Forty-three families voluntarily demolished illegal structures between a
railway and National Road 5 in Poipet town’ Phsar Kandal commune after
agreeing to resettle in Boeung Chungruk Techo Win Win new development area
in Banteay Meanchey province.
Twenty-four non-governmental organisations (NGOs) have urged the government
to prepare for possible violence towards vulnerable groups in quarantine
centres and various lockdown areas.
Workers from scores of factories in the vicinity of Cambodia’s capital have
been infected with COVID-19 amid the country’s latest coronavirus outbreak,
authorities, as residents chafed against a lockdown that has left them
without food for days, forcing several to risk arrest to obtain supplies.
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The Garment Manufacturers Association of Cambodia (GMAC) has that the
government’s lockdown measures has severely affected the ability of the
garment, footwear and travel products sector to help workers. GMAC has
called on its members in the restricted area to provide benefits to workers
to facilitate their daily lives.
