Vow of Silence After Clash Erupts Over Local Monk
A contract pledging quiet has been signed by a bitterly divided community that saw hundreds of residents clash over allegations that the local monk chief pocketed the pagoda’s money.
A contract pledging quiet has been signed by a bitterly divided community that saw hundreds of residents clash over allegations that the local monk chief pocketed the pagoda’s money.
A defrocked senior monk who hit a 14-year-old monk in the head with a plate was charged with intentional violence and put in jail for pretrial detention, according to Takeo authorities.
A senior monk at Takeo’s Bati district pagoda was defrocked and sent to the provincial court after allegedly hitting a 14-year-old monk over the head with a plate during an argument, the district police chief said.
Around 1,000 workers in Kampong Speu protested outside the factory they work at because employers decided to cut their wages because they took a day off to celebrate the Lunar New Year holiday.
Prime Minister Hun Sen called for proper conduct in implementing school rules Thursday, reacting to a social media controversy over haircuts performed at a Battambang high school in which two teachers were criticized for shaving boys’ hair inside the classroom.
Prime Minister Hun Sen told the minister of information to “call all online journalists to get education” in a speech after a TV reporter faced criticism for his behavior while doing a live video of a Phnom Penh traffic accident earlier this week.
The burnt-out shell of Poipet’s Grand Diamond casino once again lit up in flames nearly a month after a deadly fire killed at least 28, as Cambodian families still await identification of lost relatives.
A high school in Battambang’s Sampov Loun district came under social media fire after posting nearly 100 photos online of two teachers shaving boys’ hair during the school day, which the school said was needed for “discipline” but critics said constituted harassment.
The Golden Sorya Mall, which billed itself as Phnom Penh’s Pub Street, has finally been taken down after over a decade of being a famous part of the seedier side of the city’s nightlife.
The Information Ministry has taken down a statement that appeared to show the Candlelight Party applauding the arrest of its vice president, but blamed poor organization in the opposition party for “releasing information without consensus and creating chaos.”
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