The Phnom Penh Municipal Court brought another incitement case against political analyst Kim Sok as well as two other government critics, who are accused of spreading misinformation to cause hatred toward the government.
There have been at least 10 alleged deaths at a so-called vocational center run by the government, said a rights group, which called for immediate closure of the facility.
A group of suspects is being questioned by the Preah Sihanouk Provincial Court in connection to “illegal gambling” and “money laundering” after police raided a Sihanoukville building, finding 223 foreign nationals, months after a string of similar raids on scam compounds.
The second of two defamation and incitement cases against a political commentator has resurfaced and was heard today in court.
More than 180 apparently government-leaning unions have accused two pro-worker labor rights groups of sowing dissent among unions to split them and affect solidarity in the workers’ movement.
In a report this week, the World Bank said some 460,000 Cambodians had fallen back into poverty due to Covid-19. For a Phnom Penh family of four, that meant spending as little as $1.25 total on food per day.
Government construction teams are constantly having to repair sections of National Road 3 — which was extensively damaged earlier this year — as the “nonstop” makeshift restorations are not lasting long.
Nearly 100 families living near Takhmao city are facing eviction as authorities pledge to restore the heavily-polluted river running next to their homes in a project linked to a real estate company with connections to the prime minister’s family.
Farmers are struggling to harvest their rice crops thanks to late rains this year, as they already face low sales prices. Rainy season is expected to finish in early December as opposed to the end of October.
Residents living along Prek Tnaut river that snakes from Kampong Speu to Kandal say they have mostly stayed away from using the polluted river, but are now seeing it turn an oily black color and smell noxious.
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