Three men arrested for lawmaker assaults
Three of the men at a pro-CPP protest who beat CNRP lawmakers Nhay Chamroeun and Kong Saphea last week as they tried to leave the National Assembly turned themselves in Tuesday, Interior Ministry spokesman Khieu Sopheak said. ...
Alex Willemyns and Mech Dara
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/three-men-arrested-for-lawmaker-assaults-99237/
PM: No questions for the ministers
Prime Minister Hun Sen said he will not allow members of the opposition to question government ministers in the National Assembly (NA), telling a pro-government news outlet that the opposition had to “respect the law first.” ...
Taing Vida
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/35026/pm--no-questions-for-the-ministers/
NGOs meet with opposition lawmaker over controversial law
Representatives of pro-democracy and human rights groups met with the National Assembly’s vice president, opposition lawmaker Kem Sokha, on Wednesday, repeating calls that a controversial law to regulate NGos be tabled. ...
Neou Vannarin
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/ngos-meet-with-opposition-lawmaker-over-controversial-law/2826073.html
Sokha returns with injured lawmakers, calls for calm
Returning to Cambodia alongside two opposition lawmakers beaten by pro-government protesters last month, CNRP Vice President Kem Sokha on Tuesday called for calm in the wake of recent political turmoil that peaked with an arrest warrant for opposition leader. ...
Mech Dara and Alex Willemyns
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/sokha-returns-with-injured-lawmakers-calls-for-calm-101239/
Court questions union members over brawl
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Friday questioned two members of the Free Trade Union (FTU) over a complaint filed against them for attacking members of another union during protests at a factory in June, a unionist said. ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/court-questions-union-members-over-brawl-101133/
Despite jail for opposition activists, political cooperation remains
Cambodian officials from the ruling party and opposition say they will continue to work together in political dialogue, despite a court ruling this week that delivered major jail sentences to 11 pro-opposition activists. ...
Neou Vannarin
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/despite-jail-for-opposition-activists-political-cooperation-remains/2875693.html
CNRP lawmakers set to retake seats in NA
The CNRP yesterday announced its lawmakers will attend Wednesday’s plenary session at the National Assembly, ending the party’s almost two-month boycott that began after the brutal beating of two of its lawmakers outside parliament by pro-government protesters. ...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cnrp-lawmakers-set-retake-seats-na
EU considers union appeals, urges government to respect human rights
The E.U.’s ambassador to Cambodia said he would weigh appeals from pro-government unions critical of a call by opposition party leader Sam Rainsy to push the government to improve its human rights record through increased economic pressure. ...
Khuon Narim, Khy Sovuthy and Sonia Kohlbacher
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/eu-considers-union-appeals-committed-to-human-rights-115901/
Task force for illegal logging begins sending cases to court
An ad hoc task force set up by Prime Minister Hun Sun last month to go after illegal timber stocks in eastern Cambodia has started sending cases to the provincial courts for prosecution, National Police spokesman Eng Hy said on Monday. ...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/task-force-for-illegal-logging-begins-sending-cases-to-court-108847/
CNRP lawmakers return to capital after turbulent week
A few hundred CNRP supporters welcomed opposition leaders Sam Rainsy and Kem Sokha back to Cambodia last night after a week of political turmoil in which two lawmakers were beaten by pro-government thugs and Mr. Sokha was ousted from his parliamentary leadership position. ...
Mech Dara and Alex Willemyns
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cnrp-lawmakers-return-to-capital-after-turbulent-week-99241/
Rights group says Anti-Corruption Unit’s claims baseless
Adhoc president Thun Saray on Tuesday defended his rights group’s pro-bono legal representation of the alleged mistress of deputy opposition leader Kem Sokha, who last week rescinded her denials of the affair and accused Adhoc staff of convincing her to lie. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/rights-group-says-anti-corruption-units-claims-baseless-111795/
Kem Sokha promises political tolerance to Cham muslims
CNRP President Kem Sokha has promised opposition supporters among the Cham Muslim community that any government he leads would put an end to political harassment from the community’s pro-CPP leaders, whom he claimed pressured followers not to join his party. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/kem-sokha-promises-political-tolerance-to-cham-muslims-131604/
‘Seiha’ releases Sokha video
Material apparently aimed at incriminating jailed opposition leader Kem Sokha continued to flow in over the weekend, with pro-government leaker “Seiha” releasing another video of Sokha expressing his gratitude to the US government for its assistance in building democracy in Cambodia. ...
Ananth Baliga
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/seiha-releases-sokha-video
Controversial NGO law goes to National Assembly for debate
Despite widespread concern it could curtail pro-democracy and rights work in the country, a bill to regulate NGOs in Cambodia arrived at the National Assembly Tuesday, where it must be debated before its likely passage into law. ...
Neou Vannarin
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/controversial-ngo-law-goes-to-national-assembly-for-debate/2824628.html
Analysis: The government has announced plans to cover workers’ severance, but is it the best solution to factory disputes?
The government will begin to pay out of pocket for severance wages for labourers at abruptly shuttered factories whose owners have fled, effectively enacting a pro-worker policy without further burdening private businesses – albeit at the risk of discouraging good corporate citizenship, experts say. ...
Yon Sineat and Brendan O’Byrne
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/post-depth-business/analysis-government-has-announced-plans-cover-workers-severance-it-best-solution
NGOs call for a chance to comment on regulations
With the approval last week of a draft NGO law by Cambodia’s Council of Ministers, many pro-democracy and rights advocates say they should now have a chance to add their comments on the bill, before it goes to the National Assembly for debate. ...
Sok Khemara
http://bit.ly/1Gciimj
LANGO looming in Adhoc rearview
With the screws tightening on Adhoc, pro-government NGOs are calling for the government to use the newly enacted NGO Law to punish the rights group and other organisations caught up in the Kem Sokha mistress scandal using a provision that can be used to shut ...
Shaun Turton and Mech Dara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/lango-looming-adhoc-rearview
Some unions slam strike threat
A group of pro-government and independent unions have condemned an announcement by Free Trade Union (FTU) president Chea Mony, who last week told the press that members of his union and others would hold mass strikes and protests if acting president of the Cambodia National ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/25523/some-unions-slam-strike-threat/
US democracy ‘not a good fit for Cambodia’, says academic
Pro-government academic and head of Cambodia’s Royal Academy Sok Touch yesterday continued to voice support for the government’s recent actions against the opposition while dismissing US pressure for Cambodia to maintain democratic principles, claiming the “American democracy” model was not palatable to the “culture and ...
Niem Chheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/us-democracy-not-good-fit-cambodia-says-academic
John Kerry touches down in kingdom
Prime Minister Hun Sen has warned opposition leaders they will face ruling party rallies at home if he is met with anti-government demonstrations during his high-profile trip to the US next month, a threat that raised the spectre of pro-government protests in October that ended ...
Meas Sokchea and Shaun Turton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/john-kerry-touches-down-kingdom