The outlawed opposition party is attempting to disrupt the upcoming commune elections in 2022, alleged Interior Minister Sar Kheng, calling for local officials to be vigilant.
Yim Sinorn, who stepped down as president of the CNRP in South Korea in June, submitted a letter dated Wednesday to Hun Sen asking that authorities drop all charges against him and his colleagues.
Ung Ratana, director of the Ratanakiri provincial health department, said that as of Tuesday, more than 200 positive cases had been found at the Phat Dao plantation out of about 1,000 workers.
Environmentalist Chhorn Phalla has been arrested by Ratanakiri police after they called him in to update the address on his identification card, his lawyer said.
Migrant workers at a quarantine center in Siem Reap province are unhappy being placed with Covid-19 patients at the same facility, with one worker saying he has not been released from the center for two months despite testing negative.
The Agriculture Ministry has launched a lumpy skin disease vaccination campaign for cattle starting with priority provinces after more than 30,000 animals have contracted the disease, an official said.
Cambodia is ready to accept 300 Afghan refugees fleeing a Taliban-led government takeover before they head to a third country for resettlement, a spokesperson said.
Civil society groups are refusing consultations with the government and U.N. on establishing an independent national human rights body, saying they should not be talking about a new committee without showing genuine interest in promoting and protecting human rights.
A 35-year-old Phnom Penh man allegedly set up a fake checkpoint in Dangkao district pretending to be an official, stopping vegetable trucks to extort money, municipal military police said.
Some 21 police and Interior Ministry officials have died from Covid-19 out of 2,198 infections, the ministry said over the weekend.
Salt fields on lucrative Kampot coastland are being promised the backing of a new governmental working group to aid in competition against Thai and Vietnamese imports, but salt farmers are skeptical.
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