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Peace Palace petitions sent to Prime Minister
Eight representatives of Phnom Penh communities involved in land disputes were allowed to present their petitions to the Council of Ministers.
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Court alters charges against Australian
An Australian man receives two year prison sentence after court alters charges from purchasing sex from a minor to unlawfully moving the girl against her will.
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Transparency International lists Cambodia as 'highly corrupt'
Cambodia has improved slightly in the realm of corruption compared with 2011, the head of the country’s Transparency International office said.
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Chinese officials to investigate Stung Atai dam disaster
China has reportedly dispatched embassy officials to investigate a major breach at the Chinese-built Stung Atai dam in Pursat province after four men were swept away.
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Drunk cops mercilessly bashed at ceremony
Police are hunting for a group of villagers who allegedly beat six drunken, plainclothes policemen during a ceremony at a new school on the Cambodia-Laos border.
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One dead, eight injured in fireworks explosion
One woman died and eight others were injured when some fireworks exploded while being transported in a van in Kampong Cham province.
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Suspected revenge killing leaves two dead
A junk shop owner and her daughter are believed to have been killed by a former employee in Battambang province.
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Meet me in court, PM: activist
Sam Rainsy Party Youth Wing leader Soung Sophorn has invited Hun Sen to attend the hearing into the premeditated murder case he has brought against the premier.
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Accused sex brokers to be charged
Two Vietnamese and one Chinese national arrested in a hair salon bust will be formally charged with operating an illegal prostitution business, police said.
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Phnom Penh authorities assess dredging damage
Local authorities in Russey Keo district inspected villagers' homes after they refuse compensation from the sand-dredging company they say is causing their homes to collapse.
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A nation hobbled by debt
There is nearly $1,000 of national debt for every Cambodian baby.
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Charges after bullets fly in Pursat restaurant
Two officers who allegedly fired off a few rounds in a nightclub and beat its staff were charged with reckless shooting and causing injuries.
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Police Blotter: 6 Dec 2012
A woman and her grandson handed over not only $70 and a mobile phone, but a land title they had just picked up to men in student uniforms who threatened them with a fake weapon.
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Japanese man guilty of indecent assault
The Siem Reap Provincial Court sentenced a Japanese man to two years in prison after he was found guilty of sexually harassing an underage girl.
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Cambodia's mangroves under threat
Cambodia's vital southern mangrove systems are choking as rising sea levels, agitated by climate change and sand dredging, inundate them with sand.
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Buddha statue finds sanctuary in National Museum
A statue in Phnom Penh's Sambor pagoda was stolen and recovered so many times that the monks decided to offer it to City Hall for keeping it in the National Museum.
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Three arrested and 10 rescued in hair salon bust
Anti-trafficking police busted a Phnom Penh hair salon believed to be a front for prostitution and human trafficking.
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Military police officer held following nightclub gunfire
A military police officer was arrested and his accomplice is on the run after they went on a drunken rampage at a club in Pursat province’s capital.
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