Social development
Trafficking fight goes on: gov’t
Although human-trafficking cases dealt with by the Ministry of Interior decreased significantly in 2013, suggesting progress was being made in tackling the crime, trafficking in persons continues to be a major challenge for the government, the ministry said in its annual report on Tuesday. According to ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/trafficking-fight-goes-gov%E2%80%99t
Inmate died after hours without aid, prisoners say
A 41-year-old prisoner died of a heart attack in Prey Sar prison’s Correctional Center 1 on February 15, but only after he spent more than two hours stuck in his overcrowded cell waiting for medical treatment, his fellow prisoners allege. CC1 administrator Khuth Vuthy, who confirmed ...
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/inmate-died-after-hours-without-aid-prisoners-say
Muhyiddin arrives in Cambodia for three-day official visit
Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin arrived here today, to begin a three-day official visit to Cambodia. Muhyiddin’s visit is expected to strengthen bilateral ties, especially in trade and cooperation in higher education. ...
New Straits Times News Staff
http://www.nst.com.my/latest/muhyiddin-arrives-in-cambodia-for-three-day-official-visit-1.488182
Cambodia reports 3rd bird flu case this year
A four-year-old boy from Cambodia’s northeastern Kratie Province has been confirmed for H5N1 human avian influenza, becoming the 3rd case this year, said a joint statement by the World Health Organization and the Cambodian Health Ministry on Wednesday. The boy was confirmed positive for the virus ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/health/2014-02/19/c_133126902.htm
Cambodia reports 1 pct rise in criminal cases in 2013
Cambodia’s Ministry of Interior on Tuesday reported 2,716 cases of criminal offences in 2013, up 1 percent from the 2,743 cases recorded a year earlier. In a report released during its annual conference, the ministry said felonies dropped by 6 percent on year to 790 cases ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2014-02/19/c_133125431.htm
Vietnam, Cambodia sign agreement on cross-border crime prevention, border landmarks
Vietnam’s southern province of Tay Ninh and three Cambodian provinces on Tuesday signed an agreement on cross-border crime prevention and border landmarks, Vietnam News Agency (VNA) reported. Under the agreement, Tay Ninh and Cambodia’s Kompongcham, Prayveng and Svairieng provinces will continue to maintain security in their ...
Bernama News Staff
http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v7/wn/newsworld.php?id=1015927
Edmonton journalist Dave Walker missing in Cambodia
Police and friends of Canadian journalist and screenwriter Dave Walker are searching for the Edmonton man after he mysteriously vanished on Feb. 14 in Cambodia. The 58-year-old left the Green Village Angkor Guesthouse in the tourist city of Siem Reap about 2 p.m. with only his ...
Peter Mccartney
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/canadian-journalist-dave-walker-missing-in-cambodia/article16965825/?cmpid=rss1
Protests ‘degrading security’
High-ranking government officials expounded on the detrimental effect political and labour demonstrations are having on Cambodia’s security during an annual meeting of police officials yesterday. In a speech to about 500 police in leadership positions, Interior Minister Sar Kheng said demonstrations, which have exploded since July’s ...
Vong Sokheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/protests-%E2%80%98degrading-security%E2%80%99
Government tries to solve land dispute by talking from others
Several dozen families in Banteay Meanchey province involved in land dispute were given 100 hectares of replacement land in O’Chrou district yesterday, but have refused to accept it because it is already claimed by more than 230 other families, two village chiefs said. The provincial government ...
Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/government-tries-to-solve-land-dispute-by-taking-from-others-52614/
Raises pending, prices soaring
Since Minister of Labour Ith Sam Heng announced in late-December that the ministry would hike the minimum monthly wage for the garment sector to $100, Nuch Sdoeung has, at times, questioned if he could even afford beef. The wage boost from the prior minimum wage ...
Sean Teehan and Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/raises-pending-prices-soaring
Court grills villagers on fence suit
Twelve Preah Vihear villagers were called to court this week regarding an ongoing land dispute they claim has resulted in the bulldozing of their family land and livelihood. The villagers are among some 67 families in Kulen district’s Srayong Cheung village who say the government sold ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/court-grills-villagers-fence-suit
More Wood Confiscations in Kampot, but Still No Arrests
The Forestry Administration in Kampot province on Tuesday confiscated about 2 cubic meters of illegal timber from a truck in Toek Chhou district’s Stung Keo commune, officials said. The bust is at least the third in a week, with forestry officials confiscating 200 pieces of illegal ...
Aun Pheap
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/more-wood-confiscations-in-kampot-but-still-no-arrests-52598/
Villagers protesting eviction forcibly removed
Forty villagers on Tuesday were forcibly removed from outside the Pursat provincial office, where they have been camping for the past five days to protest what they say was the burning down of their homes by district officials, villagers and a rights group said. “This morning, ...
Mech Dara and Sek Odom
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/villagers-protesting-eviction-forcibly-removed-52608/
Six tried for their part in deadly monivong bridge clashes
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Monday began the trial of six people for their involvement in clashes that broke out between civilians and police near Monivong Bridge after a protest on September 12. The six men were all charged with intentional violence with aggravating circumstances ...
Khuon Narim
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/six-tried-for-their-part-in-deadly-monivong-bridge-clashes-52459/
Compensation for culled poultry is a catch-22
Since its emergence in the region more than a decade ago, the governments of Southeast Asia have been fighting to contain the human avian influenza virus through surveillance programs, rigorous inspections and widespread culling of infected birds. In Cambodia last year, 13 people died of ...
Simon Henderson and Sek Odom
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/compensation-for-culled-poultry-is-a-catch-22-52485/
Villagers nab logging truck
In the latest case involving illegal logging in Mondulkiri’s Sen Monorom district, two indigenous communities filed a lawsuit against three unidentified illegal loggers after confiscating a truck laden with luxury wood on Saturday, a rights monitor and villagers said yesterday. About 50 villagers turned over the ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/villagers-nab-logging-truck
Rights Group Launches Petition for Release of 21 Demonstrators
The Asian Human Rights Commission has launched an online petition to pressure the Cambodian government to release 21 union activists and workers charged in connection with labor protests last month. Twenty-three workers were arrested in a violent crackdown by government police and security forces early January, ...
Men Kimseng
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/rights-group-launches-petition-for-release-of-21-demonstrators/1853054.html
Five arrested for trying to traffic women to China
Anti-human trafficking police in Phnom Penh arrested three Cambodians and two Chinese nationals after the group tried to traffic two young women—who had been promised wealthy husbands—to work as prostitutes in China, police said Monday. Keo Thea, chief of the municipal anti-human trafficking police, said the ...
Aun Pheap
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/five-arrested-for-trying-to-traffic-women-to-china-52479/
World Bank To Review Environmental Complaints Against Company
The World Bank says it will investigate reports from indigenous groups in Cambodia that a company funded by the bank’s International Finance Corporation is involved in deforestation and land grabs. The bank’s Office of the Compliance Adviser Ombudsman, or CAO, will first examine the credibility of ...
Sok Khemara
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/world-bank-to-review-environmental-complaints-against-company/1853122.html
Irrawaddy dolphin found dead
Villagers along the Mekong river found a dead freshwater Irrawaddy dolphin floating with the current yesterday near Prek Chik village in Kratie province’s Prek Presap district. Fishery officials said the male dolphin weighs about 100kg. Sean Kin, a fishery official in Kratie province, said his team took ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/irrawaddy-dolphin-found-dead
Two Borei Keila Women in Hospital From Clash
Two residents of the Borei Keila community remained hospitalized Sunday after a Valentine’s Day clash with authorities on Friday that left 19 people injured, a community representative said. Although most of the 19 were only slightly injured, two women were more severely hurt and are still ...
Aun Pheap
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/two-borei-keila-women-in-hospital-from-clash-52339/
Detainee speaks out online
As lawyers for 21 defendants denied bail by the Court of Appeal last week wait for the Supreme Court to respond to their appeals, the most high-profile of the detainees is speaking out via social media. On Friday night, Prak Sovannary, wife of Vorn Pov – ...
Sean Teehan and Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/detainee-speaks-out-online
Preah Vihear villagers continue to protest
More than 30 families continued to demonstrate in Preah Vihear province’s Chheb district on Friday and Saturday over what they say is the illegal clearing of land by a Chinese company, villagers said Sunday. The families accuse Rui Feng (Cambodia) International of clearing 500 hectares of ...
Ben Sokhean
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/preah-vihear-villagers-continue-to-protest-52347/
Authority warns as unionists ready to convince 100,000 workers to join nationwide strike
100,000 leaflets would be printed and distributed next week to garment workers in the country to urge them to join nationwide strike to put pressure on the government and the Cambodian courts to release 21 workers in jail and to increase the minimum wage of ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=13&token=NWQ1OTJjNzNiMWI