Over 230 people, representing 1,094 families who claim they were cheated in a $100 million land fraud that has affected thousands of Cambodian families, protested in Phnom Penh.
Officials at a pagoda in western Cambodia have expelled a Buddhist monk who marked the anniversary of the shooting death of government critic Kem Ley last week, drawing a rebuke from groups who say members of the clergy have the right to publicly express their political opinions.
Three national audit officers appeared at The Center for Alliance of Labor and Human Rights (CENTRAL) office to conduct a planned audit amid calls by international associations to the government to cancel the exercise.
About 40 families of the Samaki Rong Roeurng community living next to Boeung Trabek canal in Pram village, Phsar Doeum Thkov commune, Khan Chamkar Mon asked the authorities to consider onsite development or provide appropriate compensation in light of the Boeung Trabek sewage canal project.
Nine Boeung Tamok residents received another court order from the Phnom Penh Municipal Court for intentional violence and “crimes against public officials” in connection with an incident involving canal excavation that occurred in February. A few of the residents have received several court orders for different issues.
