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Lim Kimya, a former member of the National Assembly from the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), speaking during an interview with AFP in Phnom Penh on October 17, 2017. (Photo: AFP)

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Suspect Named in Thai Killing of Opposition Leader: Government Won’t Investigate without Request

8 Jan 2025 4:02 PM|
Seoung Nimol|

UPDATE: Ekkalak Pheanoi, the suspect in the shooting death of former Cambodian MP Lim Kimya in Bangkok, has been arrested in Battambang province, Cambodia, following a request from Thai authorities, the General Commissariat of National Police said. Ekkalak fled Bangkok after the Jan. 7 shooting and crossed into Cambodia’s border province, officials said.

The families of 28 victims killed due to a Sihanoukville building’s collapse gather outside the Prime Minister Hun Sen’s bodyguard unit headquarters in Kandal province to submit a petition requesting his help in receiving court-ordered compensation on October 13, 2022. (CamboJA/Pring Samrang)

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Families of Building Collapse Victims Seek Compensation, Appeal to Prime Minister

18 Oct 2022 5:13 PM|

Pen Sarun has not received even 100 riel of court-ordered compensation for the death of her husband, one of 28 workers killed in the collapse of a seven-story Sihanoukville building under construction in 2019.

Four NagaWorld strikers leave Phnom Penh Municipal Court on October 17, 2022, after submitting a request to delay their court appearance in response to a lawsuit filed against them by their employer, NagaCorp. CamboJA/ Pring Samrang

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NagaCorp Sues Strikers, Charges Could Carry Lengthy Prison Sentences

17 Oct 2022 8:17 PM|

Four NagaWorld strikers could face up to ten years imprisonment following a lawsuit by their employer NagaCorp, alleging charges of breaking and entering, property damage and unlawful confinement in a summons to appear in Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Monday.

By late September, the majority of families in Russei Keo district’s Phsar Toch village agreed to relocate to the outskirts of Phnom Penh, following months of pressure from authorities seeking to develop the village’s prime waterfront real estate, seen here on July 20, 2022. (CamboJA/ Pring Samrang)

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Embattled Russei Keo Residents Reluctantly Agree to Relocate

12 Oct 2022 5:28 PM|

After resisting relocation for months, Kim Heng began dismantling her home of four decades as she prepared to rebuild with the salvaged scraps of tin and wood at a new site far away.

A screengrab from a video showing a man identified by unionists as Chen Yiy Hwuan, son of NagaCorp senior CEO Chen Lip Keong, throwing the phone of a striking employee to the ground outside NagaWorld casino on September 30, 2022. (LRSU/Mam Sovathen)

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NagaCorp Chief CEO’s Son Smashes Casino Striker’s Phone, Union Says

6 Oct 2022 11:49 AM|

A son of casino firm NagaCorp’s billionaire senior CEO has been accused by unionists of snatching and throwing to the ground a phone belonging to a striking employee of the company’s NagaWorld casino.

A community under threat of eviction along railroad tracks in Boeng Kak II commune, Tuol Kork district in Phnom Penh on October 3, 2022. CamboJA/ Pring Samrang

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On World Habitat Day, Civil Society Organizations Urge Fair Treatment of Displaced Families

3 Oct 2022 8:27 PM|

Eighteen civil society organizations called for fair compensation and solutions for communities caught in the Kingdom’s long running development-related land disputes in a joint-statement on October 3, marking World Habitat Day and the right to housing. They also urged authorities to drop charges against villagers scheduled to head to trial on October 6 for protesting their evictions from the site of Phnom Penh’s new airport.

Prime Minister Hun Sen gives a speech at the National Inter-Faith Forum Against Human Trafficking on September 29, 2022, in a photo posted to his Facebook page.

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Cambodia At Risk of Being Called ‘Worst Country’ Over Trafficking: PM

29 Sep 2022 5:51 PM|

PM Hun Sen on Thursday publicly acknowledged that the nation has a human trafficking problem related to illicit gambling, while downplaying the widely reported crimes, saying other nations have similar problems and just hundreds of foreigners were the “real victims.”

Khieu Samphan, the last living leader of the Khmer Rouge regime who was convicted by the Khmer Rouge tribunal, listens to the verdict in his final appeal hearing on September 22, 2022. ECCC

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Tribunal Concludes, Upholding Last Khmer Rouge Leader’s Genocide Conviction

22 Sep 2022 3:45 PM|

The U.N.-backed Khmer Rouge tribunal on Thursday announced its final verdict against a senior leader of Pol Pot’s regime, upholding genocide and other criminal convictions against Khieu Samphan, the last living regime leader sentenced by the court.

A boy walks along a Phnom Penh street with a woman on September 20, 2022. CamboJA/Pring Samrang

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43% of Children Under 14 Physically Disciplined at Home, Study Says

20 Sep 2022 6:14 PM|

Nearly half of Cambodian children aged 1 to 14 years old are disciplined in their homes using physical violence, a new government study says, with social norms remaining a key factor in why adults hit their kids.