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Children of Jailed 15 Make Plea for Parents
- 1 June 2012
- The Cambodia Daily
- Human rights / Judiciary and courts / Social development
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Relatives and neighbors sang, cried and pleaded outside the Ministry of Justice yesterday for the release of the 14 women and one man arrested last week for protesting against CPP Senator Lao Meng Khin’s controversial Boeng Kak real estate project. Worried by reports that the World ...
Defiance Greets World Bank's Funding Freeze
- 10 August 2011
- The Cambodia Daily
- Aid and development / Economy and commerce / Multilateral development assistance / World Bank
- Annette Dixon / Annette Dixon World Bank Country Director / bank / Boeng Kak / Boeng Kak Lake / Boeng Kak Lake Area / Boeng Kak Lake residents / Boeng Kak land case / Cambodia / Cheam Yeap / Cheam Yeap chairman of the National Assembly's Commission on Economy / Chinese aid / Council of Ministers / Council of Ministers spokesman Phay Siphan / country funding / CPP / CPP lawmaker Cheam Yeap / Development / donor / donors / Erdeos Hong Jun Investment Co / Erdos Hong Jun Investment / EU / European Union aid / evictions / finance / Finance Ministry / foreign investment board / foreign investor / foreign investors / Funding / funding freeze / Government / Government officials / Housing / Housing Rights Groups / Hun Sen / International Committees / Japanese aid / Korea / land / land titling / Lending / lending conditions / misappropriated money / Money / National Assembly / National Assembly's Commission on Economy / Phay Siphan / Phay Siphan Council of Ministers spokesman / Phnom Penh / prime minister / proposed projects / Real estate / real estate project / Union / World Bank / World Bank Country Director / World Bank Country Director Annette Dixon / WorldBank-supported projects
Government officials yesterday dismissed the World Bank's recently revealed decision to freeze funding for new projects in Cambodia to protest a Phnom Penh real estate project that has forced thousand of families out of their homes. A housing rights group closely following the evictions said ...
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