The Phnom Penh Post - ENGLISH: “Human cost of land concessions high: UN special rapporteur” plus 9 more

The Phnom Penh Post - ENGLISH: “Human cost of land concessions high: UN special rapporteur” plus 9 more


Human cost of land concessions high: UN special rapporteur

Posted: 27 Aug 2012 10:02 PM PDT

120828_02Cambodia's UN special rapporteur, Surya Subedi, conducted two fact-finding missions to Cambodia in drafting his 2012 report examining political rights in Cambodia.

Monks join anti-malaria campaign

Posted: 27 Aug 2012 10:02 PM PDT

120828_02bMore than 70 monks and nuns joined village health workers and government officials in a malaria education march.

Drug charges await general, ‘accomplices’

Posted: 27 Aug 2012 10:02 PM PDT


Police has picked up two more alleged accomplices of the two-star Royal Cambodian Armed Forces general arrested on suspicion of drug trafficking.

Armed robbery duo appeal case

Posted: 27 Aug 2012 10:02 PM PDT

Two armed robbers convicted of stealing US$124,000 in two separate robberies of businessmen appealed their sentences, with one denying any involvement.

Women acquitted after death deemed suicide

Posted: 27 Aug 2012 10:02 PM PDT

120828_04bTwo Korean women who have spent the past 14 months behind bars on suspicion of murdering a countryman were set free by the Phnom Penh Municipal Court.

Bonuses ‘won’t end strikes’

Posted: 27 Aug 2012 10:01 PM PDT

120828_05aCentral to the demands of strikers at four garment factories in Cambodia has been an increase in bonuses and allowances, but workers are demanding better pay.

Pailin land dispute brought to Phnom Penh

Posted: 27 Aug 2012 10:01 PM PDT

About 100 villagers from Pailin province travelled to the capital to ask Prime Minister Hun Sen to intervene in their 70-hectare land dispute with the provincial governor.

Boeung Kak women hit streets again

Posted: 27 Aug 2012 10:01 PM PDT

120828_05bTwo months after their release from Prey Sar prison, members of the so-called Boeung Kak 13 called for authorities to mark out land promised to their community.

Pair deny trafficking charge

Posted: 27 Aug 2012 10:01 PM PDT

Two foreign men arrested in a police sting that netted 936 grams of amphetamines denied their charges and pled not guilty at Phnom Penh Municipal Court.

Woman lights her body aflame

Posted: 27 Aug 2012 10:01 PM PDT

Police believe a 63-year old mother, whose burned body was found by villagers in Kampot's Banteay Meas district, self-immolated.

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