Property tycoon Sok Bun and five local officials in Preah Sihanouk province were arrested by the Anti-Corruption Unit and charged by the Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Monday for allegedly encroaching on state land, a court prosecutor said.
UPDATE (5 p.m.) — Rescue teams discovered two more survivors and two dead bodies in the wreckage of a collapsed building in Sihanoukville this afternoon.
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 Chinese owners of a Sihanoukville casino leaking streams of wastewater into the ocean have been threatened with arrest by provincial authorities, who say the resort complex is being built illegally and despite repeated official warnings.
An advertisement offering the land title to a 1-hectare plot of sea off the coast of Kampot is under investigation by provincial authorities following an outcry.
A widely shared video showing almost 20 tattooed men aggressively chanting about chaos in Sihanoukville was possibly linked to a Chinese criminal group, the Chinese Embassy has suggested, sparking a police investigation.
Preah Sihanouk provincial police arrested two men allegedly involved in murdering another man and dumping his body onto the streets of Sihanoukville.
The Preah Sihanouk Provincial Court has charged the eight residents of Prey Nob district’s Bit Traing commune who were arrested last week over a land dispute that turned violent when they began hurling rocks at police sent to clear their homes.
Eight people were arrested on Friday for using violence against authorities after they pelted rocks at police sent by the Preah Sihanouk Provincial Court to enforce orders to clear their homes in the coastal province’s Prey Nob district.
Dark discharges of sewage are being released into Sihanoukville’s Independence Beach, environmental activists say, contradicting a recent proclamation by Land Minister Chea Sophara that he had reined in polluting seaside businesses.
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