In brief, Preak Sihanouk provincial governor demands inquiry into recent gun violence. Meanwhile, the NEC is suing Son Chhay for defamation, and the apparel giant Adidas has decried police action against labor leaders in Kampong Chhnang.
The Kuy community has long been in dispute with Sambath Platinum, to which in 2011 the state granted nearly 2,500 hectares of land for a rubber plantation in Boeng Per Wildlife Sanctuary.
The Cambodian-American lawyer jailed this week amid an opposition mass trial was relocated without the knowledge of her lawyer.
The head of Poipet’s commune election committee said she had rejected the complaint because it didn’t identify any individuals.
Workers seeking compensation from the shuttered Canteran Apparel garment factory have moved their tents to the sidewalk after they were made to leave the factory compound, they said.
Social media photos show mostly older voters handed a pen and mock ballot and, under supervision from officials, shown how to pick the CPP.
Four Kampong Chhnang residents were bitten by a wild animal they are calling a “wolf,” and which they say they have now cooked and eaten.
The Global Initiative report, based on interviews with survivors, families and civil society groups, said such trafficking had been on the rise due to the livelihood impacts of Covid-19 and heightened prevention measures in Vietnam that shifted more of the trade to Cambodia.
The potential scope of the destruction of the forest, home to a wildlife rescue center and endangered animals, was not previously disclosed.
Locals attempting to protect the Kampong Speu forest say ten trailers full of logs per day are being removed with the oversight of soldiers.
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