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Wednesday, July 9, 2014
Myanmar Activist Gets Yet Another Jail Term in Pursuit of Justice
Myanmar activist Htin Kyaw, who has been sentenced to jail at least six
times under President Thein Sein’s rule, was ordered by a court
Wednesday to serve an additional three months in prison on a charge that
his attempt to meet with opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi over a land
rights case constituted an illegal protest.Htin Kyaw, the
director of the political activist...
Tuesday, July 1, 2014
Delay Sesan dam: villagers
Villagers who will be displaced if the controversial Lower
Sesan II dam is built called on the developers yesterday to postpone
construction for five years, allowing time for a comprehensive
resettlement scheme to be devised.
But a government official dismissed their request as “beyond the
pale”, saying the project had been carefully thought through and would...
Thursday, June 26, 2014
Vendors with a licence to forge
On the side of a well-trafficked street in Phnom Penh’s Daun Penh district, a man with a razor blade bends over a small rectangle of sheet metal overlaid with a vinyl stencil.
As letters and numbers are lifted away, the plate begins to take on a familiar appearance – a line of Khmer script at the top, followed by a five-digit numeric sequence below and “RCAF” at the bottom,...
Pawn shop rise proves a quick fix
Pawn shop rise proves a quick fix
Pawn shops have been on the rise considerably since the licensing started in 2009. Sear Rithy, chairman of Cash U Up, talks about the development of the pawn shop industry over the past five years.
Fri, 27 June 2014
Telecoms warned over ID lapse
Senior government officials yesterday issued a stern warning to the country’s largest mobile...
The ineptitude at the border
At the two major border crossings of Poipet in Banteay Meanchey and Cham Yeam in Koh Kong, the Thai immigration police’s caged trucks discharged their loads of illegal Cambodian migrant workers.Tue, 24 June 2014Can the CNRP appear credible?Last month, I was again hopeful as leaders of the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party and ruling Cambodian People’s Party announced...
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