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City Hall Orders Curbs On Beggars
BY KUCH NAREN AND MATT BLOMBERG
Phnom Penh municipality on Monday ordered a curb on vagrants entering the city and a roundup of beggars, homeless people and children selling items at traffic lights.
Man Acquitted Over Racist Mob Killing
BY EANG MENGLENG
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Monday acquitted a man who was tried late last month in connection with the racist mob killing of an ethnic Vietnamese man in February.
Despite Canceled CNRP Rally, CPP Supporters Protest in Pailin
BY HUL REAKSMEY AND ALEX WILLEMYNS
About 200 people gathered in front of the provincial hall in this former Khmer Rouge stronghold Monday morning in stubborn protest of a trip by opposition leaders Sam Rainsy and Kem Sokha that was abandoned a day earlier.
Environment Ministry Breaks Ground on New Location
BY AUN PHEAP
The Ministry of Environment broke ground Monday on its new location on a piece of land near Phnom Penh’s Koh Pich island after the environment minister called off a land swap that had been shrouded in secrecy.
Evictees Reject Latest Offer From UK Sugar Firm
BY KUCH NAREN AND ZSOMBOR PETER
Representatives for the 200 Cambodian families suing U.K. sugar firm Tate & Lyle for allegedly profiting off of their stolen land say they have rejected the firm’s latest
offer
to settle the dispute and are looking forward to their first court date, set for October.
Robber Killed After Armed Gang Terrorizes Family
BY HAY PISEY
A burglar was shot dead and another injured on Sunday night during a shootout with police in Prey Veng province after an armed gang of six men carried out a violent robbery at a home in Preah Sdech district, police said.
Villages Blocked From Delivering Complaint
BY KUCH NAREN
Kompong Chhnang provincial authorities allegedly locked villagers out of the provincial hall after dozens came to deliver a complaint against the wife of Mines and Energy Minister Suy Sem, before locking out a newly appointed councilor who left the building to talk with them.
Thailand Unrest Drives Migrant Workers Home
BY PHORN BOPHA
Hundreds of Cambodian migrant workers have been streamingback home across Banteay Meanchey Province’s Poipet checkpoint in recent days following a military coup in Thailand, where the army is holding an increasingly tight grip on daily life.
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After Budget Cuts, Institut Francais Looks to Rebuild
BY MICHELLE VACHON
The Institut Francais opened its doors in the early 1990s and has since initiated Cambodians to the best of French culture while supporting Cambodian artists as they forge ahead in defining this country’s cultural identity. But its plans were abruptly disrupted in the late 2000s when the French government’s first budget cuts were applied to staggering effect over the next few years.
Paintings Provide Glimpse of Post-Angkorian Life
BY MICHELLE VACHON
Archaeologists often say that there is no such thing as an unknown monument or ancient feature in Cambodia: They all reside in local memory. But unearthing the full extent of these features may require outside help.
At City’s 2,500-Riel Shops, It’s Buyers Beware
BY HAY PISEY AND SIMON HENDERSON
Customers may not expect top-of-the-line products when they shop in discount stores for shampoos, shower gels or beauty creams. But as a police raid on a 2,500-riel store in Phnom Penh last week showed, neither should they expect to get exactly what they are paying for.