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Residents hold banners demanding tycoon Leng Channa of Brilliant City refund them on February 12, 2024, as they fall into debt with banks. (Supplied)

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Investment Fraud And Online Scams Lead To Financial Losses For Cambodian Victims

25 Apr 2024 10:17 AM|
Ly Rosslan|

It started off small for Noun Noeut, a 60-year old father from Battambang. He invested $5,000 in the land investment company Brilliant City World. But he said his nephew, an employee of the company, urged him to invest even more. With the company promising Noeut interest on his investment every month, he started collecting money from his children and taking out bank loans, ultimately handing over $55,000.

Boeung Tamok community residents and their children march to the Royal Palace to submit a petition to the King to seek his help to resolve their land dispute, March 18, 2024. (CamboJA/Pring Samrang)

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Boeung Tamok Residents Desperately Seek King’s Help To Resolve Land Dispute

19 Mar 2024 11:03 AM|

About 40 Boeung Tamok community residents marched from the night market to the Royal Palace to petition the King to intervene in the Boeung Tamok development, which has affected their homes and livelihoods.

A pit mine belonging to a gold company in Ratanakiri province in 2023. (Supplied)

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R’kiri Provincial Authorities Deport Vietnamese After Illegal Gold Mining Swoop

18 Mar 2024 9:04 PM|

Ratanakiri provincial authorities arrested 26 Vietnamese illegal gold miners in Ta Veng District, who were deported back to Vietnam through the O'Yadav international border with impunity.

Former Bavet governor Chhouk Bandith leaves court after an appeal hearing at the Court of Appeal in Phnom Penh on February 27, 2013. (CamboJA/ Pring Samrang)

Human Rights ·

Ex-Bavet Governor Who Shot at Protestors Promoted To Senior Interior Ministry Position

15 Mar 2024 12:05 PM|

A former Bavet governor who was jailed for injuring three people when he shot a gun into a crowd in 2012 was promoted to a senior official position at the Interior Ministry in January. Union and civil society groups are criticizing the move.

Around 600 workers of Y&W Garments Co.,LTD protest in front of the factory to ask the Ministry of Labor for intervention on March 9, 2024. (CamboJA /Runn Sreydeth)

Human Rights ·

Court Orders Seizure of Y&W Assets To Compensate Workers’ Salaries, Though Concerns Linger

15 Mar 2024 11:47 AM|

Workers at Chinese-owned Y&W Garment Co Ltd remain sceptical despite Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training’s promise to resolve the issue of missed wages and benefits after the factory owner ran away.

Royal Gendarmerie forces have been deployed in Pursat province for a month-long operation to stamp out national resource crimes, as shown in a photo posted on Royal Gendarmerie Facebook page on March 12, 2024.

Environment ·

Royal Gendarmerie Arrests 11 Pursat Residents in Wildlife Crime Crackdown

14 Mar 2024 4:06 PM|

Cambodia's Royal Gendarmerie arrested 11 Pursat province residents Tuesday after the military force deployed nearly 300 of its officers to crack down on natural resource crimes. Officers confiscated 11 makeshift huts, nine motorbikes, one electrofishing device, 23 pieces of cut wood, 10 chainsaws and seven plant seedlings, according to a Thursday Royal Gendarmerie Facebook post.

Jutta Urpilainen, European Commissioner for International Partnerships and Minister of Industry, Science Technology and Innovation Hem Vanndy at the Bakheng Water Treatment Plant in Phnom Penh on March 13, 2024. (CamboJA/ Pring Samrang)

National ·

EU’s $13m Grant To Help Two Million City Folks Access Clean Water

14 Mar 2024 7:39 AM|

The European Union has approved a $13 million grant for Cambodia to expand phase three of the Bakheng Water Treatment Plant and improve clean water access for over two million residents in Phnom Penh and Ta Khmao city.

European Commissioner for International Partnerships Jutta Urpilainen and Education Minister Hang Chuon Naron visit Chumpou Voan General and Technical High School in Phnom Penh on March 12, 2024. (CamboJA/ Pring Samrang)

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European Union and Cambodia Launch $53 Million Technical Education Initiative

13 Mar 2024 6:12 PM|

On Tuesday the European Union and the Cambodian government launched four new programs designed to promote sustainability and energy efficiency in the country, including a $53.1 million initiative to improve technical education. This education initiative, part of the EU’s larger Global Gateway strategy, focuses on providing young Cambodians with the necessary technical skills for careers in green and digital fields.

A restaurant staff removes STT’s photos after local authorities shut down the exhibition in Chbar Ampov on February 25, 2024, a photo post on STT’s Facebook.

Human Rights ·

CSOs Continue To Press Authorities to Allow Banned STT Photo Exhibition To Resume

12 Mar 2024 9:47 PM|

Some 62 civil society organizations (CSOs) including Licadho, Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR), and local communities have urged the authorities to allow Sahmakum Teang Tnaut’s (STT) photo exhibition to resume after it was shut down two weeks ago.

Boeung Tamok Residents Desperately Seek King’s Help To Resolve Land Dispute

R’kiri Provincial Authorities Deport Vietnamese After Illegal Gold Mining Swoop

Ex-Bavet Governor Who Shot at Protestors Promoted To Senior Interior Ministry Position

Court Orders Seizure of Y&W Assets To Compensate Workers’ Salaries, Though Concerns Linger

Royal Gendarmerie Arrests 11 Pursat Residents in Wildlife Crime Crackdown

CSOs Continue To Press Authorities to Allow Banned STT Photo Exhibition To Resume

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Investment Fraud And Online Scams Lead To Financial Losses For Cambodian Victims

Boeung Tamok Residents Desperately Seek King’s Help To Resolve Land Dispute

R’kiri Provincial Authorities Deport Vietnamese After Illegal Gold Mining Swoop

Ex-Bavet Governor Who Shot at Protestors Promoted To Senior Interior Ministry Position

Court Orders Seizure of Y&W Assets To Compensate Workers’ Salaries, Though Concerns Linger

Royal Gendarmerie Arrests 11 Pursat Residents in Wildlife Crime Crackdown

EU’s $13m Grant To Help Two Million City Folks Access Clean Water

European Union and Cambodia Launch $53 Million Technical Education Initiative

CSOs Continue To Press Authorities to Allow Banned STT Photo Exhibition To Resume

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Restrictions and Violations Against Fundamental Freedoms Up 11 Percent in 2023

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