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Kampong Speu protesters reject NGO’s help

15 August 2016
The Phnom Penh Post
Concessions / Economic land concessions and plantations / Land / Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction / Sugar
Cambodian Centre for Human Rights (CCHR) / Chak Sopheap / Eang Vuthy / Equitable Cambodia (EC) / Khoun Sreng / Ly Yong Phat / Phal Vannak / Phnom Penh Sugar Company plantations / Seng Nhak

In defiance of an order by Phnom Penh Deputy Governor Khoun Sreng, more than 100 people protested outside the offices of Equitable Cambodia (EC) yesterday. They held signs denouncing the NGO, as community representatives inside submitted a letter withdrawing their consent for the group to represent ...

 Jack Davies and Touch Sokha
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kampong-speu-protesters-reject-ngos-help

Asean forms sugar alliance

20 July 2016
Khmer Times
Business associations
ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) / Asean Sugar Alliance (ASA) / Seng Nhak

Cambodia, along with six other Asean member countries, reached an agreement to form an alliance of sugar-producing countries ‒ or so the called Asean Sugar Alliance (ASA) ‒ to promote and support the regional sugar industry and make it more competitive globally. ...

 May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/27411/asean-forms-sugar-alliance/

ANZ Bank accused of abandoning farmers after splitting with sugar firm

21 July 2014
FoodNavigator-Asia.com
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Early this month, in what looks like a failed attempt to save its reputation, Australia‘s ANZ Bank severed its ties with Phnom Penh Sugar, a company accused of a range of human rights abuses linked to its plantations in Kampong Speu province, Cambodia. The move ...

 Marta Kasztelan
http://www.foodnavigator-asia.com/Business/ANZ-Bank-accused-of-abandoning-farmers-after-splitting-with-sugar-firm?utm_source=copyright&utm_medium=OnSite&utm_campaign=copyright

Second death confirmed on Kompong Speu sugar plantation

19 March 2014
The Cambodia Daily
Agricultural policy and administration / Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Crop products and commodities / Economy and commerce / Human rights / Industries / Investment / Labor / Labor policy and administration / Law and judiciary / Laws and regulations / Safety and health at work / Social development / Sugar / Trade / Trade policy and regulation
ANZ Royal Bank / Coca-Cola Company / Equitable Cambodia / European Union aid / Ly Yong Phat / Omlaing commune / Phnom Penh Sugar / Seng Nhak

A 44-year-old woman was run over and killed by a harvesting machine on Sunday while working on a sugarcane plantation in Kompong Speu province owned by CPP Senator Ly Yong Phat, marking at least the second death on the plantation since December. Y Mom, originally from ...

 Kuch Naren and Zsombor Peter
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/second-death-confirmed-on-kompong-speu-sugar-plantation-54417/

Sugar Firm Offers Defense After Call for Probe of EU Trade Links

The director of a CPP senator’s sugar plantation accused of stealing land from hundreds of families said Wednesday that most locals were happy with the new jobs the plantation has generated, a week after a visiting European Union parliamentarian renewed calls for an investigation of ...

 Zsombor Peter
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/sugar-firm-offers-defense-after-call-for-probe-of-eu-trade-links-51545/

The canes of wrath

10 May 2013
Southeast Asia Globe
Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Crop products and commodities / Economic land concessions and plantations / Economy and commerce / Exports / Human rights / Judiciary and courts / Land / Land tenure and land titling / Law and judiciary / Public land lease / Social development / Sugar / Trade
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Satiating the demands of the global sugar industry is big business for Cambodia’s sugarcane plantations. Yet accusations of human rights abuses and land grabs in the Kingdom have left a bitter aftertaste for many on the ground as companies vie for a larger slice of ...

http://sea-globe.com/sugar-cambodia/