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Out of jail, garment worker sees uncertain future

When Pang Vunny walks around his rented room just off of Veng Sreng Boulevard, he waves his hand from side to side in front of him, like a man feeling his way in the dark. Ever since he was arrested and badly beaten on January 2 ...

May Titthara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/out-jail-garment-worker-sees-uncertain-future

Poipet poor ‘bearing brunt of water woes’

A private utilities company owned by wealthy businessman and ruling Cambodian People’s Party Senator Kok An is fulfilling only about half of Poipet’s demand for clean water, despite being contracted to supply the whole town, according to the city governor. With priority for the distribution of ...

Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/poipet-poor-%E2%80%98bearing-brunt-water-woes%E2%80%99

Factory faintings back on rise

More than 600 workers have fainted on factory floors so far this year, compared with about 800 such incidents over the whole of 2013, a Labour Ministry official said yesterday. Pok Vanthat, deputy director of the ministry’s labour health department and head of a committee that ...

Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/factory-faintings-back-rise

Residents near lakes put up fight

Member of Phnom Penh’s lake communities who stand to have their lives uprooted by development projects filed complaints yesterday. Representatives of 260 families who live near Boeung Tamok in Sen Sok district’s Ponhea Pon commune filed a petition with City Hall asking for intervention over 200 ...

Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/residents-near-lakes-put-fight

Out of jail, garment worker sees uncertain future

When Pang Vunny walks around his rented room just off of Veng Sreng Boulevard, he waves his hand from side to side in front of him, like a man feeling his way in the dark. Ever since he was arrested and badly beaten on January 2 ...

May Titthara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/out-jail-garment-worker-sees-uncertain-future

Construction raking in cash

Foreign and domestic investment in construction projects skyrocketed in the first four months of the year, government data suggests. Ministry of Land Management and Urban Planning data revealed last week shows total investment in new construction projects reached more than $1.4 billion at the end of ...

May Kunmakara and Sum Manet
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/construction-raking-cash

Groups seek audience with Senate over Judicial Reform Drafts

Human rights groups and other members of civil society on Tuesday submitted a letter to Senate President Chea Sim, requesting a meeting over their concerns for three draft judicial reform laws passed last month in the National Assembly. The three drafts must be approved by ...

Suy Heimkhemra
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/groups-seek-audience-with-senate-over-judicial-reform-drafts/1928506.html

Cambodia unveils U.S.-aided defense strategic plan

The Cambodian Ministry of Defense on Tuesday launched a U.S.-aided strategic planning manual with an aim to assist Cambodian strategists to design standardized and effective defense strategic plans. Major Gen. Phat Vibolsopheak, chief of international relations department at the Defense Ministry, said the 17-page instruction manual ...

Global Post News Staff
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/xinhua-news-agency/140603/cambodia-unveils-us-aided-defense-strategic-plan

Activist set to receive recognition in Boston

Housing rights activist Yorm Bopha, who spent nearly a year in jail for leading demonstrations, will receive a reward and recognition for her work. The James Lawson Award, named for an American activist and given for nonviolent achievements, will grant her $6,000 in Boston later ...

Heng Reaksmey
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/activist-set-to-receive-recognition-in-boston/1928496.html

Cambodia NGO concerns over funding, after Somaly case

Anti-trafficking groups in Cambodia are urging donors to maintain support for their cause, following claims a well-known activist fabricated her life story, to raise funds. Somaly Mam resigned from the charity she co-founded, after a news investigation cast doubt on her story, including being sold into ...

ABC Radio Australia News Staff
http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/international/radio/program/asia-pacific/cambodia-ngo-concerns-over-funding-after-somaly-case/1320972

China's police chief meets Cambodian deputy PM

China’s minister of Public Security Guo Shengkun Tuesday held talks with Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sar Kheng on boosting security cooperation. Guo, also a state councilor, said China and Cambodia have conducted fruitful cooperation on combating telecom fraud, hunting for those who have ...

English People Daily News Staff
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/n/2014/0604/c90883-8736346.html

Ongoing woes for Cambodian workers in Thailand

Thailand’s political crisis could create ongoing problems for Cambodian migrant workers, especially night time curfew, a development expert says. Ya Navuth, executive director of Caram Cambodia, said undocumented Cambodian workers in Thailand may not know about the curfew and could be arrested when they travel. ...

Men Kimseng
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/ongoing-woes-for-cambodian-workers-in-thailand/1928562.html

Information law ‘on way in 3 years’

In three years’ time, Cambodia will have legislation clearly outlining what government information is available to the general public, according to a recently signed memorandum of understanding. Minister of Information Khieu Kanharith and Anne Lemaistre, UNESCO’s representative to Cambodia, signed the memorandum on Friday. The MoU ...

Vong Sokheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/information-law-%E2%80%98-way-3-years%E2%80%99

Thai gamblers drop after coup

The number of Thai visitors crossing the border to place bets at Cambodian casinos has fallen since that country’s military staged a coup late last month. Kim Ledaro, managing director of Crown Resorts Co, which operates three Crown-branded casino resorts in Bantey Meanchey province’s Poipet town, ...

Chan Muyhong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/thai-gamblers-drop-after-coup

South Korea Denies Asking Gov’t to Stop Strike

The South Korean ambassador to Cambodia, Kim Han-soo, on Monday denied having asked the Labor Ministry to stop a strike at a South Korean-owned garment factory last week, but said the dispute has put a $40 million investment from the parent company on hold. On Sunday, ...

Zsombor Peter and Hul Reaksmey
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/south-korea-denies-asking-govt-to-stop-strike-60316/

Villagers block machines in long-running land dispute

About 60 villagers in Kompong Chhnang province’s Kompong Tralach district blocked two heavy tractors sent to clear a boundary Monday on disputed land they maintain was illegally grabbed by a company owned by the wife of Mines Minister Suy Sem. KDC International, which is owned by ...

Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/villagers-block-machines-in-long-running-land-dispute-60330/

Insurance law reform under way

The Council of Ministers last week approved a raft of changes to the country’s insurance laws, a move that industry insiders hope will better reflect the sector’s current state. The draft law, which was prepared by the Ministry of Economy and Finance, has an additional 14 ...

Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/insurance-law-reform-under-way

Police thwart cross-border foray by group of Thai farmers

Officials in Banteay Meanchey province said a group of Thai farmers once again tried to plow a piece of land hundreds of meters inside Cambodian territory on Sunday but were turned back by border police. Prak Sarath, deputy commander of border police Unit 911, said the ...

Khuon Narim
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/police-thwart-cross-border-foray-by-group-of-thai-farmers-60314/

New province Tbong Khmum officially launched

The new province of Tbong Khmum, which has been carved out of Kompong Cham, was officially launched Monday at a ceremony presided over by Interior Minister Sar Kheng. The ceremony was held at the new provincial capital of Suong City and also announced the appointments of ...

Saing Soenthrith
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/new-province-tbong-khmum-officially-launched-60322/

Authorities pass buck as hit-and-run investigation stalls

As hit-and-run victim San Chan lies in a hospital bed awaiting justice for his brother’s death, officials from the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces, police and traffic police are pointing fingers at one another, while the driver remains at large. A week ago today, Mr. Chan, 18, ...

Ben Sokhean
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/authorities-pass-buck-as-hit-and-run-investigation-stalls-60309/

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