A volunteer group has been working for the last two months to clean up the riverbank in Chroy Changva district, while also trying to change people’s behaviors when it comes to trash disposal.
A former provincial governor and his ex-provincial police deputy brother have had their 13- and 10-year prison sentences for the murder of a mistress upheld by the Supreme Court, which also upheld an incitement conviction against journalist Ros Sokhet.
NagaWorld strike participation swelled to around 1,000 active and laid-off workers Tuesday evening, as members of the union waited to hear from its leadership who met with the casino’s management and Phnom Penh authorities all day Tuesday.
Prime Minister Hun Sen granted the Justice Ministry permission to sell 140 hectares of Boeng Tamok lake and use the proceeds for infrastructure upgrades, according to a royal decree, with the new diktat coming weeks after the ministry was given land in the lake area.
NagaWorld workers ended the second day of their strike in Phnom Penh Sunday evening, and have said they would return on Monday even though they could face legal charges or disciplinary action from the casino firm.
AirAsia announced on Thursday it would resume flights to Cambodia in January, but Phnom Penh’s airport operator expects arrivals in 2022 to be “far from the prepandemic level of traffic of 2019.”
More than 200 civil society members and activists gathered for a celebration of human rights on Friday, held almost a month after at least 18 activists and protestors were released from prison.
Three raids in Sen Sok, Boeng Keng Kang’s Street 302 and a condo on Koh Pich netted nearly 86,000 pink ecstasy tablets, 155,000 grey tablets and 50 kg of powder.
Hundreds of Phnom Penh families protested in the capital on Monday, highlighting two ongoing and long-standing disputes in the city.
Eng Malai is the sixth activist to be released since Friday, with two of her Khmer Thavrak colleagues, Hun Vannak and Chhoeun Daravy, expected to be released this month.
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