Cambodians nationwide rung in the Buddhist year 2555 on Thursday afternoon, ushering in the Year of the Rabbit at 1:12 pm.
Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International and other major international groups have called on the government to drop the law entirely.
Critics say the law will erode development progress Cambodia has made over the past 20 years.
On Wednesday, 62 international NGOs working in Cambodia stated their strong opposition to the law.
Lowell has the second-largest population of Cambodians in the US, and will spend up to $700,000 when the project kicks off this summer.
According to the Ministry of Labor, Cambodia sent nearly 5,800 legal workers in Malaysia in 2010, nearly two-thirds of them women.
The statement comes as local groups say talks with the government over the law have yielded few changes to the draft.
Seng Theary names former Khmer Rouge commanders Meas Muth and Sou Met, in an effort to move the court forward on cases 003 and 004.
Some 42 families had contested his claim to the land, beginning in 2003, but lost their claim to a lower court in 2004.
Families say they were pushed from 352 hectares of land and forced to relocate to Preah Sihanouk province.
The UN agency said nearly three in four children at orphanages have at least one parent.
The Cambodian Student Society of California State University started in 1959 by a group of Cambodian exchange students.
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