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A two-meter wide canal, dug by the new airport company in 2021, cut off access for farmers to their farmland on December 06, 2023. (CamboJA / Phon Sothyroth)

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Takeo Farmers Begrudge $1 Per Square Meter Land Compensation by Phnom Penh Airport Developer

11 Dec 2023 11:11 AM|
Phon Sothyroth|

Nearly 100 farmers in Bati district whose land had been earmarked for the development of the $1.5 billion Techo Takhmao International Airport project are appealing to the new government for a solution for the loss of livelihood after canals were dug up by tycoon Pung Khiev Se’s Overseas Cambodia Investment Corporation (OCIC). They claim that seeking solutions from the local authorities for the issue, which has prolonged for two years now, are ineffective.

Medical officials take samples from the mother of a student at Hun Sen Phnom Penh Thmey High School on Monday following the new community outbreak of Covid-19. Panha Chhorpoan

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Two Sokha Hotel security guards arrested as new Covid cluster reaches 76

22 Feb 2021 8:26 PM|

Two security guards have been arrested over the release from quarantine of four Chinese women at the center of the latest Covid-19 cluster, which has seen parts of Phnom Penh shut down and a number of schools closed as confirmed cases reached 76 on Monday.

Siem Reap police manhandle a villager on Saturday protesting the demolition of her house in the province’s Siem Reap city. Panha Chhorpoan

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Siem Reap authorities strong-arm villagers to leave temple town land

22 Feb 2021 5:41 PM|

Eleven families agreed to leave their land in Siem Reap city after authorities threatened to forcefully evict them from their riverside homes and even detained two homeowners, who were later released.

Landfill at Koh Norea, across from Koh Pich, which is being expanded into a massive satellite city. Panha Chhorpoan

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Large-scale Mekong River landfilling draws concern eco-system and water way

22 Feb 2021 3:44 PM|

Almost every day for the past year about a dozen boats carrying thousands of cubic meters of sand dump their load at Koh Norea, a small tip of land where the Mekong spills into the Bassac river. According to workers at the site, the sand comes from the upper Mekong, part of a vast dredging process to provide sufficient landfill for Cambodia’s latest supersized development project: a massive satellite city just south east of Phnom Penh, totaling 125 hectares.

Authorities block bridges to Koh Pich Island in Phnom Penh on Saturday, February 20, following the discovery of 32 new cases of Covid-19 in Phnom Penh. CamboJA/ Pring Samrang

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New cluster of 32 Covid cases in Phnom Penh after Chinese escape from Quarantine

20 Feb 2021 2:20 PM|

Prime Minister Hun Sen has ordered the closure of some nightclubs, condominiums and streets around Koh Pich after a new spike of 32 cases of Covid-19 was traced back to four Chinese women who allegedly paid security guards for permission to leave their quarantine hotel in Phnom Penh.

A medical worker shows the Sinopharm vaccine during the 1st day of vaccinations at Phnom Penh’s Calmette Hospital. CamboJA/ Pring Samrang

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Gov’t threatens legal action against vaccine “fake news” dissemination

20 Feb 2021 10:31 AM|

The Ministry of Health will push for prosecution of people found to be allegedly spreading fake news about the Chinese-made Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine, with the Justice Ministry saying it would utilize the oft-used incitement charge.

A villager rides past the disputed land in Kandal province’s Ksach Kandal district on February 16. CamboJA/Pring Samrang

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11 Kandal villagers detained over murky land dispute

18 Feb 2021 9:02 PM|

Kandal police arrested 11 people in connection to a land dispute in the province, which according to a social media video, turned violent on Tuesday after villagers burned tires and the police then cracked down on the protestors.

Unesco has raised concern over NagaCorp’s plans to build a resort and theme park near the Angkor Archaeological Park in Siem Reap. CamboJA/Pring Samrang

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NagaCorp resort development could degrade Angkor, Unesco warns

18 Feb 2021 8:52 PM|

The “Angkor Lake of Wonder” - a $350-million dollar resort town to be built by NagaCorp just outside the Angkor Archaeological Park in Siem Reap - could “have an impact on the outstanding universal value” that had the ancient capital inscribed as a Unesco World Heritage site, the U.N. agency said.

Relatives of former CNRP officials were prevented from getting close the Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Thursday where former CNRP members were being tried for incitement and plotting. CamboJA/Pring Samrang

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Prosecutor alleges CNRP youth trained to conduct Hong Kong-style protests

18 Feb 2021 7:16 PM|

Phnom Penh prosecutors have claimed that prior to former CNRP leader Sam Rainsy’s planned return in 2019, former CNRP youth members were taught how to conduct Hong Kong-style demonstrations during a workshop in Malaysia.

Takeo Farmers Begrudge $1 Per Square Meter Land Compensation by Phnom Penh Airport Developer

Two Sokha Hotel security guards arrested as new Covid cluster reaches 76

Siem Reap authorities strong-arm villagers to leave temple town land

Large-scale Mekong River landfilling draws concern eco-system and water way

New cluster of 32 Covid cases in Phnom Penh after Chinese escape from Quarantine

Gov’t threatens legal action against vaccine “fake news” dissemination

11 Kandal villagers detained over murky land dispute

NagaCorp resort development could degrade Angkor, Unesco warns

Prosecutor alleges CNRP youth trained to conduct Hong Kong-style protests

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Takeo Farmers Begrudge $1 Per Square Meter Land Compensation by Phnom Penh Airport Developer

Two Sokha Hotel security guards arrested as new Covid cluster reaches 76

Siem Reap authorities strong-arm villagers to leave temple town land

Large-scale Mekong River landfilling draws concern eco-system and water way

New cluster of 32 Covid cases in Phnom Penh after Chinese escape from Quarantine

Gov’t threatens legal action against vaccine “fake news” dissemination

11 Kandal villagers detained over murky land dispute

NagaCorp resort development could degrade Angkor, Unesco warns

Prosecutor alleges CNRP youth trained to conduct Hong Kong-style protests

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