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As Wing Star Shoes strike enters third day, workers block road

Thousands of workers at the Wing Star Shoes Co. Ltd. on Wednesday blocked the road to the factory in Kompong Speu province for two hours. They demanded the company raise their bonuses by $5 and properly enforce labor laws after arbitration talks failed Tuesday. It was ...

Aun Pheap
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/as-wing-star-shoes-strike-enters-third-day-workers-block-road-54559/

Proposed law gives new powers to Justice Ministry

The last of three draft laws written with the aim of cleaning up the courts establishes four new judicial chambers, but legal and political experts worry that it does little to loosen the grip of Prime Minister Hun Sen’s Justice Ministry over the courts. The draft ...

Lauren Crothers and Hul Reaksmey
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/proposed-law-gives-new-powers-to-justice-ministry-54546/

Infighting at garment union

Two founding members of Cambodia’s largest independent garment worker union say they were forced out of their jobs for investigating corruption. Members of the Coalition of Cambodian Apparel Workers’ Democratic Union (C.CAWDU), media outlets and several labour rights organisations received a letter dated March 14 and ...

Sean Teehan and Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/infighting-garment-union

CPP official: Hun Sen did not propose amnesty law

A CPP official said that Sam Rainsy’s recent comments over amnesty law were inaccurate. Yeap said that it was completely wrong because Prime Minister Hun Sen didn’t propose this law [amnesty law] during the summit on September 16 at the National Assembly. ...

The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=11&token=ODI0ZTg4MDliMWF

Sam Rainsy says attacks on Vietnamese 'isolated' incidents

Opposition leader Sam Rainsy has denied fomenting hatred towards ethnic Vietnamese in Cambodia, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation reported Wednesday. ...

The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=11&token=NTA0OTcyZmI2Y2U

Cambodian politics in future: rivalry between monarchy and republic?

If we closely follow the previous political statements of the leaders of the opposition party, we’ve rarely heard from Mr. Sam Rainsy and Mr. Kem Sokha about the protection of the royalist regime but much about “change.” Also, the media people have never bravely asked ...

The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=11&token=NTQ1MWU1YWQzOGE

Court probe of Veng Sreng Street slaughter ends

The Phnom Penh Municipal Court has finished an investigation into the shooting deaths of five protesting garment factory workers, and the wounding of more than 40 others, during a military police operation against stone-throwing strikers on January 3, Judge Phou Povsun said Sunday. “We had finished ...

Mech Dara
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/court-probe-of-veng-sreng-street-slaughter-ends-54303/

Silent killer taking toll

Villagers emerge from the shade of their homes and gingerly roll up their sleeves, turning their palms upwards to reveal skin braided with dark lesions, ulcers and decaying tissue. They point to houses up and down the street where people have died of symptoms like ...

Laignee Barron
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/silent-killer-taking-toll

Woman tried for insulting RCAF mining tycoon

The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Monday heard the case of a woman charged with defaming mining magnate and RCAF Lieutenant General Nim Meng in relation to a land dispute in Preah Sihanouk province. Presiding Judge Kim Dany said that Sok Neang Gek was being charged ...

Eang Mengleng
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/woman-tried-for-insulting-rcaf-mining-tycoon-54433/

Troops rallied for PM

A day after a bipartisan election reform committee put the neutrality of proposed areas of reform, Defence Minister Tea Banh reiterated that the armed forced would not tolerate opposition supporters calling for Hun Sen to step down. ...

Vong Sokheng, P.2
http://phnompenhpost.com

Campaign focused on reducing deaths

Amid a continually rising rate of industrial accidents and deaths, the Ministry of Labour introduced a campaign focused on identifying workplace hazards before tragedy strikes. Since the ministry began keeping track of 960 Cambodian factories in 2009, workplace accidents have risen by nearly 375 per cent, ...

Sen David and Sean Teehan
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/campaign-focused-reducing-deaths

Sugar exports to stay duty free, EU trade czar says

European Union Trade Commissioner Karel de Gucht said he has no plans to launch an investigation into Cambodia’s much-criticized sugarcane plantations after a meeting with Commerce Minister Sun Chanthol in Phnom Penh on Tuesday. Bottom line: Cambodia’s free trade benefits to Europe are safe for ...

Zsombor Peter
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/sugar-exports-to-stay-duty-free-eu-trade-czar-says-54447/

Lack of ID ‘root cause’ of ethnic Vietnamese problems

A lack of identification papers is the key obstacle preventing ethnic Vietnamese living in Kompong Chhnang province from enjoying the same rights as Khmer citizens, according to a survey released Tuesday. In the new report, the Minority Rights Organization (MIRO) found that ethnic Vietnamese are often ...

Lauren Crothers
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/lack-of-id-root-cause-of-ethnic-vietnamese-problems-54467/

Lawyer to bring security forces complaint to ICC

A lawyer hired by the opposition CNRP said Tuesday that he would file a complaint next month with the International Criminal Court (ICC) over crimes against humanity allegedly perpetrated by state security forces. “We plan to file a Communication [complaint] before the International Criminal Court next ...

Denise Hruby
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/lawyer-to-bring-security-forces-complaint-to-icc-54458/

Hor Namhong’s Son denies nepotism or abuse of power

The Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) released a statement Tuesday in which Hor Sothoun, the eldest son of Foreign Affairs Minister Hor Namhong, defended himself against complaints of nepotism, abuse of power and mishandling of overtime bonuses in his position as permanent secretary-general in his father’s ministry. The ...

Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hor-namhongs-son-denies-nepotism-or-abuse-of-power-54451/

City Mall DVD shops raided

Police raided four shops in Phnom Penh’s City Mall yesterday for allegedly selling pirated movies, a move that came a week after mall DVD vendors shut up shop to avoid a planned raid, the details of which were leaked beforehand. Officers conducted yesterday’s raid accompanied ...

Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/city-mall-dvd-shops-raided

Phnom Penh Court hears case of corrupt clerk

The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Tuesday heard the case of a Banteay Meanchey court clerk accused of corruption and bribe-taking by the Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU). In February last year, the ACU arrested 28-year-old Suong Sok Heng, a clerk for provincial prosecutor Phan Vanroath, after they ...

Eang Mengleng
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/phnom-penh-court-hears-case-of-corrupt-clerk-54472/

Three on trial over ‘bribery’

Three people, including a former court clerk, stood trial yesterday, accused of unlawfully using court positions to conduct threats and bribery in Banteay Manchey province last year. Phnom Penh Municipal Court investigating judge Sous Sam Ath said former clerk at Banteay Meanchey provincial court Suong Sok ...

Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/three-trial-over-%E2%80%98bribery%E2%80%99

CPP piles on talking points in election reform talks

During the third meeting of the joint-party Electoral Reform Commission on Monday, the ruling CPP and opposition CNRP agreed to 14 points for future discussion, but failed to address the central issue of reforming the National Election Committee. The CNRP entered the first round of talks ...

Mech Dara
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cpp-piles-on-talking-points-in-election-reform-talks-54408/

Tea Banh 'hurt' by calls for PM to step down

A day after a bipartisan election reform committee put the neutrality of the armed forces into a list of proposed areas of reform, Defence Minister Tea Banh reiterated that the armed forces would not tolerate opposition supporters calling for Hun Sen to step down. ...

Vong Sokheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/tea-banh-hurt-calls-pm-step-down

Defense Minister warns against attempts to ‘topple’ government

Cambodian Defense Minister Tea Banh on Tuesday offered grave warnings to anyone who “tries to topple the current government.” The minister appeared to be addressing the opposition, which has said it will call for mass demonstrations if election reform is not enacted by the ruling Cambodian ...

Heng Reaksmey,
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/defense-minister-warns-against-attempts-to-topple-government/1873692.html

Opposition leader lobbies for support in Australia

Opposition leader Sam Rainsy has urged the Australian Government to lead an international campaign to help Cambodia “see democracy,” the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) reported Tuesday. ...

The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=11&token=ZmUzZjZmMWJhNWY

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