Agriculture and fishing
Cambodia posts sharpest increase in rice output among major producers
- 20 June 2013
- The Cambodia Herald
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Cambodia posted the sharpest increase in production among the world’s major rice producers between 2000 and 2010, the Food and Agricultural Organization said in a report released Wednesday. The 2013 edition of the UN agency’s Statistical Yearbook showed that Cambodia was the world’s 12th largest rice ...
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=13&token=OTRlZjk2Yzg3OTd
Mekong Dams Threaten Extinction of Giant Catfish
- 19 June 2013
- Radio Free Asia
- Agriculture and fishing / Economy and commerce / Environment and natural resources / Fishing, fisheries and aquaculture / Infrastructure / Rivers and lakes / Transport and shipping / Water resources / Waterways and ports
- Chinese aid / construction / Dams / Electricity / endangered species / environmental damage / Environmental Protection / Eric Baran / Fish / fish migration / fish passages / Fish Spawning / Fishing / Fishing ban / fishing yields / floodplains / freshwater fish / Giant Mekong Catfish Catfish / Global Freshwater Programme / Hydropower dams / illegal fishing / Infrastructure / Laos / Mekong Basin / Mekong river / Mekong River Commission / MRC / overfishing / rivers / Thailand / tributaries / tributary rivers / University of Nevada / World Fish Centre / World Wildlife Fund / WWF / WWF’s Global Freshwater Programme / Xayaburi dam / Zeb Hogan
The elusive Mekong giant catfish, which the U.S.-based World Wildlife Fund (WWF) called “one of the world’s largest and rarest freshwater fish,” can reach up to three meters (10 feet) and weigh up to 300 kilograms (660 pounds). The Xayaburi dam would prove an “impassable barrier” ...
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/laos/dams-06192013184629.html
Judge forces sparse settlement on family of beaten children
- 19 June 2013
- The Phnom Penh Post
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- Adhoc / agro-industry / assault / Bribery / compensation / Corruption / criminal activity / Disputed Land / DM Group / Eng Chamnag / judge Eng Chamnag / judiciary / land / land demarcation / Land grabs / Ratanakkiri / Ratanakkiri Province / Ratanakkiri provincial court / Ratanakkiri Provincial Court investigating judge Eng Chamnag / rubber / Rubber Companies / rubber plantations / rubber trees / rule of law
The Ratanakkiri Provincial Court yesterday forced a family whose three children were allegedly beaten by DM Group firm employees last month to accept only $1,000 in compensation in place of the $40,000 the family initially had demanded, the children’s father claimed. Ry Sarun, 52, said that ...
Cambodia shrugs at Gambia’s import ban
- 18 June 2013
- The Phnom Penh Post
- Agriculture and fishing / Crop products and commodities / Economy and commerce / Exports / Imports / Rice / Trade
- Africa / Agriculture & Agri-business / AMRU Rice / Amru Rice (Cambodia) Co.Ltd / Chinese aid / EU / European Union aid / fragrant rice / France / Gambia / Ivory Coast / long grain white rice / Malaysian aid / Milled Rice / Poland / rice / rice exporters / rice exports / rice markets / rice sector / Senegal / Song Saran / Southeast Asia / tax exemptions / Thailand / Trade / trade agreements / trade increase / West Africa
Gambia’s recent announcement that it would ban rice imports in about three years to spur local demand will only have a small impact on Cambodia, which sends a portion of its annual output to the west African country and other nations on the continent, data ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013061866317/Business/cambodia-shrugs-at-gambia-s-import-ban.html
Cassava farmers rely on Thai seed imports
- 17 June 2013
- The Phnom Penh Post
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- agricultural crops / Agriculture & Agri-business / Banteay Meanchey / Banteay Meanchey Province / Cassava / cassava farmers / cassava plantation / Climate Change / crops / cultivable areas / damaged crop / Farmers / Foreign Buyers / Imports / Run Sophanara / seed imports / seeds / Thailand
Cassava farmers in Banteay Meanchey province had to import seeds from Thailand this season in response to rapidly-changing weather conditions that interfered with seed growth. Te Haing, a cassava farmer in Banteay Meanchey who planted more than 1,000 hectares this season, told the Post yesterday that ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013061766299/Business/cassava-farmers-rely-on-thai-seed-imports.html
Hundreds Protest Over Forest Land Seizures
- 14 June 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
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More than 700 villagers from five provinces yesterday protested in front of the provincial government headquarters in Kompong Chhnang after losing their community forests to large agro-industry firms. Organized by the Cambodian Grassroots People’s Assembly- a network of communities that includes forestry and land activists as ...
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
SEZ adds to tycoon’s growing portfolio
- 12 June 2013
- The Phnom Penh Post
- Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Economic land concessions and plantations / Economy and commerce / Environment and natural resources / Forest products / Forests and forestry / Investment / Land / Land tenure and land titling / Logging and timber / Public land lease / Special economic zones
- Adhoc / Bi Chivoandara / Casino / CDC / Chhay Thy / Concession / Council for the Development of Cambodia / deforestation / ELCs / ethnic minority / ethnic minority communities / Forest / forest land / Forestry Law / Global Witness / Hong Anh Gai Lai / illegal logging / Land-grabbing / natural resource licence / natural resources / O’Yadav district / Preah Vihear Province / Prime Minister Hun Sen / Pursat / Pursat Province / Ratanakkiri / Ratanakkiri Province / Ratanakkiri provincial coordinator / reservoir / rights abuses / Royal Gazette / rubber / SEZ / Sok Chenda Sophea / Special Economic Zone / Stung Atay dam / Stung Treng Province / timber / Vietnamese rubber firm / Virachey National Park / yellow vine
Okhna Try Pheap’s ballooning empire of exclusive natural resource licences and concessions has been expanded even further with the granting of a special economic zone (SEZ) in Ratanakkiri province. The May 27 issue of the Royal Gazette reveals Pheap was granted a 136-hectare SEZ in O’Yadav ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013061266216/National/sez-adds-to-tycoon-s-growing-portfolio.html
Illegal logs found in TTY truck
- 12 June 2013
- The Phnom Penh Post
- Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Economic land concessions and plantations / Environment and natural resources / Forest products / Forests and forestry / Land / Logging and timber / Public land lease
- Cambodian Center for Human Rights / CCHR / Chhim Savuth / community forest / conservation area / criminal activity / ELCs / Forest / illegal logging / kratie / Kratie Province / Kratie Provincial Court / logging / luxury wood / luxury-grade timber / Protected areas / protected forests / Snuol district / timber / TTY / TTY Co Ltd / TTY Company / TTY Corporation / wildlife / wildlife conservation areas
Conservation officials have confiscated a truck containing 20 cubic metres of illegally cut, luxury-grade timber from an economic land concession owned by the firm TTY Corporation, a district official said yesterday. Kratie provincial officials seized the logs, along with two trucks and two cars on Monday ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013061266220/National/illegal-logs-found-in-tty-truck.html
Eighth Communal Land Title Awarded in Mondolkiri
- 11 June 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
- Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Community forest / Crop products and commodities / Economy and commerce / Environment and natural resources / Environmental and biodiversity protection / Ethnic minorities and indigenous people / Forest classifications / Forests and forestry / Land / Land tenure and land titling / National parks and wildlife sanctuaries / Social development
- 2001 Land Law / ancestral lands / Argo industry / Banong / Banong ethic minority / Cassava / cassava plantations / communal land tiles / Disputed Land / Farmland / Forests / Im Chum Lim / Indigenous Land Rights / indigenous people / Keo Seima district / Land Management Minister Im Chum Lim / Land rights / Land titles / mining / mondolkiri / Mondolkiri Province / private land titles / rotational farmland / spirit forests / Sre Khtum village
Land Management Minister Im Chum Lim awarded a community of ethnic minority Banong in Mondolkiri province a communal land tile to their ancestral land last week, only the eighth communal land title to be handed out since the 2001 Land Law made them available. The title ...
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
Evicted Kratie Families Petition Hun Sen for Help
- 11 June 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
- Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Crop products and commodities / Economy and commerce / Land / Land tenure and land titling
- Cabinet of Minsters / Cassava / Cassava plantings / Disputed Land / evictions / Farmland / Hun Sen / Khyoem commune / kratie / Kratie district governor Sam Nal / Kratie Province / Land rights / Land titles / land-titling program / Ministry of Land Management / petitions / Prime Minister Hun Sen / protests / rubber / Rubber Companies / Sam Nal / Snuol district / Sovan Vuthy Rubber Company / student volunteers
Fifteen villagers representing 18 families from Kratie province involved in an ongoing dispute with the Sovan Vuthy Rubber Company yesterday submitted a petition to the Ministry of Land Management calling for intervention after the company allegedly cleared their farmland. The families say they have lived ...
Farmers Petition to Change Agricultural Draft Law
- 10 June 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
- Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Crop products and commodities / Economy and commerce / Land / Law and judiciary
- agricultural development area / agricultural development areas / Agriculture & Agri-business / Coalition of Cambodian Farmers Community / Coalition of Cambodian Farmers Community secretariat coordinator Theng Savoeun / Department of Agriculrture / draft law / draft law on management of agricultural land / Farmers / farmers rights / farming / General department of agriculture / general department of agriculture director-general Hean Vanhorn / Hean Vanhorn / Khim Chenda / land / land demarcation / Land grabs / land management / land owners / land ownership / Land rights / LICADHO / management of agricultural land / Ministry of Agriculture / Ministry of Agriculture administration department / Ministry of Agriculture administration department director Khim Chenda / natural resources / petitions / protests / soil quality / Theng Savoeun
About 200 farmers protested in front of the Ministry of Agriculture on Friday and submitted a petition requesting changes to a draft law on the management of agricultural land, which rights groups have said could effectively legalize land grabs from poor farmers. The government says the ...
Sugar Firm Staff Protest Over Unpaid Wages
- 10 June 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
- Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Economy and commerce / Industries / Labor / Labor policy and administration / Sugar
- Adhoc / Cambodian Government / Deputy Prime Minister Yim Chay Ly / Economic growth / energy / ethanol distillery / Factories / Heng Soha / Indochina Food Pte Ltd / Investment / Kompong Cham / Kompong Cham Province / kratie / Kratie district governor Heng Soha / Kratie Province / labor / low wages / O'Kreing commune / power plant / Prey Veng / Prey Veng Province / protests / Renewable Energy / RGC / Royal Government of Cambodia / Sambor district / sugar / sugar factory / sugar plantations / sugar refinery / sugarcane / Svay Reing / Svay Reing province / thermal energy / thermal energy plant / unpaid wages / wages / Yim Chay Ly
About 250 laborers working at a newly opened $90-million sugar factory complex in Kratie province-hailed by the government as a boon to Cambodia’s economy-staged a protest last Saturday morning demanding to be reimbursed for two weeks worth of unpaid wages. District governor Heng Soha acted ...
Cambodia's rice exports up 126 pct in 5 months
- 6 June 2013
- Xinhuanet News
- Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Crop products and commodities / Economy and commerce / Exports / Rice / Trade
- Agriculture & Agri-business / Chinese aid / domestic rice consumption / Exports / France / international markets / Investment / Malaysian aid / Milled Rice / milled rice exports / Ministry of Agriculture / paddy rice / Poland / private sector investment / rice / rice exports / Rice Market / rice processing plants / rice production / rice promotion strategy / Thailand
Cambodia’s exports of milled rice have sharply increased in the first five months of this year thanks to rising international market demand and country’s rice promotion strategy, an official said Thursday. The country had exported 146,800 tons of milled rice during January-May period this year, up ...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2013-06/06/c_132435784.htm
Cambodia feels drop in Asian rubber prices
- 6 June 2013
- The Phnom Penh Post
- Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Crop products and commodities / Economy and commerce / Exports / Investment / Rubber / Securities exchange (stock market) / Stock market / Trade
- Asia / Chinese aid / Chop Rubber Plantation / Economic growth / European countries / export restriction / Exports / German aid / Imports / Japanese aid / Ly Phalla / Malaysian aid / Men Sopheak / Ministry of Agriculture / Ministry of Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries / natural rubber / rubber / rubber company / Rubber Department / Rubber Department at the Ministry of Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries / rubber export / rubber exports / rubber imports / Rubber plantation / rubber prices / Shanghai / Tokyo / Tokyo Commodity Exchange / US
The end of export restrictions in Thailand and a lowering of economic growth forecasts out of top rubber importers China, the United States and Germany have caused natural rubber prices around Asia − and in Cambodia’s local industry − to fall from a two-month high. Future ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013060666093/Business/cambodia-feels-drop-in-asian-rubber-prices.html
On World Environment Day, a Call to Save Cambodia’s Forests
- 6 June 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
- Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Crop products and commodities / Economic land concessions and plantations / Economy and commerce / Environment and natural resources / Environmental impact assessments / Forest products / Forests and forestry / Land / Logging and timber / Public land lease / Rivers and lakes / Water resources
- agro-industry / agro-industry companies / Coalition of Cambodian Farmers Community / deforestation / Demonstrations / EIAs / ELCs / endangered animals / Endangered wildlife / environmental impact assessments / Environmental Protection / forest cover / forest protection / Forests / Hun Sen / illegal logging / National Assembly / Prime Minister Hun Sen / private concessionaires / Protected areas / protests / rubber / rubber plantations / wildlife / World Environment Day / World Wildlife Fund / WWF
About 200 people celebrating World Environment Day on Wednesday gathered in front of the National Assembly to submit a petition asking the government to stop the destruction of Cambodia’s forests. A report released by the WWF last month said that Cambodia has lost almost a ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/on-world-environment-day-a-call-to-save-cambodias-forests-29329/
Forest officials involved in logging, villagers say
- 5 June 2013
- The Phnom Penh Post
- Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Crop products and commodities / Economic land concessions and plantations / Environment and natural resources / Environmental and biodiversity protection / Forest products / Forests and forestry / Land / Land tenure and land titling / Logging and timber / National parks and wildlife sanctuaries / Protected areas / Protected forest / Public land lease
- Binh Phuoc Kratie Rubber 1 / Binh Phuoc Kratie Rubber 1 Company / Binh Phuoc Kratie Rubber 2 / Binh Phuoc Kratie Rubber 2 Company / Cambodian Center for Human Rights / CCHR / conservation area / deforestation / Disputed Land / Eastern Rubber (Cambodia) / Eastern Rubber (Cambodia) company / ELC moratorium / ELCs / FA / forest patrols / forest protection / forest protection laws / Forestry Administration / Forests / Hun Sen / illegal logging / kratie / Kratie Province / logging / Ministry of Environment / Prime Minister Hun Sen / Protected areas / protected forest / rubber / rubber plantations / Seima Protection Forest / Snuol district / Snuol Wildlife Sanctuary / timber / Vietnamese companies / wildlife sanctuaries
Communities living in the protected Snuol wildlife sanctuary in Kratie province said yesterday that the sanctuary was being destroyed by private companies acting in collusion with local wildlife officers. Snuol forest community representative Mom Sakim said private interests were claiming large areas of the sanctuary without ...
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 ...
MUJI Plans Green Dye Factory for Cambodia
- 4 June 2013
- The Phnom Penh Post
- Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Economy and commerce / Investment
- anti-poverty / Asia / Business Call to Action / Dye / eco-friendly / Eco-friendly Natural Dyeing Plant / Economics / Europe / green business / Green Dye Factory / IndiGo / Indigo Plantation / international organisations / Japanese company / job creation / manufacturers / MUJI / North America / UN Development Programme / UNDP
Japanese retail company MUJI announced the development of an eco-friendly natural dyeing plant in Cambodia, a press release on Sunday said. The plan is part of the Business Call to Action, a global initiative supported by several international organisations and hosted by the UN Development Programme ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013060466031/Business/muji-plans-green-dye-factory-for-cambodia.html
Mekong Communities Tell of Hardship From Hydropower Dams
- 4 June 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
- Agriculture and fishing / Development policy and administration / Economy and commerce / Energy / Environment and natural resources / Fishing, fisheries and aquaculture / Generation and distribution facilities / Hydropower dams / Land / Renewable energy production / Rivers and lakes / Water resources
- Agriculture & Agri-business / Brou ethnic minority / Chaing Rai / Chaing Rai province / Chinese dams / Chinese embassy / Chinese Embassy in Thailand / compensation / dam construction / dam development / Dams / ecosystems / EIAs / Electricity / electricity production / energy / environmental impact assessments / environmentalism / evictions / Fish / fisheries / flooding / Hydrolangcang International Energy Company / hydropower / Hydropower dams / hydropower development / indigenous people / International Rivers / involuntary resettlement / Langcang River / Lower Mekong Region / Lower Sesan 2 dam / Mekong Lanna network / Mekong Lanna network coordinator Somsak Tiyata / Mekong region / Mekong river / NGO Forum / Phnom Penh / Ratanakkiri / Ratanakkiri Province / Relocation / Reservoirs / Resettlement / Royal Government of Cambodia / Royal Group / Royal Group Cambodia / Royal Group Conglomerate / Royal Group of Companies / Sesan river / Stung Treng / Stung Treng Province / Thailand / transparency / tributaries / Veun sai district / Yali Falls dam
About 200 people from Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia affected by hydropower dam projects on the Mekong River and its tributaries gathered in Phnom Penh yesterday to share their experiences of how their lives have been adversely affected since the dams were constructed. Speaking at the ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/mekong-communities-tell-of-hardship-from-hydropower-dams-28793/
Try Pheap given OK to harvest yellow vine
- 4 June 2013
- The Phnom Penh Post
- Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Crop products and commodities / Economic land concessions and plantations / Economy and commerce / Energy / Environment and natural resources / Ethnic minorities and indigenous people / Forest products / Forests and forestry / Generation and distribution facilities / Hydropower dams / Investment / Land / Law and judiciary / Logging and timber / Pollution and waste / Public land lease / Renewable energy production / Social development
- Agriculture Ministry / ARA / berberine / Cambodian Center for Human Rights / Cardamom Mountains / Chheng Kim Sun / Chhim Savuth / Chut Wutty / deforestation / drug / economic land concession / ELCs / environmental impact / EU / Europe / European labs / forest clearing / forest destruction / forest ecosystem / Forestry Administration / Forestry Law / hydropower dam / illegal logger / illegal logging / illicit drugs / isoquinoline alkaloid / Land concession / Lo Rasmey / logging / Marcus Hardtke / MDMA / MDS Import Export / MDS Import Export Co / Ministry of Agriculture / mreas prov / Natural Resource Protection Group / pepper / plantation / pollution / Pursat / Ratanakkiri / reservoir-clearing permits / rubber / safrol oil / Southeast Asia / Stung Atay / Stung Atay hydropower dam / Thma Bang / UN Office on Drugs and Crime / Veal Veng / Washington / water contamination / yellow oil / yellow vine / Yellow vine oil
Logging baron Try Pheap’s MDS Import Export Co, Ltd has been granted a licence to collect and process the controversial plant known as yellow vine around the Stung Atay hydropower dam in the Cardamom Mountains, according to documents received by the Post yesterday. The vine has ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013060466045/National/try-pheap-given-ok-to-harvest-yellow-vine.html
Cambodian rice exports to Thailand rising; Democrat revives allegations
- 3 June 2013
- The Nation
- Agriculture and fishing / Anti-corruption / Crop products and commodities / Economy and commerce / Exports / Government / Rice / Trade
- Chavanond Intarakomalyasut / Corruption / Democrat Party spokesman Chavanond Intarakomalyasut / former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra / Kamphaeng Phet / Klanarong Chanthik / milled rice exports / MP Warong Dechgitvigrom / NACC / NACC commissioner Klanarong Chanthik / NACC commissioner Sataphon Laothong / National Anti-Corruption Commission / Phnom Penh Post / rice / rice exports / rice milling / rice pledging scheme / rice trading scheme / Sataphon Laothong / Sia Piak / Sia Piang / Thai Democrat MP Warong Dechgitvigrom / Thailand / Thaksin Shinawatra / unpolished rice / Warong Dechgitvigrom / Yingluck Government
The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) will consider claims of corruption in the government’s rice-pledging scheme made during a recent parliamentary session, a senior official from the agency said. However, it remains unclear when the NACC will conclude its ongoing probe. During screening of the 2014 ...
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/politics/NACC-to-probe-rice-scheme-testimony-30207459.html
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