Four people trapped in forced labor inside a central Phnom Penh condominium reached out to Interior Minister Sar Kheng for help, leading to a raid this week that removed 274 foreign nationals from the Boeng Keng Kang apartment building.
The Khmer Will Party, which announced intentions of uniting with the Candlelight Party this week, quickly had its officials removed from the Supreme Consultative Council. The U.N.’s human rights envoy to Cambodia raised concerns about Cambodia’s upcoming national election, recalling the “unfair” dissolution of the political opposition and drawing attention to ongoing mass trials.
CCHR’s Chak Sopheap will attend a hearing at Kem Sokha’s trial this week. Sixteen Vietnamese nationals arrested from a suspected Siem Reap compound were sent to court.
The unrelated incidents have left at least six people dead, as police investigate the boat’s deadly transport of Chinese nationals.
Hundreds of people from three different provinces who are involved in prolonged land disputes held separate gatherings this week to ask authorities for help.
The Supreme Court rejected a motion from Cambodian-American lawyer Seng Chan Theary to release her from prison pending appeals to her June conviction as part of a mass trial against CNRP members.
The Ream transfer shows details of the government’s exchange not typically released in other deals, even those involving vast tracts of land.
Prime Minister Hun Sen ordered local officials to crack down on illegal gambling in villages. MFIs said they will conduct their own study in response to a German microloan survey.
The Preah Sihanouk provincial administration announced police are investigating a Sihanoukville business, a possible targeting of an illegal operator following a series of recent human trafficking rescues from scam compounds.
About 57 food and souvenir stalls directly next to Angkor Wat temple have not left their sites as an official deadline passed.
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