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Boeung Tamok community members gather near an excavator after protesting against the dumping of contaminants in their fishing area, as that area has been filled in with soil to form a new road on November 7, 2023. (CamboJA/ Sovann Sreypich)

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Land Disputants Doubtful That New Government Authority Will Bring Justice

10 Nov 2023 5:18 PM|
Phon Sothyroth|

Locals from some communities with ongoing land disputes are not optimistic about the government's new out-of-court dispute resolution authority. Prime Minister Hun Manet announced last month that the government body could resolve civil matters more quickly than Cambodia’s courts, but land disputants are wary of a system carried out by local authorities they already don’t trust.

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Malaysia’s Mahathir pledges to balance trade with Cambodia

4 Sep 2019 11:13 AM|

Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad on Tuesday pledged to reduce Cambodia’s trade deficit with Malaysia by looking to import more Cambodian rice and fruit into the Malaysian market.

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Kem Sokha’s family facing intimidation, lawyers say at arrest’s two-year mark

3 Sep 2019 3:26 PM|

A lawyer for detained opposition leader Kem Sokha said his client’s family members were facing “intimidating” surveillance as the arrest marked two years on Monday.

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Ex-governor jailed for 13 years for killing mistress

3 Sep 2019 9:50 AM|

The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Monday sentenced former Takeo provincial governor Lay Vannak to 13 years in jail for the murder of his mistress last year and covering it up as a suicide.

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Activists, students, monks call for end to timber processing, exports

2 Sep 2019 3:26 PM|

A petition from more than 100 activists, monks and students called for the closure of all of the country’s sawmills and the cancellation of remaining timber export licenses in a bid to protect Cambodia’s forests and natural resources.

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Kem Sokha lawyers continue to ask for end to treason case

2 Sep 2019 2:05 PM|

Lawyers for former opposition leader Kem Sokha said on Sunday that they were still working to have the treason charge against Sokha dropped almost two years after his arrest on September 3, 2017.

Journalists ·

RFA journalists’ espionage verdict delayed

30 Aug 2019 5:08 PM|

The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Friday delayed issuing a verdict against two Radio Free Asia journalists charged with espionage. Oun Chhin and Yeang Sothearin were arrested in November 2017 and charged with “illegally providing information to a foreign state” under Article 445 of the Criminal Code. They have since had production of pornography added to the charges against them and face a prison term of seven to 15 years.

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Fitch upgrades growth forecast for year but notes oncoming economic challenges

27 Aug 2019 1:07 PM|

Fitch Solutions on Friday slightly raised its 2019 growth forecast for Cambodia but predicted a slowdown over the next two years amid rising headwinds to exports growth.

Journalists ·

Four journalists accused of extortion in Pursat

27 Aug 2019 10:16 AM|

The Pursat Provincial Court on Thursday charged four journalists working as information agents for the National Police with fraud for allegedly extorting money from the owner of a gasoline station in Bakan district.