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Family members at Chan Oudom’s funeral in Kandal Province on October 8, 2023. (Supplied)

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Body of Cambodian Student, Perished in Hamas-Israel Conflict, Arrives Home

25 Oct 2023 8:12 PM|
Seoung Nimol|

The body of Cambodian student Chan Oudom, killed in his Israeli apartment after it was hit by missiles fired by Hamas on October 7, 2023, arrived in Cambodia on Monday night, according to Kandal provincial spokesperson Nou Peng Chandara.

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Wife pleads for Photoshopping activist’s release

2 Aug 2019 11:47 AM|

The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Thursday charged a former CNRP activist with incitement to discriminate and incitement to commit a felony and placed him in provisional detention. Kuch Kimlong, spokesman of the municipal court, said May Hong Srieng, 40, was charged with two counts incitement.

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Three Pursat officials charged with corruption

1 Aug 2019 11:11 AM|

A Pursat provincial land management director and his two subordinates were charged in the Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Wednesday for taking bribes to issue construction permits. Kuch Kimlong, spokesman of the municipal court, confirmed that prosecutors charged the department’s director, Liem Bunroeun; deputy Cheang Vuthy; and department official Te Buntheng with misappropriation of public funds.

Heng Sros rides his motorbike across Mondulkiri province.

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Environmentalists question whether crackdown will reach illegal logging’s roots

31 Jul 2019 4:34 PM|

Heng Sros rides his motorbike across Mondulkiri province, through the Phnom Prich Wildlife Sanctuary, to the Lumphat Wildlife Sanctuary, and finally into the Srepok Wildlife Sanctuary. Sros, an activist for the Cambodia Human Rights Task Force, hasn’t let up on his investigations on illegal logging, though he says his findings are consistently ignored by authorities.

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Nine ‘Obama’ club drug suspects sent to court

31 Jul 2019 2:55 PM|

The Preah Sihanouk provincial police sent nine Chinese nationals to the provincial court on Monday for alleged involvement in illicit drug distribution at the Obama nightclub in Sihanoukville. Police officials in Preah Sihanouk province raided the Obama nightclub on July 25 and arrested more than 100 Chinese and Cambodian club-goers suspected of drug use, possession, distributing, trafficking and provide a place for drug use.

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Cambodia’s construction sector remained strong

31 Jul 2019 2:20 PM|

Cambodia’s construction sector remained strong during the first four months of this year following a nearly 20 per cent drop last year, according to Ministry…

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Cargo traffic through the Sihanoukville Autonomous Port rose 16 percent

31 Jul 2019 2:18 PM|

In the first quarter of this year, cargo traffic through the Sihanoukville Autonomous Port rose 16 per cent year-on-year, according to Minister of Public Works…