Kandal province residents whose homes fell into the Bassac river said Thursday that they’re sleeping in plastic tents while they wait for the government to respond to their concerns over the collapsing riverbank and nearby sand dredging.
Cambodia’s only patient confirmed to have contracted the novel coronavirus was allowed to leave hospital quarantine on Monday morning after he tested negative for the new viral strain, the Health Ministry said.
UPDATED 8:41 p.m. — The 60-year-old man flew from Wuhan city to Cambodia on January 23 and developed a fever and runny nose on Saturday, ministry spokesman Ly Sovann told VOD in a message.
Police say they have yet to make any arrests in the beating of a former opposition commune councilor on Monday.
Banned opposition party leader Kem Sokha urged the court to question U.S. officials if the presiding judge doesn’t believe his stated relationship with foreign states.
A seven-story building under construction collapsed on Friday in coastal province Kep, with about 20 workers believed to be trapped under the debris.
The minor Grassroots Democratic Party (GDP) suggested increasing subsidized loans to rice millers to $100-200 million a year to help farmers struggling with depressed prices as they flood the market with millions of tons of surplus rice.
The Appeal Court on Monday upheld the Phnom Penh municipal court’s decision to reinvestigate the case against two former Radio Free Asia reporters.
The Appeal Court ordered the release of a disabled opposition supporter who was imprisoned for more than five months for insulting Prime Minister Hun Sen on Facebook.
The Appeal Court will announce on December 30 whether the case against Radio Free Asia journalists Yeang Sothearin and Uon Chhin on “pornography” charges will proceed, the court said after a hearing today.
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