The Phnom Penh Post - ENGLISH: “Mourning villagers flee” plus 9 more

The Phnom Penh Post - ENGLISH: “Mourning villagers flee” plus 9 more


Mourning villagers flee

Posted: 17 May 2012 10:42 PM PDT

120518_01Hundreds of people fled in fear yesterday from the village in Kratie province where a bloody security forces crackdown the previous morning left a 14-year-old girl dead.

Strikers told they have it good

Posted: 17 May 2012 10:40 PM PDT

120518_05About 4,000 workers from two garment factories protested in Phnom Penh  yesterday for better working conditions – but bosses told them their 7.5 hour working days and free meals meant they had it pretty good.

Teachers to take leave and work in election

Posted: 17 May 2012 10:39 PM PDT

120518_02bTens of thousands of teachers are expected to walk out of classrooms this month and take jobs working as officials in commune elections, campaigning for which begins today, says the National Election Committee.

Cops say pay docked for party politics

Posted: 17 May 2012 10:37 PM PDT

The ruling Cambodian People's Party has been accused of cutting the salaries of national police officers to help fund its political campaign ahead of the country's commune elections on June 3.

Acid law still not complete

Posted: 17 May 2012 10:36 PM PDT

A 26-year-old man was badly burned by acid in Kampong Cham province's Memot district on Tuesday, in an accident that health workers say highlighted the need for the new acid law to be implemented in its entirety.

Drug pushers get 27 years

Posted: 17 May 2012 10:33 PM PDT

120518_03Two Taiwanese men were sentenced yesterday to 27 years in jail and fined 80 million riel (US$20,000) for smuggling heroin out of Cambodia.

Maid’s body cremated as employers await trial

Posted: 17 May 2012 10:30 PM PDT

Mey Sichan, the 24-year-old maid whose March death led to murder charges for her Malaysian employers, had been cremated after a closed-casket funeral.

Three more years for former anti-drug cop

Posted: 17 May 2012 10:28 PM PDT

The Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday sentenced Touch Muysor, the jailed for-mer municipal director of the Ministry of Interior's anti-drug department.

Alleged pedo busted by police in Siem Reap

Posted: 17 May 2012 10:26 PM PDT

A 41-year-old Japanese national was arrested by Siem Reap Anti-Human Trafficking and Juvenile Protection police yesterday and charged with sexually abusing a 12-year-old girl.

Koh Kong judge queries reporter in Wutty case

Posted: 17 May 2012 10:25 PM PDT

One of the journalists on the scene  when  environmentalist Chut Wutty was gunned down last month appeared in a Koh Kong provincial court yesterday to answer questions about the shooting incident, which also led to the death of military police officer In Rattana.

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