Kandal Provincial Police Chief Iv Chamroeun faces a complaint alleging he siphoned election funds, kept cars confiscated from criminals and took bribes from cockfighting rings, among 16 total accusations.
Thousands of workers are expected to gather across Phnom Penh for International Labor Day rallies on Wednesday, with independent workers union leaders vowing to defy a government ban on marching and restrictions on attendance numbers.
Battambang Provincial Governor Nguon Ratanak has warned Cambodian migrant workers returning from Thailand for upcoming Khmer New Year celebrations not to accuse border crossing officials of demanding bribes.
Phnom Penh Municipal Governor Khuong Sreng has appealed to city officials and police to allow NGOs to hold public events and work freely without threats.
A group of young people hoping to celebrate the Khmer New Year by cleaning up Phnom Penh’s heavily polluted Beoung Trabek canal and raise awareness for the environment were stopped by local authorities who said the area was too dirty.
Almost 700 villagers from Kompong Speu province protested outside the Land Management Ministry on Thursday to demand more than the $500 in compensation they were offered for losing several hectares of land each to a ruling party senator’s sugarcane plantation.
Women wearing surgical masks and claiming to be acting on behalf of authorities prevented a protest in front of the Russian Embassy on Wednesday over the jailing of a journalist who helped report on child trafficking for Moscow’s RT service.
A man who went missing after being arrested over a land dispute in Preah Vihear province in January has been found hiding at a relative’s house.
The U.N. says it has closed its investigation into a Preah Vihear land protester whose whereabouts have been unknown since his arrest by authorities in January.
Civil society organizations have appealed to the government to stop the use of violence against women human rights defenders.
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