The Phnom Penh Post - ENGLISH: “Lake residents unveil plan” plus 9 more

The Phnom Penh Post - ENGLISH: “Lake residents unveil plan” plus 9 more


Lake residents unveil plan

Posted: 24 Feb 2011 12:02 AM PST

110224_2Residents from the city's Boeung Kak lake say they will continue to press requests that city authorities grant them on-site housing at the controversial lakeside development, following City Hall's rejection of a land sharing plan last week.

Land dispute: Protests grow in Prey Lang

Posted: 24 Feb 2011 12:02 AM PST

An additional 100 protesters gathered yesterday in Kampong Thom province's Sandan district, joining roughly 200 villagers that have demonstrated since Sunday against a rubber company they fear will clear their forested land.

Reporter files assault complaint over attack

Posted: 24 Feb 2011 12:02 AM PST

A journalist in Siem Reap province filed a complaint on Monday to provincial police officials against a logger he claimed assaulted him at a petrol station.

Joint human rights project announced

Posted: 24 Feb 2011 12:02 AM PST

The United States-based Robert F Kennedy Centre for Justice and Human Rights and the Cambodian civic education organisation CIVICUS launched an education programme in Phnom Penh yesterday designed to inspire students to become rights defenders.

Garment workers protest

Posted: 24 Feb 2011 12:01 AM PST

110224_4About 2,000 garment workers at the June Textile Company in Phnom Penh's Sen Sok district held a protest yesterday, demanding that the company fire two high-ranking factory officials, according to worker representative Chhoub Nith.

Religion dept: Workers say they are not getting paid

Posted: 24 Feb 2011 12:01 AM PST

Eight employees from the department of cults and religion in Preah Sihanouk province have filed a complaint to the provincial court against three senior officials they accuse of not paying their salaries.

Siem Reap river families agree to relocate

Posted: 24 Feb 2011 12:01 AM PST

More than 400 makeshift homes along the Siem Reap riverbank will be relocated in April as part of a planned environmental cleanup project

Cultural roots key to securing land rights for ethnic Kreung

Posted: 24 Feb 2011 12:01 AM PST

110224_6Oun Champei, the La Ak village chief and a Kreung indigenous community member, fears that urban culture is threatening his people's traditional way of life.

Police Blotter: 24 Feb 2011

Posted: 24 Feb 2011 12:01 AM PST

RUSSEI Keo district police arrested five men, aged between 17 and 23, shortly after they were accused of assaulting a 23-year-old man on Sunday night in Phnom Penh.

Land dealer in court over breach of trust

Posted: 24 Feb 2011 12:01 AM PST

A woman was charged with breach of trust in Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday over allegations that she stole US$31,000 from a woman who tried to buy land from her in Phnom Penh. Sar Saroeun

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