The failure of Land Minister Chea Sophara to prevent Sihanoukville resorts from spewing sewage along formerly pristine beaches — despite his proclamations of success — has sparked a call for his resignation by environmental group Mother Nature.
The Labor Ministry has announced that authorities will be ordered to shutter brick factories that allow children to enter their production facilities, in an effort to put a stop to the dangerous and illegal use of child labor in the industry.
Illegal logging and timber trafficking are continuing with impunity as local administrators and government officials become complacent under the country’s single-party rule, two NGO officers said.
The frequency of child rape cases has shown no sign of slowing in the past three years despite efforts to combat the crime, the government’s anti-human trafficking chief and a leading NGO said on Wednesday.
A group of reporters have been taken to court in Kampot province for clashing with customs officers while filming the movement of goods coming in from Vietnam.
Wat Samakki Raingsey, a Buddhist pagoda in Phnom Penh famous for offering shelter to land dispute victims visiting the city to protest their cases from around the country, has been formally legally recognized 22 years after its founding.
The lawyer for a Cambodian translator on trial for his role in the production of a controversial documentary about alleged underage sex trafficking demanded that
The Appeal Court overturned the convictions of six union leaders sentenced in December over accusations of instigating violence during street protests in 2013 and 2014.
The early release of a prominent businessman’s daughter after she sped her Range Rover through an intersection and killed a university student was criticized on
Twelve police officers have been questioned by Interior Ministry investigators about a complaint filed against Kandal provincial police chief Iv Chamroeun accusing him of being a “dictator,” mistreating his officers and taking part in corrupt practices.
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