ACU sent threat: prince

Last Updated on 22 May 2013

By Vong Sokheng

P Penh Post 

Prince Thomico Sisowath has been told to declare his assets within one week or face time in prison. Photograph: Heng Chivoan/Phnom Penh Post

 

The Anti-Corruption Unit has threatened new opposition candidate Prince Thomico Sisowath with prison if he fails to declare his assets within a week, he claimed yesterday.

Thomico, a candidate for the Cambodia National Rescue Party in July’s National Election, said a letter from ACU president Om Yentieng had informed him that if he didn’t fully disclose his assets, he would face immediate legal action.

“I will not declare my assets, because the institution of the King is independent. Therefore, it should be not interfered with by the government or ACU,” he said.

ក្រុម​និស្សិត​សុំ​ឲ្យ​លុប​ចោល​អ្នក​រាយការណ៍​ពិសេស អ.ស.ប

បេសកកម្ម​របស់​អ្នក​រាយការណ៍​ពិសេស​អង្គការ​សហប្រជាជាតិ ស្ដីពី​ស្ថានភាព​សិទ្ធិ​មនុស្ស​នៅ​កម្ពុជា គឺ​លោក សុរិយា ស៊ូប៊ែឌី (Surya Subedi) នៅ​ថ្ងៃ​អង្គារ ទី២១ ខែ​ឧសភា នេះ ឈាន​ចូល​ដល់​ថ្ងៃ​ទី២​ហើយ។

2013-05-21

RFA

ស្ដាប់ ឬ ទាញ​យក​សំឡេង

ក្រុម​និស្សិត​លើក​បដា​តវ៉ា​ប្រឆាំង​នឹង​លោក សុរិយា ស៊ូប៊ែឌី នា​សកលវិទ្យាល័យ​មេគង្គ​កម្ពុជា នៅ​ថ្ងៃ​ទី២១ ខែ​ឧសភា ឆ្នាំ​២០១៣។

RFA/Leng Maly

ថ្ងៃ​នេះ​បន្ទាប់​ពី​ជួប​ពិភាក្សា​ការងារ​ជា​មួយ គ.ជ.ប នៅ​ប៉ុន្មាន​នាទី​មុន​នេះ លោក​ទើប​តែ​បញ្ចប់​ការ​ធ្វើ​បទ​ឧទ្ទេសនាម​របស់​លោក​ក្នុង​សិក្ខាសាលា​សិទ្ធិ ​មនុស្ស​មួយ​នៅ​សកលវិទ្យាល័យ​មេគង្គ​កម្ពុជា ក្រោម​ប្រធាន​បទ "ការ​ប្រឈម​ទៅ​នឹង​ការ​ផ្សះផ្សា​ជម្លោះ​ផល​ប្រយោជន៍​នៅ​ក្នុង​ច្បាប់​ស្ដីពី ​ការ​វិនិយោគ​បរទេស"។
នៅ​មុន​ការ​បញ្ចប់​បទ​ឧទ្ទេសនាម​របស់​លោក​ ក្រុម​និស្សិត​នៅ​ក្នុង​សិក្ខាសាលា​បាន​​ក្រោក​ឡើង​លើក​បដា​តវ៉ា ដោយ​មាន​សរសេរ​ពាក្យ​មួយ​ចំនួន​ដែល​មិន​ស្វាគមន៍​ចំពោះ​វត្តមាន​លោក សុរិយា ស៊ូប៊ែឌី​ នៅ​កម្ពុជា នោះ​ទេ។ ពួក​គេ​ថា លោក ស៊ូប៊ែឌី សរសេរ​តែ​របាយការណ៍​អវិជ្ជមាន​អំពី​កម្ពុជា។
សូម​អញ្ជើញ​ស្ដាប់​សេចក្ដី​រាយការណ៍​របស់​លោក ឡេង ម៉ាលី ដែល​ចុះ​ទៅ​យក​ព័ត៌មាន​នៅ​កន្លែង​នោះ​ដូច​តទៅ៖

លោក ស៊ូប៊ែឌី ជួប គ.ជ.ប លើក​ឡើងពី​​បញ្ហា​បោះឆ្នោតជាតិ នៅខែ​កក្កដា

ថ្ងៃ អង្គារ 21 ឧសភា 2013

លោក សូរិយា ប្រាសាទ ស៊ូប៊ែឌី អ្នករាយការណ៍​ពិសេស​អ.ស.ប ទទួលបន្ទុក​សិទ្ធិមនុស្ស​ប្រចាំ​កម្ពុជា

RFI/Bona Pen

ដោយ លី ម៉េងហួរ

នៅ​ព្រឹក​ថ្ងៃ​អង្គារ ទី​២១​ឧសភា​នេះ លោក ស៊ូ​រិយា ស៊ូ​ប៊ែ​ឌី អ្នករាយការណ៍​ពិសេស​អង្គការ​សហប្រជាជាតិ ទទួលបន្ទុក​សិទ្ធិមនុស្ស ប្រចាំ​កម្ពុជា បាន​ជួប​ជាមួយ​ថ្នាក់ដឹកនាំ​គណៈកម្មាធិការ​ជាតិ​រៀបចំ​ការបោះឆ្នោត គ​.​ជ​.​ប​.​។ លោក អ៊ឹម សួស្តី ប្រធាន គ​.​ជ​.​ប​. បាន​ចាត់​ទុក​កិច្ចប្រជុំ​ជាង ២ ម៉ោង​នៅ​ព្រឹក​មិញ ថា​ជា​ឱកាសល្អ ដែល​គ​.​ជ​.​ប​. បាន​ពន្យល់​ដល់​លោក ស៊ូ​ប៊ែ​ឌី អំពី​កង្វល់ ដែល​អ្នករាយការណ៍​ពិសេស បានឃើញ និង​បានឮ ពាក់ព័ន្ធ​នឹង​ការបោះឆ្នោតជាតិ នៅ​ខែ​កក្កដា​ខាងមុខ ដូចជា បញ្ហា​បញ្ជី​ឈ្មោះ​អ្នកបោះឆ្នោត និង​ការ​ជ្រើសរើស​មន្ត្រី​រៀបចំ​ការបោះឆ្នោត ជាដើម​។ ប៉ុន្តែ​លោក អ៊ឹម សួស្តី បាន​អះអាង​ថា អវត្តមាន​របស់​លោក សមរង្ស៊ី សម្រាប់​ការបោះឆ្នោត​ជាតិ នា​ខែ​កក្កដា​ខាងមុខ មិន​ត្រូវបាន​អ្នករាយការណ៍​ពិសេស​លើកឡើង​ទេ។​

Hun Sen Accused of Political Threats Ahead of Elections

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen spoke to the lower house of parliament in a nationally televised speech Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012, that was mandatory viewing for civil servants.

Sok Khemara

22 May 2013

WASHINGTON — Opposition leaders say Prime Minister Hun Sen continues to employ scare tactics to secure his hold on power, especially with the election on the horizon.

This includes fabricating charges in the courts for those Hun Sen deems a threat, Kem Sokha, vice president of the Cambodia National Rescue Party, told VOA Khmer.

“We think that this is a method and the same trick that he’s done before, over innocent people like Mam Sonando,” Kem Sokha said.

Sages fall flat when chiding China

A Tale of Two Factory Disasters: What Cambodia Can Teach Bangladesh

By Brendan Brady / Phnom PenhMay 20, 2013

Time World

Samrang Pring / Reuters

A garment worker attends a street march to mark International Labor Day in Phnom Penh on May 1, 2013

As the final death toll of the Bangladesh factory collapse reached 1,126 last week, a small section of the second floor of a shoe factory in Cambodia gave way. Two people died, but witnesses said it was a stroke of luck that the number wasn’t much higher. Then, on Monday, 10 more workers in Cambodia, including a pregnant woman, were injured when an outdoor platform where workers took breaks toppled over. The incidents linked two low-income countries whose export-driven garment and footwear industries supplying major international brands were already being discussed together — but as opposites.
In Bangladesh, before the Rana Plaza disaster, there had been a string of garment-factory fires since last November that claimed nearly 400 lives. But such calamities have been nearly nonexistent in Cambodia, whose garment industry has long been watched over by an International Labor

SAM RAINSY / POL HAM, CAMBODIA NATIONAL RESCUE PARTY, fund raising event in Sydney, Australia.

Mr. Sam Rainsy, president of the Cambodia National Rescue Party - addressing supporters and well wishers.

Mr. Sam Rainsy, president of the Cambodia National Rescue Party - addressing supporters and well wishers.

  

Mr. Sam Rainsy, president of the Cambodia National Rescue Party - addressing supporters and well wishers.

Sam Rainsy confident of returning to Cambodia to contest elections

Updated 21 May 2013, 14:48 AEST

Radio Australia

Yesterday, around 2,000 people took to the streets of Phnom Penh, demanding the reform of Cambodia's National Election Committee ahead of polls on the 28th of July.

The demonstrators submitted a petition at the EU delegation asking for an intervention and marched to the United Nations rights office where leaders briefly met with visiting UN envoy Surya Subedi.
The march was organised by the Cambodian National Rescue Party, which is a merger of the former Sam Rainsy Party and the Human Rights Party. It's the main opposition force against the powerful and well-entrenched CPP.
The Cambodian People's Party has ruled since the early 90's and Prime Minister Hun Sen has said he plans on staying in power for another 15 years.
Over the years, the political opposition has been met with grenade attacks, targetted assassinations and harrassment of its members and one of the key opposition voices, Sam Rainsy, is currently living in self-imposed exile.
He's currently in talks with the Cambodian Government to allow him back into the country.
Presenter: Liam Cochrane
Speaker: Sam Rainsy, President of the Cambodian National Rescue Party
RAINSY: Those talks conducted through the United Nations, a number of friendly governments.
COCHRANE: Can you give us a little bit more information about when they took place?
RAINSY: For instance the UN Special Envoy, Surya Subedi, is currently in Cambodia and he is going to meet Cambodian top officials to discuss among other things the holding of elections next July.
COCHRANE: Is he expected to meet Prime Minister Hun Sen?
RAINSY: I think so.
COCHRANE: In the past that has been difficult and he has not been able to get an audience with the Prime Minister. What makes you think he will this time round?
RAINSY: Because Cambodia cannot afford to be isolated and cannot afford to reject the UN recommendations for the forthcoming elections, otherwise any government arising from illegitimate elections would be considered illegitimate also.
COCHRANE: This isn't the first time you've found yourself in this situation, you were in exile previously after legal attacks from the government. You returned from exile I believe it was 2006 after a pardon was signed. On what terms will you return this time around?

Homeowners petition ADB

Last Updated on 21 May 2013
By Mom Kunthear and David Boyle
P Penh Post 

An abandoned rail carriage used as a playground for children living near the railway in Phnom Penh in 2012. Photograph: Vireak Mai/Phnom Penh Post

 

The occupants of 90 Phnom Penh households whose homes were partially or completely dismantled to make way for the Railway Rehabilitation Project partly funded by the ADB have demanded the bank offer them fair compensation.

In a letter submitted to the Inter-Ministerial Resettlement Committee, the ADB, the National Assembly and the Ministry of Economy and Finance yesterday, the villagers argued they had been unfairly locked out of compensation due to technicalities despite valid claims.

Luy Im, a representative of 23 complainants from Toul Sangke A, said she received only $100 in compensation after the front of her house was destroyed in 2011 to accommodate the works.

‘Terrorist group’ hits back at PM’s threats

Last Updated on 21 May 2013
By Stuart White
P Penh Post
 

The Khmer People Power Movement, a US-based opposition group, fired back yesterday against Prime Minister Hun Sen’s accusation that it is a terrorist movement, while observers warned the premier’s attendant threat of arrests bode poorly for the freedom of upcoming elections.

Last week, the premier accused the KPPM of training an armed insurrectionist force in Thailand, and of being interlinked with other terrorist groups hiding amongst the opposition – a guise he said would not spare them from arrest

The KPPM said Hun Sen’s speech amounted to little more than intimidation and reiterated its commitment to non-violence in a statement yesterday.

“The KPPM has only international law as its arms to put an end the criminal regime ruled by Hun Sen,” the statement read.

Koul Panha, executive director of election watchdog the Committee for Free and Fair Elections in Cambodia, said Hun Sen’s speech “creates an environment of fear among the opposition”.

Factory walkway collapses

Last Updated on 21 May 2013

By Shane Worrell and Chhay Channyda

P Penh Post 

Rescue workers look for casualties after a walkway collapsed at the Top World Garment factory on the outskirts of Phnom Penh yesterday, injuring at least 23. Photograph: Vireak Mai/Phnom Penh Post

 

Twenty-three garment workers, one of them a pregnant woman, were taken to hospital yesterday after a kiosk and a connecting concrete walkway at Top World Garment factory in the capital collapsed into a pond – days after two workers were crushed to death in a footwear factory in Kampong Speu province.

Workers said the 30-metre-long structure, comprising a concrete platform and iron roof, fell into the rubbish-filled water as they ate lunch shortly after 11:30am.

“I was standing on the end of the kiosk,” factory employee In Srey Nin, 30, said. “Five other people and myself helped pull a pregnant woman from the water.”

Subedi greeted by protesters

Last Updated on 21 May 2013
By Meas Sokchea and Joe Freeman
P Penh Post 

Supporters of the Cambodian National Rescue Party protest yesterday, calling for fair and just elections at Phnom Penh’s Freedom Park. Photograph: Heng Chivoan/Phnom Penh Post

Thousands of protesters marched yesterday to greet United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Surya Subedi – an oft-outspoken critic of the Cambodian government – with an eclectic mix of complaints.

Some 3,000 people in total, mostly opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party supporters, turned out for the demonstration timed to coincide with the latest fact-finding mission by Subedi, whose

relationship with the government has cooled since Prime Minister Hun Sen snubbed him in December.

The usual suspects were all there: the Boeung Kak and Borei Keila protesters, the assembled CNRP party faithful, and a man who is growing in stature as the opposition caretaker leader with the election race heating up, Kem Sokha.

អង្គភាព​ប្រឆាំង​អំពើ​ពុករលួយ​ព្រមាន​ដាក់​ទោស​ព្រះអង្គម្ចាស់ ធម្មិកោ

ដោយ វោហារ ជាតិ
2013-05-21

RFA

ព្រះអង្គម្ចាស់ ស៊ីសុវត្ថិ ធម្មិកោ លេខា​ផ្ទាល់​របស់​អតីត​ព្រះមហាក្សត្រ និង​ជា​ទីប្រឹក្សា​អម​ព្រះរាជ​ខុទ្ទកាល័យ​ព្រះមហាក្សត្រ ក្នុង​វេទិកា​អ្នក​ស្ដាប់​វិទ្យុ​អាស៊ីសេរី កាល​ពី​ថ្ងៃ​សុក្រ ទី១៩ ខែ​តុលា ឆ្នាំ​២០១២។

Photo: RFA

ភាព​ប្រឈម​មុខ​ដាក់​គ្នា​រវាង​សែ​រាជវង្ស​និង​អង្គភាព​ប្រឆាំង​អំពើ​ ពុករលួយ ​កំពុង​តានតឹង​​យ៉ាង​ខ្លាំង ដោយ​សារ​អង្គភាព​ប្រ​ឆាំង​អំពើ​ពុករលួយ​បង្ខំ​ឲ្យ​មន្ត្រី​ព្រះបរមរាជវាំង ប្រកាស​ព្រះ​រាជទ្រព្យ​សម្បត្តិ និង​បំណុល។ ក៏​ប៉ុន្តែ​មាន​សែ​រាជវង្ស​ខ្លះ​ជំទាស់​​ទៅ​នឹង​បទ​​បញ្ជា​នេះ ហើយ​ចោទ​​ទៅ​​​​មន្ត្រី​អង្គភាព​ប្រឆាំង​អំពើ​ពុករលួយ​វិញ​​ថា ជា​ឧបករណ៍​របស់​គណបក្ស​ប្រជាជន និង​រដ្ឋាភិបាល មាន​ចេតនា​កុង​កាច់​ខាង​នយោបាយ។

បក្ស​ប្រឆាំង​គ្រោង​ប្ដឹង​មន្ត្រី​រដ្ឋាភិបាល​រឿង​បំផ្លាញ​ធនធាន​ធម្មជាតិ

ដោយ ខែ សុណង និង រដ្ឋា វីសាល
2013-05-20

ស្ដាប់ ឬ ទាញ​យក​សំឡេង

តំណាង​រាស្រ្ដ​គណបក្ស​ សម រង្ស៊ី លោក សុន ឆ័យ

RFA/Den Ayuthyea

អង្គការ​ឃ្លាំមើល​ពិភពលោក (Global Witness) ឲ្យ​ដឹង​ថា ការ​សិក្សា​របស់​ខ្លួន និង​អង្គការ​ដទៃ​ទៀត បាន​រក​ឃើញ​ថា ជា​យូរ​មក​ហើយ​ដែល​កម្ពុជា មាន​បញ្ហា​ក្នុង​ការ​ចាត់ចែង និង​គ្រប់គ្រង​ធនធាន​ធម្មជាតិ។ ដំបូង​គេ​ឃើញ​មាន​វិបត្តិ​កើត​មាន​ចំពោះ​ព្រៃឈើ សម្បទាន​រ៉ែ ឧស្ម័ន​និង​ប្រេង ហើយ​ចុង​ក្រោយ​នេះ មាន​វិបត្តិ​កើត​ឡើង​ចំពោះ​ដី​សម្បទាន​សេដ្ឋកិច្ច ដែល​ប្រកប​ដោយ​អំពើ​ពុករលួយ ការ​រំលោភ​ដីធ្លី និង​ការ​កាប់​បំផ្លាញ​ព្រៃឈើ​នៅ​កម្ពុជា។

Thomico warned if he doesn't show assets

Published: 21-May-13 03:24PM

Prince Sisowath Thomico

PHNOM PENH (The Cambodia Herald) -- Anti-Corruption Unit has warned Prince Sisowath Thomico, the Queen Mother’s personal secretary, of the consequences if he does not announce his assets.

A letter issued Monday by Om Yintieng, President of the Anti-Corruption Unit, said Thomico has a week to announce his assets or he will face lawsuits and even imprisonment if he refuses to do it.

149 officials in the Royal Palace have announced their assets, but only Thomico hasn’t done it, the letter said.

If he doesn’t reveal his properties, he will face from one month up to a year in prison according to article 38 of the Anti-Corruption law, the letter added.

As Foreign Aid Increases, Questions About Conditions

Wu Bangguo, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC) of China, second right, and Heng Samrin, president of the Cambodian National Assembly shake hands after exchanging documents on cooperation between NPC and the Cambodia.

Theara Khoun, VOA Khmer

21 May 2013

PHNOM PENH — Cambodia has seen huge growth of foreign aid and loans over the past two decades, but experts are beginning to question its worth—and what conditions might be attached.

Total aid from 1993 to 2012 amounts to around $10 billion, with the percentage of aid coming as loans steadily increasing. And a larger portion of that money is now coming from China, in a shift from the typical international aid patterns.

Special guest from Cambodia

Chomno In meets Doug Fletcher (manager of The Centre, Horsham) at Brighton Road Baptist Church, pictured alongside a wooden cross made by a student from the Safe Haven School in Poipet, part of a programme to rehabilitate trafficked children - submitted picture

Published on 20/05/2013 08:00
West Sussex County Times
 

Every now and then you meet someone who really inspires you, someone whose story touches your heart.

One person that has inspired members of Brighton Road Baptist Church in Horsham is Chomno In and last week he came to share his story with Horsham Christians.
Chomno is Cambodian and started the Cambodian Hope Organisation in 2002. As Christians they rescue and rehabilitate children and families living in desperate circumstances from the fallout of the terrors of the Khmer Rouge period.
Chomno’s own life reads like a history book of Cambodia. Under Pol Pot’s Khmer Rouge as a teenager he saw the whole of his uncle’s family killed. He was separated from his parents and forced to carry out hard labour on a farm. In his own words, they were apart for ‘three years, eight months, 20 days – that’s one thing I’ll remember for ever’.

Cambodia opposition calls for poll reform

AAP 
May 20, 2013 10:06PM
Sun Herald

ABOUT 2,000 Cambodian opposition members on Monday marched through the capital Phnom Penh to appeal for the help of the United Nations and the European Union to ensure free and fair elections.

It was the second time in less than a month that the opposition has taken to the streets of the Cambodian capital to demand election reforms and the return of their leader-in-exile Sam Rainsy to contest polls on July 28.
The demonstrators from the recently formed Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) marched with posters that read "Change The National Election Committee" and "No Sam Rainsy, No Free And Fair Election".
They submitted a petition at the EU delegation asking for the bloc's intervention, and marched to the United Nations rights office where party leaders briefly met with visiting UN envoy Surya Subedi.
"We are seeking their intervention to push for reforms to the National Election Committee to ensure a free and fair election," said Kem Sokha, deputy head of the CNRP.
"We are also demanding that Sam Rainsy be allowed to fight in the election," he told reporters.

Musicians rebuild Cambodia's lost ancient harp

Rosa Ellen in Phnom Penh

20/05/2013

ABC Online

 

Photo: The pin harp is shown being played by maidens in the stone reliefs on the walls of the Angkor Wat temple complex. (ABC: Amy Simmons, file photo)

 

A Cambodian composer has revealed the sound of an ancient harp which has gone unheard for more than eight centuries.

The pin harp is shown being played by maidens in the stone reliefs on the walls of the Angkor Wat temple complex.
It lends its name to pinpeat orchestras, which perform ceremonial music of the royal courts and temples in Cambodia.
Archaeology lecturer Preap Chanmara says unlike the other orchestra instruments - cymbals, xylophones, flutes and drums - the pin harp has been lost.
"We know that there are many music instruments on the sculptures - some even dating back to the time before Angkor Era: the 7th century to the 13th century," he said.
"There were many temples and sculptures back then, so there were also many different kinds of music instruments.
"Some are still being used today, whereas some others were lost."

Audio: Cambodian researchers, musicians revive ancient harp (ABC News)

 

Composer Him Sophy says the puzzle of Cambodia's missing harp had always haunted him.
"I [want] enthusiastically to know what and why it disappeared," he said.

Pay cut ‘strange’: MP

Last Updated on 20 May 2013

By Meas Sokchea

P Penh Post 

Opposition lawmaker Son Chhay speaks at a conference in Phnom Penh last year. Photograph: Heng Chivoan/Phnom Penh Post

 

Senior opposition lawmaker Son Chhay is pushing back against a recent proposal by a member of the ruling Cambodian People’s Party to withhold National Assembly salaries for those who have migrated to the newly formed Cambodia National Rescue Party.

In a letter sent to assembly president Heng Samrin last week, Chhay urged Samrin to talk some sense into ruling party lawmaker Cheam Yeap, who dreamed up the salary freeze on May 7, calling the idea an “abuse of the law” and “strange”.

Yeap, who also chairs the National Assembly Commission on Economy, Finance, Banking and Audit, threatened to take away the paychecks of 11 lawmakers who left the Sam Rainsy and Human Rights parties on April 7  to join the CNRP, a merger of the two opposition groups.

‘Take it or leave it’

Last Updated on 20 May 2013

By Chhay Channyda and Shane Worrell

P Penh Post 

Family and friends grieve last week at the home of Kim Dany, an employee of Wing Star Shoes factory in Kampong Speu province. Photograph: Koam Chaurasmey/Phnom Penh Post

The uncle of a man who died in Thursday’s ceiling collapse at the Wing Star Shoes factory in Kampong Speu province claimed yesterday that the company had threatened to give the family nothing if they did not agree to an on-the-spot payout.

It came as a government official said the two families who lost loved ones in the collapse were not eligible for state compensation beyond funeral costs.

Rim Rorn, 29, uncle of Rim Roeun, 22, who died in the Kong Pisei district factory, a supplier to Asics, said talks between his family and factory representatives had broken down.

“The representatives told us to accept their offer . . . or it’s hopeless for us,” he said.

Court takes another crack at Bandith case

Last Updated on 20 May 2013

By May Titthara

P Penh Post 

Former Bavet town governor Chhouk Bandith (centre) appears at the Appeal Court in Svay Rieng province in March. Photograph: Heng Chivoan/Phnom Penh Post

Unions representing more than 15,000 members have called for justice for three women ahead of round two of legal action against their alleged shooter, deposed Bavet town governor Chhouk Bandith.

Bandith, who is accused of shooting the three workers during a protest at a factory in Svay Rieng province in February last year, will face the provincial court once again tomorrow on charges of causing “unintentional violence”.

The Cambodian Labour Confederation and the Cambodian Confederation of Unions issued a statement on Friday urging the court to convict Bandith, send him to prison and make him pay compensation.

“The powerful always go unpunished, while the poor and the weak are always the victims or found guilty,” the statement says, adding that the court should use this opportunity to take a stand against rampant impunity. “We want to see the court . . . be independent.”

Trade deal threat still on table

Last Updated on 20 May 2013

By Stuart White

P Penh Post

 

The European union’s executive arm has responded to its parliamentarians’ concerns over rights abuses stemming from Cambodia’s economic land concessions, maintaining that, should the need arise, it “will be ready” to withdraw from its preferential trade agreements with the Kingdom.

In a joint letter to concerned members of parliament on Wednesday, European Commission member Karel De Gucht and vice president Katherine Ashton said they were monitoring the situation, and had stressed to the Cambodian government the importance of reforms, as well as the consequences of losing the no-tariff agreement, commonly known as “Everything But Arms” (EBA).

“On both occasions, I, Karel De Gucht, stressed in no uncertain terms the European Union’s strong concerns about the situation of these land concessions,” the letter reads, referring to meetings with Cambodian Trade Minister Cham Prasidh in April 2012 and March 2013. “I reminded the minister of the impact that a withdrawal from the [EBA] scheme would have for the Cambodian economy . . .”

Laws can’t stop lovers marrying

Last Updated on 20 May 2013

By Mom Kunthear and Justine Drennan

P Penh Post 

A lesbian couple participates at a Pride event in Phnom Penh yesterday. Photograph: Scott Howes/Phnom Penh Post

 

Cambodian law prohibits same-sex marriage, but that did not stop Ros Ravuth from marrying her long-time partner, Sinuon.

Ravuth, 52, has lived with Sinuon*, 38, in Kandal province’s Khsach Kandal district for 20 years, ever since the couple obtained the permission – if not the blessing – of local authorities to marry.

Ravuth said that when she made the request, the commune and village chiefs pressed her about whether she really wanted to get married and if she and her wife would live with and care for each other forever.

Cambodia’s Role in the U.S. Rebalance to Asia

Published: 19-May-13 08:47AM | By William E. Todd

William E. Todd

Once again, thank you for all the excellent questions.  With so many great questions, I am finding it more and more difficult to pick just one question to answer.  This week, however, I’d like to respond to Koytry, who asked about President Barack Obama’s “rebalancing” of U.S. foreign policy towards Asia and how this impacts Cambodia, specifically Cambodia’s economic development.

In 2011, President Obama, recognizing the ever-growing importance of East Asia, outlined a new policy that became known as the rebalance towards Asia.  This new policy recognized what businesses on both sides of the Pacific have long known –   that Asia and the United States depend on each other.  East Asian economies have grown rapidly in the last half century, lifting hundreds of millions of people out of poverty and fostering dynamic, innovative economies that are now the engine of the global economy.  The interconnectedness of the world’s economies makes Asia’s continued growth and prosperity crucial to U.S. economic growth.  To put this into context, the annual flow of U.S. investment into East Asia nearly doubled from $22.5 billion in 2009 to $41.4 billion in 2011.  U.S. exports to the Asia-Pacific totaled over $320 billion in 2012 after growing nearly eight percent a year since 2008.

Demonstrations becoming opposition’s way to gain support

PHNOM PENH (The Cambodia Herald) -- The National Rescue Party (NRP) staged their second mass protest on Monday demanding for the reforms in the National Election Committee's (NEC) people and their voting list.

By protesting they are attracting the attention of media groups who are in the hunt for a hot story.

The Sam Rainsy Party, created in 1995, has become synonymous for leading mass protests before the election because of it's leader, Sam Rainsy, who would lead mass demonstrations before every election.

មនុស្ស​ជាង​៥​ពាន់​នាក់​​ធ្វើ​បាតុកម្ម​ទាមទារ​ប្ដូរ​គ.ជ.ប

គណបក្ស​សង្គ្រោះ​ជាតិ ធ្វើ​បាតុកម្ម​លើក​ទី​២ នៅ​ព្រឹក​ថ្ងៃ​ទី​២០ ខែ​ឧសភា នេះ នា​ទីលាន​ប្រជាធិបតេយ្យ រាជធានី​ភ្នំពេញ ដែល​មាន​សមាជិក​បក្ស​ប្រឆាំង​ជាង ៥​ពាន់​នាក់​ចូល​រួម។

ដោយ វណ្ណ វិចារ
2013-05-20

RFA

អ្នក​គាំទ្រ​គណបក្ស​សង្គ្រោះ​ជាតិ ជួប​ជុំ​គ្នា​នៅ​ទីលាន​ប្រជាធិបតេយ្យ មុន​ហែ​ក្បួន​ទៅ​ស្ថានទូត​សហភាព​អឺរ៉ុប និង​ការិយាល័យ​ឧត្ដម​ស្នងការ​អង្គការ​សហប្រជាជាតិ ទទួល​បន្ទុក​សិទ្ធិ​មនុស្ស​នៅ​កម្ពុជា នៅ​ថ្ងៃ​២០ ឧសភា ឆ្នាំ​២០១៣។

RFA/Van Vichar

ការ​ធ្វើ​បាតុកម្ម​នេះ​ឡើង គឺ​ដើម្បី​តវ៉ា ទាមទារ​ឲ្យ​មាន​ការ​កែ​ទម្រង់​សមាសភាព​គណៈកម្មាធិការ​ជាតិ​រៀបចំ​ការ​បោះ​ ឆ្នោត (គ.ជ.ប) និង​ទាមទារ​ឲ្យ គ.ជ.ប អនុវត្ត​តាម​អនុសាសន៍​សង្គម​ស៊ីវិល និង​តំណាង​ពិសេស​របស់​អង្គការ​សហប្រជាជាតិ លោក សុរិយា ស៊ូប៊ែឌី (Surya Subedi)។
សមត្ថកិច្ច​បាន​ដាក់​ពង្រាយ​កម្លាំង​ជាង ១​ពាន់​នាក់ ដើម្បី​រៀបចំ​សណ្ដាប់​ធ្នាប់​ក្នុង​មហា​បាតុកម្ម​នេះ ក្នុង​នោះ​មាន​កងរាជអាវុធហត្ថ ប៉ូលិស​ចារកម្ម ប៉ូលិស​បង្ក្រាប​បាតុកម្ម កូដកម្ម ប្រដាប់​ដោយ​ដំបង​ឆក់ និង​ខែល រង់ចាំ​បង្ក្រាប ប៉ុន្តែ​មិន​មាន​អំពើ​ហិង្សា​ណា​មួយ​កើត​ឡើង​ទេ។

‘Lucky’ Survivors Describe Harrowing Factory Collapse

Kong Sothanarith, VOA Khmer

18 May 2013

PHNOM PENH - Nine survivors of a shoe factory collapse in Kampong Speu province remained hospitalized Friday.

In interviews with VOA Khmer, several of them recounted the event, when a storage mezzanine loaded with manufacturing equipment fell.

Survivors considered themselves lucky to be alive, after they were nearly crushed by chunks of concrete and equipment at the Wing Stars factory.

Two will be hospitalized for a lengthy period of time, a doctor told VOA Khmer.

The great Cambodia land grab

Locals are fighting a losing battle as rubber companies take over their land and, as a report last week reveals, international banks are helping to pay for the plunder

Published: 19 May 2013 at 00.00

Bangkok Post

 

Ask Sreap Samoen where are the communal grazing lands? Where can local villagers fish and grow crops? The 50-year-old woman with a weather-beaten face points into the distance and says: "It's all gone. The company has it now."

STRIPPED BARE: Villagers walk through recently cleared forest inside a HAGL rubber plantation.
Locals once relied on this land and forest for their livelihoods.

She's standing near a cluster of tiny shacks in Cambodia's remote north, hidden in the Dong Nai rubber plantation owned by the Vietnam Rubber Group (VRG). "Many people have lost their land," she says before wandering off.
For more than a decade villagers have pestered and protested against Cambodia's elite over the granting of massive Economic Land Concessions (ELCs) to multinationals. NGOs and Western governments have also expressed their concerns over land and the widening wealth gap, but few listen.
Last week was no different.
Global Witness released a 49-page report on alleged illegal land grabs by two Vietnamese companies, state-owned VRG and privately owned Hoang Anh Gia Lai (HAGL) with investment backing from Deutsche Bank and International Finance Corp (IFC), a wing of the World Bank.
It was released about the first anniversary of the death of Chhut Vuthy, a prominent environmentalist killed by security guards while investigating land grabs, and Heng Chanta, a 14-year-old girl shot dead not far from here, again by security guards during a village protest over land.
The response from Prime Minister Hun Sen was typical. He announced more rubber plantations would be grown and on a vast scale _ seemingly indifferent to the plight of hundreds of thousands of impoverished people who have lost their land or been bullied into selling at rock bottom prices.
''In the next few years, we can have more rubber than Vietnam. We dare to speak about this point as we have exchanged ideas with Vietnam, which has no land to extend,'' he said.

Searching for the World's First Zero

Amir Aczel

Researcher, Boston University

Huffingtonpost.com

Posted: 05/15/2013 1:24 pm

Photo Credit: Debra Gross Aczel
 
Mathematicians consider the invention (or discovery, depending on your point of view) of zero as one of the most important intellectual advances humans have ever made. Why? Isn't zero just sheer nothingness? Nothing could be further from the truth.
Zero is not only a concept of nothingness, which allows us to do arithmetic well and to algebraically define negative numbers, but it is also an important place-holding device. In that role, zero enables our base-10 number system to work, so that the same 10 numerals can be used over and over again, at different positions in a number. This is exactly what makes our number system so efficient and powerful. Without that little zero we would be stuck in the Middle Ages!

Documenting Life Beyond The Killing Fields

by

May 17, 201310:19 AM

NPR (Blog) 

Pete Pin was born in , a refugee camp on the border of Cambodia and Thailand. Fleeing the infamous "killing fields" of Cambodia during the Khmer Rouge regime, his family eventually resettled in Stockton, Calif., in the mid-1980s. What started with a single portrait of his grandmother has evolved into a deeply personal project that aims to explore the Cambodian diaspora.
His grandmother survived and the , and after having her portrait taken in 2010, she unexpectedly felt compelled to share her story. "I felt that my camera created this safe place that enabled the conversation to happen," says Pin. "The stories that my grandmother told me explained a lot about my family."
Pin is hoping to reach older Cambodians, but also younger generations who may not be familiar with their family's history and experiences under Khmer Rouge. His goal is to use photography to create an open dialogue within the Cambodian community.

Pin's grandmother Duong Meas in Stockton, Calif., in August 2010; and a family portrait circa 1973, one of only two items Pin's family saved from before the revolution.

Courtesy of Pete Pin

 

"One thing that I learned ... is that a lot of people felt really traumatized during their stay in refugee camps," says Pin. He adds that violence and rape were common.
Pin recalled the story of an elderly Cambodian man who escaped atrocities in Cambodia, only to be confronted with enduring hardship in the camps.

អវត្តមាន​លោក​សម រង្ស៊ី​ជាវិញ្ញាសា​សាកល្បង​ពី​ភាពរឹងមាំ​របស់​គណបក្ស​សង្គ្រោះជាតិ

សៅរ៍ 18 ឧសភា 2013

RFI

សមាជ​គណបក្ស​សង្រ្គោះជាតិ កាល​ពីពេល​ន្លងមក

RFI/Bona Pen

ដោយ ប៉ែន បូណា

 

ក្រោយពី​បញ្ជី​ឈ្មោះ​បេក្ខជន​តំណាងរាស្ត្រ​គណបក្ស​សង្គ្រោះ​ជាតិ​ ត្រូវបាន គ.ជ.ប ប្រកាស​ទទួលស្គាល់​ជា​ផ្លូវការ​រួចមក គ្មានអ្វី​ជា​អាថ៌កំបាំង​ទៀតឡើយ​សម្រាប់​ជីវិត​នយោបាយ​របស់លោក​សម រង្ស៊ី។ មេដឹកនាំ​បក្សប្រឆាំង​នៅ​កម្ពុជា​ដែល​លេចធ្លោ​ជាងគេ​រូបនេះ​គ្មាន​ឈ្មោះ​ នៅក្នុង​បញ្ជី​បេក្ខជន​តំណាងរាស្ត្រ​ទេ។ មានន័យថា ក្នុង​រយៈពេល៥ឆ្នាំ​ខាងមុខ លោក សម រង្ស៊ី មិនអាច​ក្លាយជា​តំណាងរាស្ត្រ​បានឡើយ។ អវត្តមាន​ទាំង​រូប​កាយ​និង​ទាំង​តួនាទី​សំខាន់​ក្នុង​ឆាកនយោបាយ​របស់លោក​សម រង្ស៊ី​គឺជា​វិញ្ញាសា​សាកល្បង​មួយ​ពី​ភាពរឹងមាំ​របស់​គណបក្ស​សង្គ្រោះ​ជាតិ។

ទីបំផុត​ទៅ មិន​ត្រឹមតែ​មិនអាច​វិលត្រឡប់​ចូល​ស្រុក​បាន​ប៉ុណ្ណោះ​ទេ តែ​លោក​សម រង្ស៊ី​ក៏ត្រូវ​បាត់បង់​តួនាទី​សំខាន់​ក្នុង​ឆាកនយោបាយ​ទៀតផង​ ពីព្រោះ​តែ​លោក​គ្មាន​ឈ្មោះ​ជា​បេក្ខជន​តំណាងរាស្ត្រ​ទេ។ អវត្តមាន​ទាំង​រូប​កាយ​និង​ទាំង​តួនាទី​ជា​តំណាងរាស្ត្រ​របស់លោក សម រង្ស៊ី គឺជា​ចំណោទ​ដ៏​ធំ​មួយ​របស់​គណបក្ស​សង្គ្រោះ​ជាតិ។
 

Rubber barons and The destruction of forests continues

Logging in South-East Asia

May 18th 2013 | O PREAS, CAMBODIA

The Economist

 

Their days were numbered

 

ALONG Route 7 in Cambodia’s remote north, dozens of small tractors known as “iron buffaloes” are plying a dilapidated piece of highway. Under cover of darkness, they transport freshly cut timber into nearby sawmills. The drivers wear masks, their tractors fitted with just one dim lamp at the front. Each carries between three and six logs which locals say were felled illegally on or near the Dong Nai rubber plantation, owned by Vietnam Rubber Group (VRG).
Illegal logging and land-grabbing have long been problems in Cambodia. A new report entitled “Rubber Barons” by Global Witness, a London-based environmental watchdog, has highlighted the issue once again. Dong Nai features prominently in the report, which claims that luxury timbers like rosewood, much in demand for furniture in China and guitars in the West, were culled as a 3,000-hectare (7,400-acre) section of forest was illegally cleared.

លោក ស៊ូប៊ែឌី នឹង​មក​បំពេញ​បេសកកម្ម​លើក​ទី៩​នៅ​កម្ពុជា

អ្នក​រាយការណ៍​ពិសេស​របស់​អង្គការ​សហប្រជាជាតិ ទទួល​បន្ទុក​សិទ្ធិ​មនុស្ស​ប្រចាំ​កម្ពុជា លោក សុរិយា ស៊ូប៊ែឌី (Surya Subedi) នឹង​មក​ដល់​កម្ពុជា នៅ​យប់​ថ្ងៃ​អាទិត្យ ទី១៩ ខែ​ឧសភា ដើម្បី​ចាប់​ផ្ដើម​បេសកកម្ម​លើក​ទី​៩ របស់​លោក។

ដោយ សុ ជីវី
2013-05-17

ស្ដាប់ ឬ ទាញ​យក​សំឡេង

លោក សុរិយា ស៊ូប៊ែឌី (Surya Subedi) អ្នក​រាយការណ៍​ពិសេស​អង្គការ​សហ​ប្រជាជាតិ​ទទួល​បន្ទុក​ សិទ្ធិ​មនុស្ស​ប្រចាំ​នៅ​កម្ពុជា ថ្លែង​នៅ​ក្នុង​សន្និសីទ​សារព័ត៌មាន នា​ការិយាល័យ​ឧត្ដម​ស្នងការ​ទទួល​បន្ទុក​សិទ្ធិ​មនុស្ស រាជធានី​ភ្នំពេញ កាល​ពី​រសៀល​ថ្ងៃ​ទី១៤ ធ្នូ ឆ្នាំ​២០១២។

RFA/Khe Sonorng 

 

នៅ​ក្នុង​រយៈពេល ៨​ថ្ងៃ​នៃ​បេសកកម្ម​លើក​នេះ លោក​នឹង​ស្វែង​យល់​ពី​វឌ្ឍនភាព​ក្នុង​ការ​អនុវត្ត​អនុសាសន៍​ទាំង​ឡាយ​ដែល​ មាន​នៅ​ក្នុង​របាយការណ៍​ជា​លទ្ធផល​នៃ​បេសកកម្ម​មក​កម្ពុជា កាល​ពី​ខែ​ធ្នូ ឆ្នាំ​២០១២ កន្លង​ទៅ ស្ដីពី​ប្រព័ន្ធ​តុលាការ កំណែ​ទម្រង់​សភា ប្រព័ន្ធ​បោះឆ្នោត និង​សម្បទាន​ដី​សេដ្ឋកិច្ច។

Cambodia factory accident is latest to expose perils of low-cost apparel

May 16, 2013, 3:01 PM

By Andria Cheng

Marketwatch(Blog)

Just as more than 30 apparel retailers and brands, including Abercrombie & Fitch ANF and Calvin Klein’s owner  PVH Corp. PVH -0.21% , joined an international drive to improve worker safety in Bangladesh, another factory accident — this time in Cambodia — again exposes the perils involved in the low-cost apparel business.

Reuters

Scene of Cambodia shoe factory accident.

Three people were killed when the ceiling of a factory making shoes for brands including Asics collapsed Thursday, the Wall Street Journal reported. Six others were injured. As with Bangladesh, the garment industry is Cambodia’s biggest export earner, employing about half a million people in more than 500 plants and shipping more than $4 billion in goods to the U.S. and Europe last year.
Bangladesh’s $20 billion garment industry has more than 5,000 factories.
In the wake of the eight-story building collapse in Bangladesh that killed more than 1,100 garment workers last month and a fire there in November that killed 112, Western retailers have been exploring moving production to other low-cost countries including Vietnam, Indonesia and Cambodia, the New York Times reported.

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Preah Khan Temple, Siem Reap, Cambodia

Preah Khan Temple, Siem Reap, Cambodia

សង្គម​ស៊ីវិល៖ រដ្ឋាភិបាល​ខាត​ដែល​មិន​ឆ្លើយ​តប​របាយការណ៍​របស់ Global Witness

មន្ត្រី​គ្រប់គ្រង​យុទ្ធនាការ​ដីធ្លី​នៃ​អង្គការ​ឃ្លាំ​មើល​ពិភពលោក (Global Witness) ឲ្យ​ដឹង​ថា ការ​សិក្សា​របស់​អង្គការ​ឃ្លាំ​មើល​ពិភពលោក និង​អង្គការ​ដទៃ​ទៀត បាន​រក​ឃើញ​ថា ជា​យូរ​មក​ហើយ​ដែល​កម្ពុជា មាន​បញ្ហា​ក្នុង​ការ​ចាត់​ចែង និង​គ្រប់គ្រង​ធនធាន​ធម្មជាតិ​របស់​ខ្លួន​ឲ្យ​បាន​ល្អ។

ដោយ ទេព សុរ៉ាវី
2013-05-17

RFA

ស្ដាប់ ឬ ទាញ​យក​សំឡេង

គំនរ​ឈើ​ដែល​ក្រុមហ៊ុន​វៀតណាម ឈ្មោះ ស៊ី.អ.ស៊ី.ខេ អភិវឌ្ឍន៍ កៅស៊ូ (C.R.C.K Aphivath Caoutchouc Co., Ltd) កាប់​រំលំ​ដើម្បី​យក​ដី​ដាំ​ដើម​កៅស៊ូ នៅ​តំបន់​ព្រៃ​ឡង់ ក្នុង​ស្រុក​សណ្ដាន់ ខេត្ត​កំពង់ធំ។ រូបថត​ថ្ងៃ​ទី១៣ ខែ​ឧសភា ឆ្នាំ​២០១៣

RFA/Tin Zakariya

នាយក​រដ្ឋមន្ត្រី​អះអាង​ថា​អ្នក​ចង់​ផ្ដួល​រំលំ​រដ្ឋាភិបាល​កំពុង​ជ្រក​ក្នុង​បក្ស​ប្រឆាំង

ដោយ ម៉ម មុនីរតន៍
2013-05-16

RFA

ស្ដាប់ ឬ ទាញ​យក​សំឡេង

នាយក​រដ្ឋមន្ត្រី​នៃ​ប្រទេស​កម្ពុជា លោក ហ៊ុន សែន

AFP Photo

លោក​នាយក​រដ្ឋមន្ត្រី ហ៊ុន សែន បាន​ចោទ​ប្រកាន់​មនុស្ស​មួយ​ចំនួន​នៅ​សហរដ្ឋ​អាមេរិក ថា​គឺ​ជា​អ្នក​ចង់​ផ្ដួល​រំលំ​រដ្ឋាភិបាល​ស្រប​ច្បាប់​របស់​លោក និង​របប​រាជា​និយម​នៅ​កម្ពុជា បច្ចុប្បន្ន។ លោក​បាន​ចោទ​ថា អ្នក​ទាំង​នោះ​កំពុង​ជ្រក​កោន​ក្រោម​ផ្លាក​របស់​គណបក្ស​ប្រឆាំង​ បច្ចុប្បន្ន។
ក៏ប៉ុន្តែ អ្នក​នាំ​ពាក្យ​បក្ស​ប្រឆាំង ដែល​ជា​ដៃគូ​ប្រកួត​ប្រជែង​ដ៏​ស្វិតស្វាញ​នៅ​អាណត្តិ​បោះឆ្នោត​សកល​ខាង​មុខ ហៅ​សារ​របស់​ប្រមុខ​រដ្ឋាភិបាល​នៅ​ពេល​នេះ​ថា គឺ​ជា​ល្បិច​នយោបាយ​របស់​លោក ហ៊ុន សែន រៀប​ចំ​ទុក​ដូច​អ្វី​ដែល​លោក​ធ្លាប់​ធ្វើ​ប៉ុណ្ណោះ។

ចលនាចំនួន​៥​ ស្ថិត​ក្នុង​បញ្ជី​ខ្មៅ​របស់​រាជ​រដ្ឋា​ភិបាល​សុំ​អោយ​អា​មេរិក​ជួយ​សហ​ការ​ ​ស្រាវ​ជ្រាវ​ចាប់​ខ្លួន​មេ​ខ្លោង (​មាន​សម្លេង)

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សម្តេចនា យក រដ្ឋ មន្ត្រី បាន បង្ហាញ ឯក សារ ក្រុម ចលនា ប្រដាប់ អាវុធ ប្រឆាំង រដ្ឋា ភិ បាល

សម្តេចនាយក​រដ្ឋមន្ត្រី​ហ៊ុន សែន កាលពី​ព្រឹក​ថ្ងៃ​ព្រហស្បតិ៍​ទី​១៦ ឧសភា នេះ បាន​បង្ហាញ​ថា​ ​ចលនា​ចំនួន​៥​ ដែល​ស្ថិតក្នុង​បញ្ជីខ្មៅ​របស់​រាជរដ្ឋាភិបាល ហើយ​ដែល​សម្តេច​បានស្នើ​អោ​យស​ហ​រដ្ឋ​មេ​រិ​ក​ជួយ​សហការ​ស្រាវជ្រាវ​អំពី​ ភាព​សង្ស័យថា​ពួកគេ​បាន​បង្ក​បង្កើត​ចលនា​​ប្រដាប់អាវុធ ហើយ​ប្រើប្រាស់​ទឹកដី​ប្រទេស​ថៃ​ធ្វើជា​មូលដ្ឋាន ដើម្បី​ផ្តួលរំលំ​រាជ​រដ្ឋា​ភិបាល​ និង​​របបរាជានិយម​នៅ​កម្ពុជា ។
ការ​ស្នើ​ទៅ​សហ​រដ្ឋ​អាមេរិក​ ​នេះ គឺ​ធ្វើ​ឡើង​ដើម្បី​តាមរក​ចាប់​ខ្លួនមេខ្លោង និង​សមា​ជិក​ទាំ​ង​ឡាយ​ណា​ នៃ​ច​ល​នា​ទាំង​នេះ​ ​ដែល​ពាក់​ព័ន្ធ​នឹង​ ការ​បង្កើត​កម្លាំង​ប្រដាប់​អាវុធ​ដើម្បី​ផ្តួល​រំលំ​រាជ​រដ្ឋា​ភិបាល​ ​និង​របប​រាជា​និយម​នោះ​ ។ ​នេះ​បើ​យោង​តាម​ប្រសាសន៍​របស់​សម្តេច​ ហ៊ុន​ ​សែន ។
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Company admits ‘negligence’ in factory disaster

Last Updated on 17 May 2013
By Leang Phannara, Shane Worrell and May Titthara
P Penh Post 

Police and military officers rescues workers crashed by ceiling falls at Wing Star Shoe factory. Photograph: AFP/ Heng Chivoan

 

Representatives of Wing Star Shoes Co, Ltd said today that negligence led to the collapse of a storage level that killed two of its workers on

Thursday morning.

Chan Kosal, the Kampong Speu factory’s shipping director, said the company, a supplier to Japanese footwear company Asics, deeply regretted the deaths of the two workers.

“It was negligence that caused this unexpected incident to happen,” he said in a press conference. “The company will pay the cost of the two victims’ funerals and the medical bills of those injured.”

PM warns of ‘terrorists’ in opposition

Last Updated on 17 May 2013
By Vong Sokheng and Stuart White
P Penh Post
 

Arrests are in the offing for groups of armed terrorists who are hiding among Cambodia’s opposition, intent on toppling both the Cambodian People’s Party and the Kingdom’s monarchy, Prime Minister Hun Sen warned yesterday.

Speaking at the inauguration of a Buddhist school in Prey Veng province, the premier launched into a lengthy exposé of the alleged militant insurrectionists supposedly honeycombing the country’s opposition, and made it clear that their guise as opposition members would not be enough to shelter them from the long arm of the law.

“Entire groups have been hiding in the opposition party, and I would like to send a message to the opposition, that when these people are arrested, don’t say they’re just members of the opposition – they are terrorists,” Hun Sen said, in an apparent reference to the Cambodia National Rescue Party. 

PM slams prince’s ambitions

Last Updated on 17 May 2013
By Meas Sokchea
P Penh Post 

Prince Thomico Sisowath speaks at a Cambodia National Rescue Party rally in Freedom Park in Phnom Penh last month. Photograph: Scott Howes/Phnom Penh Post

 

Prime Minister Hun Sen lashed out at Prince Sisowath Thomico yesterday in a speech that accused him of trading on his association with the royal family to round up votes for the opposition party ahead of the elections.

“This poses a danger to the royal family,” the premier said as part of his speech at an

inauguration for a Buddhist school in Prey Veng province. “In addition, this prince uses the name of former King Samdech Preah Norodom Sihanouk [Thomico’s uncle, who died last year], and uses the name on behalf of the royal cabinet of the Queen Mother [Norodom Monineath].”