A 16-year-old Cambodian girl from Mondulkiri province has been hospitalized in Malaysia with a nearly severed ear after allegedly being beaten and threatened by a woman who employed her as a maid, Cambodian officials said on Thursday.
Residents in a Kandal commune say it’s been five years since trash collection was stopped in their area — so people are using the local stream as a dumpsite, and it’s killing fish, making them sick and spoiling farmland.
A government sub-decree named the daughter and son-in-law of a CPP senator as the new owners of 600 hectares of land in Preah Sihanouk, claiming the state land and flooded forests were unused and not of public interest. Residents there disagree.
The government has granted nearly 200 hectares of Ream National Park and flooded forest land that a local official said was disputed in Preah Sihanouk province’s Prey Nob district to companies and private individuals, to the surprise of two commune officials.
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