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Detentions dent Cambodia's internet freedom score
Daniel Nass, The Phnom Penh PostWed, 16 November 2016Freedom for Cambodia’s internet users has declined for the second year in a row, due largely to “a dramatic increase in detentions for online...
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Post Staff, The Phnom Penh PostWed, 16 November 2016One out of three drug users has only his slowness to blame for being nabbed.A plantation owner spotted the furtive trio hiding on his property in...
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Election Committee Urges People to Register to Vote, Criticized for Low Turnout
Kann Vicheika VOA Khmer | 16 November 2016Hang Puthea, NEC spokesman, said those who missed out of registering ahead of the 2017 elections would still be able to register for the 2018 general...
View ArticleSVI to lay groundwork on electronics plant
Cam McGrath, The Phnom Penh PostWed, 16 November 2016A Cambodian subsidiary of Thai electronics manufacturing services company SVI Plc has received approval from local authorities to commence...
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HIV rates among MSM stubbornly high: study
Jack Davies, The Phnom Penh PostWed, 16 November 2016The HIV infection rate among the men who have sex with men (MSM) population has increased over the past six years, according to a new study, which...
View ArticleMan ‘kills wife over chicken’ in Preah Sihanouk
Kim Sarom, The Phnom Penh PostWed, 16 November 2016A 54-year-old man was arrested in Preah Sihanouk province on Monday over allegations from his children that he killed his wife following a...
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Opposition registration drive blocked by police in Banteay Meanchey
Bun Sengkong, The Phnom Penh PostWed, 16 November 2016Provincial authorities in Banteay Meanchey yesterday maintained they were right to block opposition members in Mongkol Borei district from staging...
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Four drown as Kampot tour boat sinks
Mech Dara, The Phnom Penh PostWed, 16 November 2016Four people on board an overloaded tour boat in Kampot province died when the craft sank after running into a submerged sandbar on Monday, local...
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Celeb’s beating sparks outrage
Mech Dara and Erin Handley, The Phnom Penh PostWed, 16 November 2016An outraged public yesterday called for the brother-in-law of timber tycoon Try Pheap to be prosecuted after damning pictures of his...
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Body of man struck by train found in Kampot
Kim Sarom, The Phnom Penh PostWed, 16 November 2016A 38-year-old man was killed yesterday in Kampot province’s Banteay Meas district after being hit by a train, according to a district police...
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Video shows workers sweeping Water Festival trash directly into Tonle Sap
Sen David and Yesenia AmaroThe Phnom Penh Post, Wed, 16 November 2016Amid public criticism of fast-accumulating litter during the Water Festival, a video circulated on social media yesterday took the...
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Monk voting stymied: orgs
Andrew Nachemson and Bun SengkongThe Phnom Penh Post, Wed, 16 November 2016Multiple election watchdog organisations including Comfrel and Nicfec yesterday expressed concern that government officials...
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Police take slingshots to protect ‘social stability’
Khouth Sophak Chakrya, The Phnom Penh PostWed, 16 November 2016An elderly man was briefly arrested and detained on Monday for selling slingshots during the Water Festival celebration in the capital, an...
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Senator’s zoo relocates to Phnom Penh
Lay Samean, The Phnom Penh PostWed, 16 November 2016The move of ruling party Senator Ly Yong Phat’s “Safari World” from Koh Kong province to Phnom Penh is almost complete, the powerful politician and...
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2,524,874 citizens have yet registered to vote, 14 days left
7,139,342 people registered to vote as of NOV 14ប្រជារាស្ដ្រចំនួន ២.៥២៤.៨៧៤រូបនៅមិនទាន់ចុះឈ្មោះបោះឆ្នោតនៅឡើយ ហើយនៅសល់តែ ១៤ថ្ងៃទៀតប៉ុណ្ណោះ។2,524,874 people have yet to register to vote and there are 14...
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Democratic Sen. Boxer plans bill to scrap Electoral College
To be ratified, the amendment would need support from two-thirds of both houses, followed by approval by 38 of the 50 states (three-fourths of the States).Yahoo News, by Olivier Knox, November 15,...
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One year later, Rainsy's ‘escape’ remains divisive
Alex Willemyns, The Phnom Penh PostWed, 16 November 2016A year ago today, opposition leader Sam Rainsy turned his back on a promise to return to Cambodia and face down a two-year prison sentence for...
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