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Officials take a sample from a migrant worker who returned from Thailand in a photo posted to Battambang Provincial Health Department's Facebook.

Caution urged as 23 new Covid cases found among returning migrants

15 Jan 2021 8:45 PM|

Twenty-three Cambodians returning from Thailand tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday and Friday, taking to 56 the tally of positive cases detected at the border since Thailand’s worst outbreak of the pandemic sent a new wave of migrant workers home, the Health Ministry said.

A Prisons Department vehicle with jailed unionist Rong Chhun enters the Phnom Penh court on Friday. Panha Chhorpoan

Rong Chhun’s incitement trial kicks off to a heated start

15 Jan 2021 8:37 PM|
Khuon Narim|

The Phnom Penh Municipal Court began a trial on Friday into incitement charges against prominent unionist Rong Chhun, with the hearing getting fiery as all…

Former CNRP officials Kak Komphea and Heng Chan Sothy arrive at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Thursday ahead of their trial for plotting to topple the government. Panha Chhorpoan

Court begins trials of 130 accused of plotting to topple Hun Sen

14 Jan 2021 10:26 PM|
Khy Sovuthy|

The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Thursday questioned two among more than 130 defendants charged with plotting and incitement crimes related to the failed return…

Rescue teams work to remove people trapped under the collapsed Kep building in January 2020.

Court sidesteps verdict, calls for reinvestigation into Kep building collapse

14 Jan 2021 7:37 AM|
Khy Sovuthy|

The Kampot Provincial Court on Wednesday decided to order a reinvestigation into the deadly collapse of a building in Kep province last year, which killed…

Former CNRP president Kem Sokha arrives at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court in February 2020. Panha Chhorpoan

As Cambodian courts proceed with CNRP-linked trials, Kem Sokha is kept on hold

13 Jan 2021 8:50 PM|
Khuon Narim|

The Phnom Penh Municipal Court has shown no inclination to resume opposition leader Kem Sokha’s treason trial, which was suspended last March, with observers saying…

People affected by construction of a roadside weigh station in Kampong Chhnang province speak with authorities after blocking contractors sent to demarcate the site on January 8. Supplied

Kampong Chhnang families decry building of weigh station across their land

12 Jan 2021 4:27 PM|
Sorn Sarath|

Thirty-four families living along National Road 5 in Kampong Chhnang province have called for the government to reconsider the building of a roadside weigh station…