As a treason trial against former opposition leader Kem Sokha resumed on Wednesday after a delay of nearly two years, lawyers attacked each other over the postponement, while the defendant said he had believed a reconciliation was in the cards.
International labor groups criticized NagaWorld’s “long-standing failure” to respect workers’ rights and authorities’ “undue interference” of a legitimate strike, as one representative said the groups would bring the dispute before the ILO and Asean, and affiliated workers overseas would also look to exert pressure.
Less than five months to commune elections, the ruling CPP and minor opposition parties are pointing to agriculture as key planks of their agendas, many echoing a desire to increase investment in farms and “find markets” for exports.
A woman sentenced for 16 years for trafficking women to work in Malaysia appealed her sentence on Tuesday, while a Takeo prosecutor urged the Appeal Court to issue heavier sentences for two men convicted of raping their under nieces.
The Bunong community is asking high-profile online cosmetics and jewelry seller Try Dana to visit them and join a traditional ceremony as an apology after Dana publicly disparaged her violent husband as “Bunong.”
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