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Top: L.Y.P. Group headquarters before U.S. sanctions, with company signage still intact. Bottom: The building recently, with signage removed and appearing to lie on the ground beside it. December, 2024. (CamboJA)

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Firms Tied to US-Sanctioned Tycoon Ly Yong Phat Vanish

24 Dec 2024 8:57 AM|
Coby Hobbs|

Update: The cover photo for this article was revised Dec. 27, 2024, to blur Bangkok Bank PCL’s logo at the firm’s request. The bank is not mentioned or implicated in the article and has no ties to Ly.

Land activist Oum Sophy and other villagers from the Lor Peang community submit a petition at the Ministry of Interior to approve Boeng Pur lake as a protected site. Photo taken September 10, 2021. CamboJA/ Pring Samrang

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Kampong Chhnang land activists charged after livestreaming dispute

31 Jan 2022 6:26 PM|

A land activist who had previously been arrested during a long-running land dispute in Kampong Chhnang province has been charged with making a death threat after live-streaming from the site of a separate local conflict.

Two men using their computers for work at an office in Phnom Penh, 22 December 2021. CamboJA/ Pring Samrang.

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New laws to curb digital rights and internet freedoms raise civil society concerns

29 Jan 2022 9:11 PM|

Civil society organizations have expressed concerns over the rights of Cambodians to freedom of expression online, after the government enacted new laws to regulate the internet.

Chea Mony, younger brother of union leader Chea Vichea, speaks during a commemoration of the 18th anniversary of the assassination of Chea Vichea in Phnom Penh, January 22, 2022. CamboJA/ Pring Samrang

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Relatives and supporters gather at memorial for murdered union leader Chea Vichea

23 Jan 2022 10:21 AM|

Relatives, unions and civil society groups gathered Saturday on the 18th anniversary of the murder of unionist Chea Vichea to call on the Cambodian government to find the perpetrators and end a culture of impunity.

Cambodian migrant workers prepare to board a military truck to transport them from the Thai side of the border to the Cambodian side after, August 13, 2021. Supplied Photo

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Female migrant workers struggle to find jobs after returning home

21 Jan 2022 3:48 PM|

At the age of 16, with her family facing severe financial difficulties, Keo Chakriya dropped out of school to join the workforce. Lured by promises of a high salary and better work conditions, Chakriya, now 22, did not hesitate to pursue work in Thailand. She got a job in a factory and stayed over five years, until August 2021, when she was forced to return to Cambodia as COVID-19 began its rapid spread.

NagaWorld staff submitted a petition to the French embassy seeking intervention in their conflict with management. Picture taken on January 17, 2022. CamboJA/ Pring Samrang

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With no solution in sight, NagaWorld strikers seek intervention from embassies

18 Jan 2022 3:53 PM|

About 25 NagaWorld employees began submitting petitions to foreign embassies on Monday seeking help in urging the Cambodian government to resolve their labor dispute and release eight union leaders and representatives now imprisoned on charges of incitement.

A Kampong Talong villager in Kandal province has placed a sign here reading “Private land” with a phone number, but this farmland has already been taken for the new airport development. Photo taken on January 4, 2022. CamboJA/ Sorn Sarath

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Their dispute entering its fourth year, families affected by mega-airport fight to keep hope

12 Jan 2022 8:46 PM|

Though residents of Kampong Talong village are barricaded from their farmland, the area is still bustling with activity – mostly from dozens of trucks transporting soil and stones to the site of the mega-airport development that promises to transform life in this stretch of rural Kandal province.

NagaWorld workers continued their strike on Thursday, demanding a resolution to their ongoing labor dispute and the release of their union leaders and members. CamboJA/ Pring Samrang

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NagaWorld protests continue despite incitement charges for unionists

7 Jan 2022 7:24 AM|

Around 400 NagaWorld workers continued their peaceful strike on Thursday, despite the recent arrests of union president Chhim Sithar and more than two dozen workers and unionists.

Chhim Sithar, president of the NagaWorld labor union, was violently arrested Tuesday as she attempted to join a peaceful strike. Union members had gathered outside the Australian embassy to demand the release of their arrested compatriots, January 4, 2022. CamboJA/Pring Samrang

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NagaWorld union president violently arrested at Tuesday strike

4 Jan 2022 8:48 PM|

Plainclothes police officers violently arrested NagaWorld union president Chhim Sithar Tuesday afternoon as she attempted to join a peaceful strike outside the Australian embassy.

Firms Tied to US-Sanctioned Tycoon Ly Yong Phat Vanish

Kampong Chhnang land activists charged after livestreaming dispute

New laws to curb digital rights and internet freedoms raise civil society concerns

Relatives and supporters gather at memorial for murdered union leader Chea Vichea

With no solution in sight, NagaWorld strikers seek intervention from embassies

Their dispute entering its fourth year, families affected by mega-airport fight to keep hope

NagaWorld protests continue despite incitement charges for unionists

NagaWorld union president violently arrested at Tuesday strike

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