Titles now issued for almost all Kingdom’s plots
As of the end of 2021, the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction had issued more than six million land titles. More than 500,000 other titles are planned for 2022, which will complete all of the estimated seven million required across the Kingdom.
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Increasingly Rampant Deforestation in Cambodia, Study Finds
Cambodia has lost some 2.5 million hectares of tree cover over the past two decades, a new report by an environmental monitoring group shows, with one of the lead authors saying the government is allowing illegal logging to happen “with impunity.”
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Takeo orders removal of border posts on state land
The Bati district administration in Takeo province has instructed people who illegally planted stone posts to occupy state flooded forest land in Tnort commune to remove them immediately. If they fail to comply, the district administration will remove the posts and collect them as evidence for referral to court.
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Gov’t, CSOs discuss digital rights, internet freedoms
Civil society organisations (CSOs) and experts held a discussion on the challenges and development of digital rights and internet freedom in Cambodia. They urged that these rights and freedom continue to be available.
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Sokha’s hearing resumes with video clip evidence played
Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday continued playing a video clip involving former Cambodia National Rescued Party (CNRP) president Kem Sokha as it resumed hearing his treason trial.
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CPP Commune Chief Pick Riles Sidelined Candidate’s Family
An outburst quickly turned into apology in a Siem Reap constituency where a deputy commune chief was not elevated to run for the chief position in the June local elections.
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Confused Farmers Roam Supreme Court Over Conviction
Five farmers from Banteay Meanchey were wandering around a Phnom Penh courtroom by the time a Supreme Court judge was announcing a verdict date.
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PM’s Advisor Calls for Investigations into Corruption and Land Grabs in Mondulkiri
In a letter to the Ministry of the Interior dated Jan. 11, Pen Ean—an advisor to Prime Minister Hun Sen—called for an investigation into Mondulkiri Province’s O’Raing District Governor Seik Mony who Ean accused of selling indigenous land to wealthy buyers and abusing his power to threaten indigenous communities.
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Journalist petitions ministry over courts’ ‘unfair’ rulings
A local journalist has filed a complaint with the Ministry of Justice against two judges and two deputy prosecutors, claiming that they were unfair in their handling of his coverage of land disputes with military officials.
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Kampong Speu Forest Defenders Summoned in Standoff With Soldiers
Six Oral district residents have been summoned to a Kampong Speu court for questioning for incitement as part of their efforts to protect a community forest that is being cleared by soldiers.
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Cambodia ranked most corrupt in the region — juridical system the main cause
Chak Sopheap, executive director of the Cambodian Center for Human Rights, said that corruption has been affecting the upholding of human rights in the country, especially the right to property.
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DPM Sar Kheng Calls for Compromise and Patience to End NagaWorld Strike
After numerous failed efforts from the Ministry of Labor and the jailing of the NagaWorld union’s elected representatives, Deputy Prime Minister Sar Kheng has called for a peaceful solution to the dispute
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