Seng Hour has been listening to politician Khem Veasna’s sermons for three years. So last month, when Veasna predicted a worldwide flood, he left his job in South Korea to escape the disaster to join Veasna at his farm in Siem Reap.
Cambodian workers who left their jobs in South Korea in fear of politician Khem Veasna’s prophecy that the world would end in flooding have started to return, hoping to get their old jobs back, a Cambodian association there says.
A 36-year-old scavenger accused of stealing under $30 of car equipment died after three days in police custody in Phnom Penh, as the family alleges violence but police and an autopsy say the death was caused by a chronic illness.
Thai suspects — including a major trafficker wanted for killing a Thai police officer — arrested in a drugs raid that led to a fatal shootout and the seizure of 40 kg of drugs have now been provisionally charged with drug trafficking, police said.
A government spokesman has said that journalists should report to the provincial information department when frequently reporting in a jurisdiction, a suggestion rejected by an independent-media advocate.
Authorities met again over the country’s ongoing human trafficking scourge, in a committee headed by National Police and military police bosses Neth Savoeun and Sao Sokha — pledging action regardless of any suspected links to those officials.
Police say they didn’t find the four, whose rescues were requested by their embassy this month, in Koh Kong’s Union Development Group site.
Police are questioning two U.S. men and one Indonesian woman who last week said they had been detained at an online business.
For as many as 2 million Cambodians living and working in Thailand, making a trip back to their communes to vote will be too difficult in the coming days. Workers and organizers there say obstacles and lack of absentee voting only breeds mistrust.
Informed by her experience with domestic violence and discrimination, a Takhmao city commune-chief candidate is hoping to upset the ruling party’s streak, pledging to change the culture of commune politics.
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