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source: The Phnom Penh Post - Fri, 25 May 2012 13:06:33 GMT+0700

Boeung Kak women jailed after three-hour trial

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120525_02a Women from the Boeung Kak community, who were each sentenced yesterday to as long as two and a half years in prison, scream to friends and relatives from inside the Phnom Penh Municipal Court. Photograph: Meng Kimlong/Phnom Penh PostThirteen women protesters from Boeung Kak lake were yesterday sentenced to two and a half years in prison after a three-hour trial that was widely condemned as illegal – and which prompted SRP lawmaker Mu Sochua to urge the international community to suspend aid to Cambodia.   ..

Activist monk detained at Wat Botum

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120525_01 The Venerable Loun Savath (centre), a prominent rights activist, was detained by police, monks and unidentified plain-clothed men yesterday in Phnom Penh. Photograph: Hong Menea/Phnom Penh PostSenor members of the monastic community yesterday detained Buddhist monk Loun Savath, an award-winning human rights activist, after he took photos of protesting Boeung Kak lake villagers outside Phnom Penh municipal court...

Funcinpec, NRP set to merge

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120525_03 Prince Norodom Ranariddh (left), head of the Norodom Ranariddh Party, shares a toast with Funcinpec party President Nhek Bun Chhay (right) after signing an agreement to merge the two parties yesterday. Photograph: Stringer/Phnom Penh PostThe on-again, off-again dance between Funcinpec and the Norodom Ranariddh Party finally concluded yesterday, with the two opposition royalist parties agreeing to merge following the June 3 commune elections...

Suspected suicide: HRP reserve candidate found dead

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Suspected suicideA reserve candidate for the Human Rights Party apparently hanged himself on Wednesday night in Chirou II commune in Kampong Cham province’s Tbong Khmum district, police said yesterday. ..

Strikers back at table

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120525_04 Workers from SL Garment Processing (Cambodia)’s SL1 and SL2 factories protest yesterday in Phnom Penh’s Meanchey district. Photograph: Vireak Mai/Phnom Penh PostWorkers from SL Garment factories and union representatives held their second round of talks at the Ministry of Social Affairs yesterday as strikes at the Levi’s, Gap and H&M suppliers continued for the 12 day straight. ..

Family plot: uncle on run after niece’s death

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A murder suspect is on the run after allegedly shooting his niece several times yesterday with an assault rifle, after what authorities are calling a dispute regarding a land deal between the two in Kampong Cham’s Stung Trang district...

Battambang battle pits youth vs experience

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120525_05a Sam Rainsy Party candidate Sin Chan Pov Rozeth, 25, campaigns for commune chief in O’Char commune in Battambang town yesterday. At 25, she is the youngest candidate running in next month’s elections. Photograph: Pha Lina/Phnom Penh PostAt 25, Sin Chan Pov Rozeth is the youngest candidate running for commune chief in the June 3 election and faces a ruling party opponent more than half a century her senior...

Opposition reps share views

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Non-government organisations hosted a freewheeling forum yesterday in which opposition political parties held forth on a handful of topics critical to voters ahead of the June 3 commune elections. ..

Mondulkiri village’s residents say they’d rather die than run

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Mondulkiri provinceA combined force of police, soldiers and military police last night set a deadline of 8am this morning for villagers in Mondulkiri province’s tiny Rayum commune to leave their homes or face forcible eviction.  Authorities, who have surrounded the village for a week, say the villagers’ homes sit on land belonging to a Vietnamese rubber company, and that any homes still standing this morning will be demolished. Joint forces burned more than 50 homes on Tuesday and Wednesday, and today’s ultimatum has many villagers fearing for their safety, residents say. ..

Honda factory protest rolls into second day

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More than 90 per cent of employees at the Honda NCX factory in the capital’s Choam Chao commune protested for the second day yesterday, saying they would block the gates of the company today if there is no resolution to their grievances. ..

Police nab suspected meth dealer in capital

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One of three suspected drug dealers was arrested in a sting operation Wednesday night in Banteay Meanchey’s Poipet town, police said yesterday. ..

Police Blotter: 25 May 2012

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Attacker hacks moto driver, steals bikeA motodod was chopped with an axe and robbed of his motorbike in Oddar Meanchey’s Anlong Veng district on Wednesday. The victim, 25, was sitting on his motorbike waiting for passengers when the axe-wielding assailant chopped him three times. His wife said the motorbike was a newly purchased model. Police said they were searching for the attacker, but no witnesses had seen his face. The victim, who nearly died at the scene, is recovering in hospital. Kampuchea Thmey..

Silk producers look to sew up EU market ties

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120525_07 A woman weaves silk in Roka Korng 1 commune in Kandal province’s Muk Kampoul district last year. Photograph: Heng Chivoan/Phnom Penh PostCambodia's silk producers say they must cut costs in order to continue reaching troubled European markets, the primary target for the Kingdom’s sericulture products...

More Chinese firms weigh local investment

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Six companies from China’s Guangzhou city and Guangxi province met with Kim Sithan, Cambodia’s secretary of state at the Ministry of Commerce, yesterday to discuss investment in the countryHeavy machinery, fertiliser and chemical companies expressed interest in Cambodia’s agricultural sector and said they would seek more business information about Cambodia...

Underwood lifts Cambodia

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120525_22 Former England international Rory Underwood (centre) stands with CFR Tournament Director James Sterling (right) and Asian Rugby Football Union coach Deano Herewini at NagaWorld yesterday. Photograph: Sreng Meng Srun/Phnom Penh PostEnglish rugby legend Rory Underwood attended a press conference yesterday evening at NagaWorld ahead of his appearance as guest speaker at tomorrow night’s Cambodia Federation of Rugby Gala Dinner held in the resort’s Grand Ballroom...

Activist monk Loun Savath detained

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Luon_SavathLuon Savath speaks to reporters during a demonstration at Boeung Kak lake earlier this week. Photograph: Meng Kimlong/Phnom Penh PostSenior members of the monastic community this morning were involved in detaining Buddhist monk Loun Savath, an award-winning human rights activist, after he took photos of protesting Boeung Kak lake villagers outside Phnom Penh municipal court...

Defiance works: Amnesty

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120524_03 Workers demolish houses on the edge of Boeung Kak lake in Phnom Penh in 2010. More than 4,000 families have been affected by the Shukaku Inc development. Photograph: Will Baxter/Phnom Penh PostIn the face of increasing economic land concessions and ongoing restrictions on expression, disaffected Cambodians were increasingly taking to the streets with success, Amnesty International representatives said yesterday at the launch of their annual report...

Police destroy 50 homes in Mondulkiri

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With a looming deadline to move still two days away, police yesterday stormed tiny Rayum commune in Mondulkiri province, dismantling and burning at least 50 homes belonging to villagers embroiled in a land dispute with a Vietnamese rubber company...

The ’ill-willed’ spark cyber law: officials

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120524_04 A woman types a text message on a mobile phone at an office in Phnom Penh yesterday. Photograph: Will Baxter/Phnom Penh PostCambodia is drafting its first cyber law, a move designed to prevent “ill-willed groups or individuals” from spreading false information, government officials said yesterday...

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