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Agriculture Minister Dith Tina takes a selfie during a meeting with former GDP officials Yang Saing Koma and Loek Sothea and Prime Minister Hun Sen, in a photo posted to the premier's Facebook page on November 28, 2022.

GDP Leader Meets Hun Sen, Likely to Move to Agriculture Ministry

Opposition party leader and agriculture expert Yang Saing Koma and a colleague met with Prime Minister Hun Sen to discuss plans to recover the agriculture sector, with a ministry official saying he will be offered a secretary of state position in the government.

Kampong Cham Provincial Referral Hospital. (Kampong Cham Provincial Referral Hospital Facebook page)

Chemical, Methanol Fears as Three Dead From Banana Plantation

Health officials are pointing to methanol poisoning after 69 residents of a banana plantation were hospitalized — including children as young as 10 — and three men died, though some officials are also raising suspicions over chemical use.

The Loeuk Dek district police station in Kandal province. (Loeuk Dek police Facebook)

District Official Charged in Child Rape Case

A district official in Kandal province has been charged with the purchase of child prostitution following accusations of confining and raping a 14-year-old girl in a guesthouse, and potentially faces 7-15 years in jail.

Thel Thilen, one of the people protesting the start of a Vietnamese language department at the Royal University of Phnom Penh, photographed on August 29, 2022. (Hean Rangsey/VOD)

Two Anti-Vietnamese Youth Nationalists Arrested

Two anti-Vietnamese youth nationalists who petitioned against the formation of a Vietnamese language department at the Royal University of Phnom Penh in August were arrested Tuesday as they attempted to bring their protests to a public plaza.

Thel Thilen, one of the people protesting the start of a Vietnamese language department at the Royal University of Phnom Penh, photographed on August 29, 2022. (Hean Rangsey/VOD)

Nationalists Petition Against Vietnamese Language Department

A small group of youth activists submitted a petition to the Education Ministry asking it to cancel the formation of a Vietnamese language department at the Royal University of Phnom Penh’s Institute of Foreign Languages.