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Congressional Hearing in US Pushes Cut to Cambodian Aid
- 11 July 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
- Aid and development / Bilateral development assistance / Chinese aid / Economy and commerce / Human rights / Non-DAC members / Social development
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At a congressional hearing in Washington on Tuesday that scathingly rebuked Prime Minister Hun Sen and his ruling CPP, a U.S. lawmaker called for legislation to cut American aid to Cambodia following the national election on July 28. Representative Steve Chabot, who chaired the House Subcommittee ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/congressional-hearing-in-us-pushes-cut-to-cambodian-aid-34389/
Critics Say Hun Sen’s Land Title Program Is Biased
- 8 July 2013
- Voice of America (VOA)
- Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Economic land concessions and plantations / Environment and natural resources / Human rights / Land / Land tenure and land titling / Public land lease / Social development
- Adhoc / concessions / Corruption / CPP / Disputed Land / ELCs / Elections / eveictions / forced evictions / Franz-Volker Muller / GIZ / Human Rights / Human Rights Watch / Koh Kong / Koh Kong Province / land / land classification / land demarcation / land ownership / Land policy and administration / Land rights / land tenure / Land tenure and titling / Land titles / land-titling program / LICADHO / mondolkiri / Phay Siphan / Prime Minister Hun Sen / Ratanakkiri / United Nations / World Bank
A controversial land titling program set up by Prime Minister Hun Sen has been suspended ahead of the July 28 elections, but critics say the program should not be restarted. The titling program itself began in December 2012 and is expected to end after elections scheduled ...
U.S. seeks to cut aid to Cambodia
- 4 July 2013
- The Cambodia Herald
- Aid and development / Economy and commerce / Human rights / Social development
- ADB / Asian Development Bank (ADB) / Bilateral development assistance / Democracy / development aid / Elections / foreign aid / Government / Human Rights / Human Rights Watch / Hun Sen / Multilateral development assistance / National Rescue Party / Prime Minister Hun Sen / Sam Rainsy / United States aid / US / US Congress / US State Department
Lawmakers in the U.S. and human rights activists are pushing for cuts of more than $70 million in aid to Cambodia if Prime Minister Hun Sen wins the July 28 elections. Many factors have pushed the U.S. to this point be it unfair and unjust, such ...
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=15&token=YTQ1OTEyZDAxMTd
Anti-trafficking laws under-enforced: NGO
- 4 July 2013
- The Phnom Penh Post
- Agriculture and fishing / Fishing, fisheries and aquaculture / Human rights / Human trafficking / Law and judiciary / Social development
- Adhoc / Anti-trafficking laws / compensation / Fiji / Fishing / fishing boats / Giant Ocean International Fishery Co. Ltd. / Human trafficking / impunity / Kampong Speu / Kampong Speu Province / labor / labour / Lin Yu Shin / Migrant Workers / migrant workers' rights / NGOs / nongovernmental organizations / slave labour / Thun Saray / trafficking
Rem Vannak remains in poor health after enduring about two years of 21-hour days working for no pay on a fishing boat in Fiji, where he was beaten when he complained. Lin Yu Shin, who owns Giant Ocean – the company Vannak worked for that allegedly ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013070466659/National/anti-trafficking-laws-under-enforced-ngo.html
Election gag: Calls made for overturn of media ban
- 2 July 2013
- The Phnom Penh Post
- Civil society / Human rights / Social development
Civil society organisations and local communities yesterday called on the government to cancel an order banning all media from broadcasting foreign election-related reports in the five days before the election. The joint statement, signed by 21 civil society groups, comes after the government on Saturday rescinded ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/election-gag-calls-made-overturn-media-ban
Map connects factories and buyers
- 1 July 2013
- The Phnom Penh Post
- Economy and commerce / Exports / Human rights / Investment / Social development / Trade / Unions
- ACILS / American Solidarity Center / Bangladesh / Cambodian Centre for Human Rights / CCHR / Dave Welsh / Exports / Factories / Factory collapse / Footwear / Gap / Garment factories / Garment Factory Map / Garment Industry / Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia / garment sector / garment workers / garments / H&M / human rights abuses / Investors / Kampong Speu / Kampong Speu Province / Ken Loo / labor / labor law / labour / Labour dispute / Levis / Macy’s / manufacturers / MO / Nike / Ou Virak / Phnom Penh / Puma / Safety Concerns / Swedish aid / Top World garment factory / Unions / Walmart / Wing Star Shoes factory / workers / workers rights / working conditions
In light of ongoing disputes over working conditions in the garment sector, the Cambodian Centre for Human Rights (CCHR) released yesterday details on hundreds of factories it believes will offer greater transparency along the garment supply chain – from producers to buyers – and shine ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013070166578/Business/map-connects-factories-and-buyers.html
Six Cambodian Loggers Killed in One Month
- 24 June 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
- Environment and natural resources / Forest products / Forests and forestry / Government / Human rights / International relations / Land / Law and judiciary / Logging and timber / Social development
- border issues / borders / Chinese aid / criminal activity / Deportation / Environment and natural resources policy and administration / Environmental Protection / illegal logging / illegal timber / illegal timber trade / loggers / luxury-grade wood / Ministry of Interior / rosewood / smuggling / Thailand / Wildlife protection
The Ministry of Interior has said six Cambodians were shot dead by Thai forces in the course of a month, in a rare report outlining the impact of the ongoing trade in luxury rosewood, and authorities’ efforts to curb it. The report also says that ...
Opposition Asks Donors to Stop Work With Government
- 21 June 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
- Constitution and rights / Human rights / Social development
- Article 76 Cambodian Constitution / Committee for Free and Fair Elections in Cambodia / Constitution of Cambodia / CPP / Democracy / Diplomatic Missions / donors / embassies / EU / European Union aid / Funcinpec / Human Rights Party / Hun Sen / International Donors / Koul Panha / National Assembly / parliament / Prime Minister Hun Sen / Royal Government of Cambodia / Sam Rainsy Party / SRP / US Embassy / US State Department
Lawmakers from the opposition SRP and Human Rights Party who were expelled from Parliament earlier this month have called on the foreign diplomatic corps and international donors to stop signing agreements and conducting other business with the government of Prime Minister Hun Sen. In a letter ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/opposition-asks-donors-to-stop-work-with-government-31421/
Despite Law, Minority Rights Receive Very Few Protections
- 21 June 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
- Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Crime and law enforcement / Economic land concessions and plantations / Economy and commerce / Environment and natural resources / Ethnic minorities and indigenous people / Extractive Industries / Extractive industries policy and administration / Forests and forestry / Human rights / Industrial mining / Land / Land classifications / Land tenure and land titling / Law and judiciary / Laws and regulations / Mining / Public land lease / Social development
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The government does little to protect the rights and livelihoods of the country’s many ethnic minorities who are under constant threat from rapid development, representatives of indigenous groups said yesterday. “We have polices laws and guidelines to protect indigenous people, but we see that it doesn’t ...
In Mondolkiri, Political Candidates Address Ethnic Minority Concerns
- 20 June 2013
- VOA Khmer
- Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Civil society / Crop products and commodities / Economic land concessions and plantations / Ethnic minorities and indigenous people / Extractive Industries / Forests and forestry / Human rights / Industrial mining / Land / Land tenure and land titling / Mining / Public land lease / Social development
- Agro-Business / Cambodia National Rescue Party / Cambodian Government / Chhit Sam Ath / CNRP / deforestation / ELCs / ethnic minorities / Forests / Funcinpec / Human Rights / illegal logging / indigenous people / indigenous peoples land / indigenous peoples rights / Kouy ethnic minority / land / Land rights / mining / mondolkiri / Mondolkiri Province / national election / NGO Forum / Protected areas
Human rights workers and other civil society groups on Wednesday urged the competing political parties for July’s election to address the ongoing land crises and illegal deforestation that are hurting indigenous populations. About 100 people from various ethnic minority groups from five provinces attended a forum ...
Jail Sentence for Anti-Eviction Activist Upheld
- 15 June 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
- Human rights / Judiciary and courts / Land / Land tenure and land titling / Social development
- assault / Boeng Kak / Boeng Kak Lake / Boeung Kak Lake / Boueng Kak / compensation / Court of Appeal / evictions / forced evictions / Hun Sen / Judge Taing Sunlay / judiciary / Khmer-Soviet Friendship Hospital / land / land activists / LICADHO / Ministry of Justice / Phnom Penh Municipal Court / Police / Prime Minister Hun Sen / protests / riot police / Taing Sunlay / Yorm Bopha
The Court of Appeal on Friday upheld the guilty verdict for anti-eviction activist Yorm Bopha, but reduced her sentence from three-to two-years imprisonment, of which one year was suspended. The ruling means that Ms. Bopha will not be released until late 2014. Supporters and human rights groups ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/jail-sentence-for-anti-eviction-activist-upheld-31073/
Cambodia eyes to become region's prominent gems, jewelry market
- 13 June 2013
- Xinhuanet News
- Aid and development / Bilateral development assistance / Civil society / Development Assistance Committee (DAC) members / Economy and commerce / Exports / Extractive Industries / Extractive industries policy and administration / Gemstones / Human rights / Imports / Minerals and mineral products / Social development / Trade / United States aid
- 5th international gems and jewelry fair / Cham Prasidh / Cheng Hak Gems and Diamonds Co / Chinese aid / Christelle Limited / conflict diamonds / diamond cutting factory / Diamond Island Exhibition Center / diamonds / Exports / gem and jewelry laboratory / gem and jewelry market supplier / gem stones / gems / Gems and jewelry industry / Hong Kong / Imports / Intertek Company / Investment / jewelry / jewelry industry / jewelry products / Kimberley Process / KP / LDCs / least developed countries / Minister of Commerce Cham Prasidh / precious stone industry / precious stones / reduced tariffs on imports / Singapore / tax free treatments / tax preferential treatments / Taxes / Thailand / Trade / United States aid / US / Washington DC
Cambodia has eyed to become a precious stone and jewelry hub in Southeast Asia region in the near future, Minister of Commerce Cham Prasidh said Thursday. Speaking at the opening of the 5th international gems and jewelry fair here, the minister said that with the fast ...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/business/2013-06/13/c_132452793.htm
Call for Oversight of Cambodian Land Campaign
- 12 June 2013
- Radio Free Asia
- Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Economic land concessions and plantations / Human rights / Land / Land tenure and land titling / Public land lease / Social development
- Brad Adams / communal land / concessions / Corruption / CPP / donor countries / donors / ELCs / evictions / forced evictions / HRW / HRW Asia director Brad Adams / Human Rights Watch / Human Rights Watch Asia director Brad Adams / Hun Sen / indigenous communal land / Indigenous Land Rights / indigenous peoples rights / Kampong Speu / Kampong Speu Province / Koh Kong / Koh Kong Province / land / land demarcation / Land grabs / land ownership / Land rights / Land titles / land-titling program / Mondulseima district / national elections / New York / Phnom Sruoch / Phnom Sruoch district / Prime Minister Hun Sen / RCAF / Royal Cambodian Armed Forces / student volunteers / Surya Subedi / Thporng district / transparency / UN / UN’s special rapporteur on human rights Surya Subedi / United Nations / violent evictions / World Bank
A land titling campaign in Cambodia launched and financed by Prime Minister Hun Sen’s lacks transparency and could leave thousands of people landless, a human rights group said Wednesday, urging the country’s donors to push for reform of the program. The campaign, which employs volunteer youth ...
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/land-06122013150317.html
New claim filed against Giant Ocean
- 11 June 2013
- The Phnom Penh Post
- Agriculture and fishing / Fishing, fisheries and aquaculture / Human rights / Human trafficking / Judiciary and courts / Social development
- Adhoc / Adhoc Kampong Chhnang Province Program Officer / Boats / Commercial fishing / compensation / criminal activity / Fiji / Fishermen / Fishing / fishing boats / Giant Ocean International Fishery / Giant Ocean International Fishery Co. Ltd. / Giant Ocean International Fishery Owner / Giant Ocean International Fishery owner Lin Yu Shin / Human Rights / Human trafficking / labor / labor law / labor law violations / labour rights / Lai Im / Lin Yu Shin / Migrant Workers / Ocean International Fishery Co Ltd / Phnom Penh / Phnom Penh Municipal Court / slavery / trafficking / wages / workers
A fresh complaint has been filed against a company already before the courts for allegedly running a human-trafficking racket that sent more than 150 Cambodians onto fishing boats as virtual slaves. More than 20 men who claim they were forced to work almost without sleep and ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013061166187/National/new-claim-filed-against-giant-ocean.html
Authorities Deny Abuses at Thai Plantation Tied To CPP Senator
- 4 June 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
- Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Crop products and commodities / Economic land concessions and plantations / Economy and commerce / Human rights / Investment / Land / Land tenure and land titling / Public land lease / Social development / Sugar
- CPP / CPP Senator / crops / deputy governor Lon An / Disputed Land / EC / economic land concession / ELC / ELCs / Equitable Cambodia / eviction / forced eviction / illegal eviction / Khon Kaen Sugar / Koh Kong / Land dispute / land eviction / LICHADO / Lon An / Ly Yong Phat / Mitr Phol / National Human Rights Commission of Thailand / Oddar Meanchey / right abuse / rights groups / Senate / sugar / sugar cane / sugar cane plantations / Thai Plantation / Thailand
Oddar Meanchey province deputy governor Lon An yesterday confirmed CPP Senator Ly Yong Phat’s involvement in a trio of sugar cane plantations that rights groups took to the National Human rights Commission of Thailand last week, but denied their allegations of rights abuses. The deputy ...
Sugar firm under fire
- 3 June 2013
- The Phnom Penh Post
- Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Biofuel crops / Crop products and commodities / Economic land concessions and plantations / Economy and commerce / Exports / Human rights / Investment / Land / Land tenure and land titling / Public land lease / Social development / Sugar / The poor / Trade
- Angkor Sugar / Asia / blood sugar / child labour / Chongkal district / duty-free trade preferences / Eang Vuthy / ELC / Equitable Cambodia / EU / European Parliament / European Union aid / Everything But Arms / Food insecurity / force eviction / Human Rights / human rights abuses / Kampong Speu Province / Koh Kong / Koh Kong Province / KSL / Land concession / land conflict / Land dispute / land eviction / Land Law / LICADHO / Ly Yong Phat / Mitr Phol Sugar Corporation / O’Bat Moun / Oddar Meanchey Province / Phnom Penh Sugar Company / Senator Ly Yong Phat / social impact assessments / Somrang district / sugar / sugar cane-planting concessionaires / Sugar company / sugar concession / sugar plantations / Tate and Lyle / Thai conglomerate / Thai human rights body / Thai national human rights commission / Thai sugar manufacturer KSL / Thailand / Tonle Sugar Cane / trade preferences
Asia’s largest sugar company has been accused of torching hundreds of homes, orchestrating the imprisonment of a pregnant activist and using security forces to beat villagers – among a raft of other grave human rights abuses – by communities in Oddar Meanchey province. The allegations levelled ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013060366024/National/sugar-firm-under-fire.html
Homes, Trees Destroyed, Villagers Say
- 31 May 2013
- The Phnom Penh Post
- Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Crop products and commodities / Economic land concessions and plantations / Human rights / Land / Land tenure and land titling / Public land lease / Social development
- Adhoc / Adhoc provincial coordinator / Che Chei / Corruption / destruction / Disputed Land / ELCs / evictions / Farm Land / forced evictions / human rights violations / illegal logging / land conflict / Land dispute / MDS Import Export Co Ltd / Oknha Try Pheap / Phoung Sothear / Prom Ngorn / Pursat / Pursat Province / rubber / rubber trees / social land concessions / Thai Border / Thailand / Thma Da Commune Chief / Veal Veng district / Veal Veng District Governor / villagers
About 50 police, soldiers and environmental officials yesterday demolished two houses and cut down thousands of trees belonging to families who are locked in a land dispute with MDS Import Export Co, owned by tycoon Try Pheap, villagers in Pursat province claimed. Fellow villager Khouch ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013053165987/National/homes-trees-destroyed-villagers-say.html
Jarai Villagers Ask UN for Help in Land Fight
- 31 May 2013
- The Phnom Penh Post
- Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Economic land concessions and plantations / Ethnic minorities and indigenous people / Forests and forestry / Human rights / Land / Land tenure and land titling / Public land lease / Social development
- community forest / community land / Company 72 / Day Dong Yoeung Company / Disputed Land / ELCs / ethnic Jarai / ethnic Jarai minority / ethnic Jarai villagers / Forest / land conflicts / land disputes / land protests / Lom village / Lom Village Chief / Lom Villagers / NGO-led Workshop / O’Yadav district / Paknhai commune / Phnom Penh / protests / Ratanakkiri / Ratanakkiri Province / Romas Chvat / Sev Hlin / student volunteer program / Stung Treng / Stung Treng Province / UN / United Nations / Vietnamese company / villagers
More than 300 ethnic Jarai families from Ratanakkiri’s O’Yadav district in longstanding land disputes with two Vietnamese land concessionaires submitted a petition to UN human rights officers yesterday asking for help. Village representative Romas Chvat said locals were participating in an NGO-led workshop on protest ...
Firms’ Timber Trade Decried
- 28 May 2013
- The Phnom Penh Post
- Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Crop products and commodities / Economic land concessions and plantations / Economy and commerce / Environment and natural resources / Exports / Forest products / Forests and forestry / Human rights / Land / Logging and timber / Public land lease / Social development / Trade
- Adhoc / Beoung Per / Beoung Per Wildlife Sanctuary / Cambodian Center for Human Rights / CCHR / Chhim Savuth / CRCK / CRCK Company / deforestation / ELCs / ELCs Law / environmental impact / Exports / Forest / Hoeun Sopheap / illegal logging / Illegal poaching / illegal timber trade / Kampong Thom Province / Kampong Thom Provincial Governor / logging / luxury timber / natural resources / Oknha Try Pheap / Preah Vihear / Prey Lang / Prey Lang Community Representative / Prey Long Forest / protected area / protected forest / Ratanakkiri / Ratanakkiri Province / Rovieng District / rubber / Rubber plantation / Sandan district / timber / Try Pheap Import and Export / Try Pheap Import Export Co Ltd / Try Pheap Import Export Company / Uth Sam Orn / Vietnamese border / Vietnamese company / Vietnamese rubber company CRCK / water / WaterSHED / wildlife / Wildlife Sanctuary / Wood
Two firms holding concessions in rapidly disappearing northern forests are amassing stockpiles of tens of thousands of luxury logs cut both within and outside their leases and trucking them on to Vietnam, the Cambodian Center for Human Rights has alleged. CCHR investigators that tracked logging operations ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013052865880/National/firms-timber-trade-decried.html
Land Battle Headed to Court
- 27 May 2013
- The Phnom Penh Post
- Civil society / Environment and natural resources / Environmental and biodiversity protection / Ethnic minorities and indigenous people / Human rights / Judiciary and courts / Land / Land tenure and land titling / Law and judiciary / Protected forest / Social development
- Adhoc / Adhoc Investigator / Bakeo district / Bakeo District Governor / compensation / deforestation / Disputed Land / ethnic minority / ethnic Tampuon / Forest / forest clearance / forest clearing / Heng Bunthan / illegal logging / indegenous group / Laminh commune / Laminh Commune Chief / land conflict / Land dispute / Land rights / logging / Mean Promony / Pen Sophon / protected forest / Rattanakiri / Rattanakiri province / Rattanakiri Provincial Court / Suo Village / Tampuon / villagers
Eight ethnic Tampuon villagers from Ratanakkiri’s Bakeo district will file a lawsuit at provincial court today alleging that more than 70 hectares of protected forest have been illegally cleared by a police official and six villagers from a neighbouring commune. Ting Kham Se, 52, of Laminh ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013052765851/National/land-battle-headed-to-court.html
NGOs Assessing Development Goals for Coming Years
- 24 May 2013
- VOA Khmer
- Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Economy and commerce / Education and training / Education policy and administration / Environment and natural resources / Human rights / Social development
- Agricultural markets / Agriculture & Agri-business / Battambang / Battambang Province / Cambodian development / Cooperation Committee for Cambodia / Cooperation Committee for Cambodia representative Sam Ly / Development / development goals / Economic growth / education / extractive industries / farming / government accountability / Human Rights / judicial system / Kampong Cham / Kampong Cham Province / natural resource extraction / natural resources / NGO Forum / NGO Forum deputy director Tek Vannara / Phnom Penh / Sam Ly / Sam Rainsy Party / social inclusion / Tek Vannara / transparency / UN / UN Millennium Development Goals / United Nations
As Cambodia assesses its development goals, a study has found that many Cambodians want to see an improved judicial system, better education, improved agriculture and more human rights. A broad consortium of local and international development agencies spent the early part of the year conducting conferences ...
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/ngo-assessing-development-goals-for-coming-years/1667239.html
Subedi Protest Linked to CPP-Aligned Youth Group
- 24 May 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
- Education and training / Higher education / Human rights / Social development
- Cambodia Mekong University / CMU / CMU university students / CPP / Human Rights / Hun Many / Hun Sen / Kompong Speu / Kompong Speu Province / nationwide land titling program / Phnom Penh / politics / Prime Minister Hun Sen / protests / Royal University of Law and Economics / RULE / student volunteers / Surya Subedi / UN / UN Human Rights Envoy Surya Subedi / UN Special Rapporteur Suya Subedi / Union of Youth Federations of Cambodia / United Nations / United Nations Special Rapporteur to Cambodia / United Nations Special Rapporteur to Cambodia Surya Subedi / university students / UYFC
Despite the apparent spontaneity of a protest against U.N. human rights envoy Surya Subedi at a university in Phnom Penh on Tuesday night, it emerged Wednesday that one of the apparent leaders of the demonstration is associated with a youth organization aligned with the ruling ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/subedi-protest-linked-to-cpp-aligned-youth-group-26156/
Subedi Urges Passage of Laws on Judiciary
- 24 May 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
- Constitution and rights / Human rights / Judiciary and courts / Law and judiciary / Social development
- Cambodia's constitution / Cambodia’s judiciary / Cambodian Defenders Project / Constitution of Cambodia 1993 / Council of Ministers / judiciary / Law on the Status of Judges and Prosecutors / Ministry of Justice / Ministry of Justice Secretary of State Prom Sidhra / Prom Sidhra / Sok Sam Oeun / Surya Subedi / UN Human Rights Council / UN Human Rights Envoy Surya Subedi / UN Special Rapporteur Suya Subedi / UN Special Rapporteur to Cambodia / UN Special Rapporteur to Cambodia Suya Subedi / United Nations
U.N. human rights envoy Surya Subedi met with a senior official at the Ministry of Justice on Wednesday and reiterated a call for new legislation to be passed on governing Cambodia’s judiciary. “He did not ask us much on anything new, but he did ask for ...
CNRP Lawmaker Visits Controversial Plantation
- 22 May 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
- Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Community forest / Crop products and commodities / Economic land concessions and plantations / Environment and natural resources / Environmental and biodiversity protection / Ethnic minorities and indigenous people / Forest classifications / Forest products / Forests and forestry / Human rights / Land / Land tenure and land titling / Logging and timber / National parks and wildlife sanctuaries / Public land lease / Rubber / Social development
- Adhoc / Cambodia National Rescue Party / CNRP / CNRP law maker Son Chhay / Company 72 / degraded forests / Disputed Land / ELCs / ethic Jarai minority / ethnic Jarai minorities / ethnic minority land / Forests / Human Rights / illegal logging / illegal logging trade / indigenous people / indigenous peoples land / indigenous peoples rights / Jarai / Jarai community / Land concessions / logging / National Assembly / O’Yadaw district / opposition law maker Son Chhay / Plantations / Ratanakkiri / Ratanakkiri Province / rubber / rubber firms / Rubber plantation / Son Chhay / Vietnamese rubber firm
Opposition lawmaker Son Chhay said yesterday that he would ask the government to cancel the land concession of a Vietnamese rubber firm in Ratanakkiri province he accused of logging and exporting wood illegally. Mr. Chay, a candidate in July’s national election for the Cambodia National Rescue ...