With no memory of the Khmer Rouge’s bloody rule in the 1970s, or the long years of civil war, many young Cambodians today are less worried about upheaval than their elders and more willing to advocate for greater freedom and change.
The brother of a woman who died in the collapse, along with her husband and two sons, told VOA Khmer that he hopes the court will provide justice to his family.
Cambodian People’s Party Senator Sok Eysan said that the EBA withdrawal would not affect the country’s economy and that the EU’s demands were political in nature.
Last month, Interior Minister Sar Kheng seemed almost hopeless at the ministry’s efforts to curb road accidents and deaths, making a call for any stakeholders to provide new solutions for the issue.
The garment worker protests, demanding $160 per month minimum wage, had amalgamated with the opposition boycott of the National Assembly, leading to a severe crackdown in early January 2014, across the city on all the protestors.
The Appeal Court on Monday agreed with the Phnom Penh Municipal Court’s decision to send their pornography case for further investigation, despite completing the entire trial in August.
Representatives from Kampong Speu, additionally, petitioned the European Union Delegation in Phnom Penh in relation to their dispute with sugar tycoon Ly Yong Phat.
The IMF forecast showed that a complete suspension of the ‘Everything But Arms’ trade preferences would see Cambodia’s GDP growth rate drop by 3 percentage points.
A court spokesperson said the delay came as one of the judges assigned to the case was travelling overseas.
International free press advocates say the charges levied against Aun Pheap and Zsombor Peter likely have nothing to do with their 2017 news reports filed from Pate, but only to serve as an example to others.
One of other reporter involved in the case, said their case was intertwined with the political situation in the country and that the charges were baseless.
Rights groups have routinely called the charges politically motivated and an attempt by the government to intimidate local and international journalists working in Cambodia.
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