Trafficking victims eye homeland
A woman lured into marriage in China and a group of men forced to work on a Thai fishing boat in Indonesia are the latest Cambodians rescued after being trafficked abroad.
Mom Kunthear
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Trafficking victims eye homeland
A woman lured into marriage in China and a group of men forced to work on a Thai fishing boat in Indonesia are the latest Cambodians rescued after being trafficked abroad.
Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/trafficking-victims-eye-homeland
Authorities probe shooting death of man in Thailand
A Cambodian migrant worker was shot dead by a Thai foreman at the construction site where he was working last week in Thailand’s Chachoengsao province, a border official said Sunday.
Saing Soenthrith
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/authorities-probe-shooting-death-of-man-in-thailand-82682/
Villagers take case to capital
Representatives from five communes in Koh Kong province engaged in a long-running land dispute with a private Chinese firm urged the government to issue them proper land titles during a press conference in the capital yesterday.
Representative Chhai Beng Hout asked the government to instruct the
Questions over bonuses
Unions and labour groups fear a solitary sick day could cost garment workers their entire month’s attendance bonuses – about 15 per cent of their base wage – under a new scheme meant to make life easier.
The Kingdom’s 600,000 garment and footwear workers will receive
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012090558510/National-news/questions-over-bonuses.html
Phnom Penh's Historic Quarter to go to Pedestrian
A new tourist promenade is to open in the heart of Phnom Penh’s old French quarter. Scheduled for a February opening, the tourist walk zone will provide an outdoor leisure area on street 13 that will be closed to cars and motorbikes on weekends from
Dozens of City Offices Privatized
The government last month privatized more than a dozen department and commune offices in some prime locations around Phnom Penh, and will move many of them to Sen Sok district, according to documents and officials.
A sub-decree dated June 27 and signed by Prime Minister Hun
Cambodia: shrinking forests breed violence
Hang Serei Oudom told his 7-month pregnant wife that he was going out to meet a source.
A journalist for Vorakchun Khmer Daily, he was investigating illegal logging for luxury woods in the jungles of Cambodia’s northeastern Ratanakkiri province.
Three days later, on Sept. 11, he
Rubber Firm Clears Kreung Land, Sparking Latest Complaint
Representatives of nearly 200 ethnic Kreung families living in Ratanakkiri province’s O’Chum district on Tuesday filed a complaint with local rights group Adhoc, accusing a Vietnamese rubber company of clearing their ancestral land, local officials and a rights worker said.
Chhay Thy, provincial investigator for Adhoc,
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/rubber-firm-clears-kreung-land-sparking-latest-complaint-11876/
Rights Group Calls for Investigation of Thai Casino Torture Case
Local human rights group Adhoc has called on the government to investigate the alleged detention and torture of a Cambodian woman at a Bangkok casino where she was employed.
In a statement released Friday, Adhoc said the government must push for a “full investigation” into the
Lauren Crothers
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/rights-group-calls-for-investigation-of-thai-casino-torture-case-49552/
‘Crime rise’ blamed on protesters
Phnom Penh’s chief prosecutor yesterday attributed an alleged rise in Cambodia’s crime rate to an increase in public demonstrations.
Prosecutor general of Phnom Penh Municipal Court Ouk Savuth’s theory came out during a speech he made at a meeting of police and prosecutors held at City
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/%E2%80%98crime-rise%E2%80%99-blamed-protesters
Program to end anemia in Cambodia finding success
A novel project aimed at reducing anemia is being trialled in Cambodia where many millions of people suffer from a lack of iron in their diets.
The Lucky Iron Fish project uses a piece of iron metal, shaped in the form of a fish, as part
Kanaha Sabapathy
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-05-20/lucky-iron-fish/5466316
Army creates new platoon in Areng Valley
The army created a new platoon on Monday to guard an area near the Areng Valley in Koh Kong province, where hundreds of ethnic minority residents have fiercely resisted plans by a Chinese company to build a hydropower dam that would flood their ancestral lands.
The
Khuon Narim
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/army-creates-new-platoon-in-areng-valley-62198/
EU concerned, but no threats to cut Cambodia aid, trade
The European Union has called on Cambodia to release 21 jailed activists and protesters and told the government during high level talks held here this week that a failure to reform the judiciary and electoral process could have severe consequences for the ruling party by
Simon Marks
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/eu-concerned-but-no-threats-to-cut-cambodia-aid-trade-54254/
After deal, unions expect support
News of an end to a year-long political deadlock has labour union leaders believing the opposition party can bring their interests to parliament, but a lack of follow-through could cost the Cambodia National Rescue Party vital support from one of its key interest groups.
Different union
Sean Teehan, Mom Kunthear and Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/after-deal-unions-expect-support
Official defends imprisonment of activists to visiting US envoy
A secretary of state at the Foreign Affairs Ministry on Tuesday defended the government’s widely criticized imprisonment of 11 activists and an opposition official during a closed-door meeting with a visiting U.S. diplomat.
Daniel Russel, an assistant secretary of state at the U.S. government’s Bureau of
Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/official-defends-imprisonment-of-activists-to-visiting-us-envoy-76819/
City Hall bans June Textile rally
The president of the Cambodian Confederation of Unions said yesterday that he would defy a municipal order banning employees from June Textile Factory from marching to Prime Minister Hun Sen’s house to seek resolution in a labour dispute. According to a report from a City
Xayaburi dam may cause earthquakes: Vietnamese report
The Xayaburi dam project in Northern Laos might increase the probability of earthquakes in a region already prone to seismic activity, according to a recently translated report from Vietnam.
The 1260-megawatt project sits about 100 kilometres south of the Lai Chau-Dien fault line.
Construction activity on the
Malaysian interest up in Cambodia’s land concessions
Lion Forest Industries Berhad will seek to acquire a 9,995 hectare concession in Cambodia, the latest in a number of Malaysian firms eyeing the Kingdom to increase land banks this year. The firm aims to cultivate rubber and palm oil on the proposed concession in Preah
Outlook on Campu 'negative'
Moody’s Investment Services yesterday announced a change in outlook for Cambodian Public Bank to “negative” from “stable”, citing increasing risks in the Kingdom’s banking system and exposure to slow-downs in Western markets.
While CamPu Bank country head Phan Ying Tong said yesterday the company’s financial position
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