Kratie residents sold cows and took out loans in a frenzy to invest in a get-rich-quick scam run by a local man claiming to be from a development NGO, losing tens of thousands of dollars before they detained the man themselves and handed him over to police, according to local officials.
More than 1,000 constructions have been left unfinished in Preah Sihanouk province, said provincial officials. Sihanoukville, in particular, was in recent years the epicenter of a nationwide construction boom.
Unions and NGOs have asked the Prime Minister Hun Sen to intervene in the prolonged NagaWorld strike action, which has reached a stalemate with small protests occurring weekly and the Labor Ministry saying the case was out of its hands.
Eighty-nine Thais were removed from Cambodian scam compounds, Malaysia said it was working on the rescues of 60 nationals, and Vietnamese workers were brutally beaten in Cambodia, according to recent news reports from around the region.
Authorities’ seizure of two overweight grain trucks carrying Cambodian produce over the Thai border sparked protest by hundreds of farmers and the arrest of four alleged instigators.
Hun Sinath urged the Interior Ministry take action and made an hourlong video to deny interfering in a domestic abuse and divorce case.
Dozens of undocumented Cambodian migrant workers have been dismissed from a Thai dried-durian factory after being brought there by job brokers, leaving them in a vulnerable state in an incident that underscores the risks of ongoing illegal migration.
Representatives from 10 unions and labor groups encouraged NagaWorld casino protesters during a rally in Phnom Penh on Tuesday, as a union federation leader said her members — largely in the garment sector — could join the strike if there was still no solution after two weeks.
The Ministry of Information has started posting government news in Arabic in a bid to attract investors from the Middle East region, said a ministry spokesperson.
Several farming families spoke of villages losing working-age men and women; rising costs and debts after switching to machine farming as a result; and the fear of bankruptcy and migration.
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