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Thach Setha sentenced to 18 months in prison, faces further charges
The Phnom Penh Municipal convicted Candlelight Party Co-Vice President Thach Setha last Thursday of issuing bad checks and sentenced him to 18 months in prison. ...
Khuon Narim and Hel Komsan
https://cambojanews.com/thach-setha-sentenced-to-18-months-in-prison-faces-further-charges/
CNRP lawmakers clash at border
Two Cambodia National Rescue Party lawmakers, Um Sam An and Real Camerin, with the youth group got serious injured by the yesterday clash at Svay Rieng province, Cambodia-Vietnam border when they went to inspect the demarcation. ...
Va Sonyka
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/12699/cnrp-lawmakers-clash-at-border/
K Krom mark 66 years since Cochinchine pact
Some 10 months after leading protests during which Vietnamese flags were burned outside the country’s embassy in Phnom Penh, members of the Khmer Krom community took a more conciliatory approach Thursday as they marked the 66th anniversary of France’s formal splitting of Cochinchine. Thousands of monks ...
Sek Odom and Matt Blomberg
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/k-krom-mark-66-years-since-cochinchine-pact-85037/
City bans pair of marches
City Hall has banned street marches for World Teachers’ Day and World Housing Rights Day, ordering participants to confine their activities to Freedom Park instead. World Teachers’ Day and World Housing Rights Day occur on October 5 and 6, respectively. Planners for both expressed disappointment ...
Taing Vida
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/city-bans-pair-marches
Khmer Krom vow more protests, again
Kampuchea Krom activists are planning yet another round of demonstrations to protest remarks made by a Vietnamese embassy spokesman in June, demanding Prime Minister Hun Sen cut diplomatic ties with Vietnam until a public apology is issued. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/khmer-krom-vow-more-protests-again
Cambodia Orders Halt to Anti-Vietnamese Protests After Flag Burning Incident
suspend protests against Vietnam over a territorial dispute as Phnom Penh expressed “regret” to Hanoi over the burning of a Vietnamese flag during the demonstrations last week. Horn Nam Hong met at his office with the head of the Khmers Kampuchea-Krom Federation, Thach Setha, who agreed ...
Joshua Lipes
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/protests-08192014163708.html
Khmer Krom protesters burn Vietnamese flag
Monks and nationalist protesters burned a Vietnamese flag in front of the Vietnamese Embassy on Tuesday as the embassy continued to ignore calls to apologize for comments made by a diplomat in July. About 600 protesters gathered at the embassy once again to press for a ...
Mech Dara and Matt Blomberg
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/khmer-krom-protesters-burn-vietnamese-flag-66356/