Tag: Families

A sign for the Piphup Deimeas company at its headquarters in Phnom Penh’s Prek Pnov district on August 8, 2023. (CamboJA/Pring Samrang)

Tycoon Hy Kimhong Released On Bail as Thousands of Families Continue To Face Serious Debt Problems

10 Nov 2023 11:08 AM|
Sovann Sreypich|

The court has decided to release Piphup Deimeas Company owner Hy Kimhong on bail although the case has yet to be resolved. Amid this, thousands…

The title graphic of the Licadho and Equitable Cambodia-produced quantitative study "Debt Threats" of microloan borrowers in Kampong Speu province. (Licadho and Equitable Cambodia)

New Study Records Impacts of Overindebtedness in Kampong Speu

29 Aug 2023 2:37 PM|
Jack Brook|

A quantitative study of microloan debt in Kampong Speu province published Tuesday by two human rights NGOs highlights the impacts of “widespread overindebtedness,” including coerced…

Farmland in Koh Kong province’s Chouk village returned to villagers in 2018 through a previous settlement, in a photo from May 31, 2023. (Supplied)

Koh Kong Families Settle Years-Long Land Dispute Involving U.K. Sugar Conglomerate

2 Jun 2023 5:08 PM|
Khuon Narim|

In Koh Kong province, 200 families embroiled in a conflict over land allegedly stolen by sugar producers in 2006 have finally reached a settlement in…