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Online or out of line?

24 May 2013
A National Election Committee appeal to social media users not to dent confidence in the electoral process and a subsequent threat of potential legal action have sparked concerns from observers of a chilling effect on online commentary ahead of the July national election.
  • Written by Meas Sokchea and Kevin Ponniah
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The daily race to save lives

24 May 2013
The ambulance screams down the boulevard, sirens blaring, the driver yelling through a loudspeaker at a truck that, like most cars in traffic in Phnom Penh, refuses to give way to an emergency vehicle.
  • Written by Kevin Ponniah and Phak Seangly
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Rice boss in pre-trial detention ‘13 months’

24 May 2013
The general director of a local rice wholesaler accused of defrauding business associates in a deal has lashed out at the judiciary – claiming delays in legal processing have left him imprisoned for 13 months without trial.
  • Written by Buth Reaskmey Kongkea
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Luck decides poll position

24 May 2013
It’s official: the little-known Cambodian Nationality Party is set to be the number one political party at July’s National Election – on the ballot, at least.
  • Written by Meas Sokchea

Factory victim’s widow accepts company offer

24 May 2013
The widow of Rim Roeun, the man crushed to death last week in a ceiling collapse at Wing Star Shoes factory, yesterday accepted an additional $9,000 compensation from the company and thumb-printed a document promising not to make a legal bid for more, she said.
  • Written by Chhay Channyda and Shane Worrell
5 Prisoners and Children

Infections tackled at prison

24 May 2013
In Cambodia’s overcrowded prison system, space is a luxury few prisoners can afford.
  • Written by Danson Cheong and Buth Reaksmey Kongkea

Families say land was taken

24 May 2013
Nearly 90 representatives of 137 families in Battambang province, some of whom include former Khmer Rouge cadres, protested for a second day in Phnom Penh yesterday, claiming authorities had seized land they had held since the late 1990s.
  • Written by Phak Seangly

Sentence stands for shady abbot

24 May 2013
The Court of Appeal yesterday upheld the 19-year prison sentence of Neth Khay, the former abbot infamous for secretly filming naked women pouring holy water over themselves at his pagoda.
  • Written by Lieng Sarith

Police Blotter: 24 May 2013

24 May 2013
Ah, vigilante justice. What it lacks in proportionality, it makes up for with its merciless nature. Thus was the lesson imparted to a moto thief Wednesday in the capital’s Chamkarmon district.
  • Written by Phnom Penh Post

Strike to continue after meetings fail at factory

24 May 2013
More than 4,000 Sabrina garment factory workers said they would continue to strike after meetings with the factory failed yesterday. Workers stopped blocking National Road 4 when government officials arrived to lead negotiations
  • Written by Chhay Channyda

Khmer Krom detained in Vietnam: SRP leader

24 May 2013
The executive director of the Khmer Kampuchea Krom Association has asked Foreign Affairs Minister Hor Namhong to intervene on behalf of two Khmer Krom monks he says are missing after they and three others were arrested by Vietnamese authorities last Thursday.
  • Written by Vong Sokheng

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