The government will continue to support Siem Reap tourism workers as the sector continues to struggle in the temple city, a Labor Minister official said Thursday, but will suspend monthly payments for other tourism workers.
Scuffles have broken out on the road outside a CNRP mass-trial verdict hearing at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court as officers dragged away defendant Seng Chan Theary, a Cambodian-American opposition activist.
A chicken farmer is out of jail after serving 18 months for an online “chicken coop” commentary mimicking Covid-19 orders, and now plans to join the opposition Candlelight Party to push for better protection of rights.
Men charged in the high-profile case changed their testimonies on Thursday, deflecting blame from the former Khmer Rise Party leader.
A chorus of political parties are decrying the conduct of the June 5 commune election, with the Candlelight Party calling for reforms to the NEC to ensure a smoother process.
Palm sugar production is barely meeting half of this year’s target output because of early rains and unpredictable weather, an industry association said.
For some, the Candlelight Party’s single-digit wins in communes is simply “unbelievable.” Others point to voter intimidation and the dearth of neutral observers as burying the voters’ “real” will.
In a statement issued in the morning, the Candlelight Party said it did not consider Sunday’s election to have been free and fair, and that results did not reflect the will of the Cambodian people.
The ruling Cambodian People’s Party is claiming a near-clean sweep of the country’s 1,652 communes, as the NEC’s preliminary results from around 13% of communes so far suggest the party is on track to a whitewash.
A Candlelight Party district working group member was arrested at a polling center on Sunday for alleged bag-snatching, the party said, though local police denied any issues.
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