A Taiwanese streamer who falsely claimed to escape a kidnapping in Cambodia has been arrested by local authorities on suspicion of spreading false information.
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Chen Neng-chuan, who goes by the name “Goodnight Chicken” online, was reportedly detained by Cambodian police on Wednesday and charged with defamation-related offenses.
Global union IndustriAll explained the decision to reinstate the garment workers who are union leaders of the Collective Union Movement of Workers (CUMV) in Cambodia came after a year of engagement with VF Corporation (VFC).
The global union added that Pontus’ management and CUMW signed an agreement on 28 January this year, where company agreed to reinstate three of the allegedly terminated workers in the first week of February with back pay.
Young people in Cambodia have been urged to avoid “losing dignity” this Valentine’s Day, as authorities issued warnings about the pitfalls of premarital sex.
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The education ministry ordered schools to “take measures to prevent inappropriate activities on Valentine’s Day”.
Over the past several weeks, the U.S.-funded broadcaster Radio Free Asia (RFA) has published a three-part investigative report into the clandestine dealings of the Prince Group, a multi-billion-dollar Cambodian conglomerate. Over the past decade, Prince and its enigmatic chief executive, the Chinese national Chen Zhi, have risen from obscurity to the top echelon of Cambodia’s economic elite, with the ear of the country’s top leaders and a place in the inner circle of the ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP). The product of three years of work, the RFA reports allege that at least $700 million of Prince Group’s profit is from illegal transnational crime.
In full: https://thediplomat.com/2024/02/jack-davies-on-the-rise-and-rise-of-cambodias-prince-group/
A Taiwanese online personality has allegedly gone missing after he was recorded during a livestream apparently being beaten in a Cambodian casino.
Chen Neng-chuan, also known as Wan An Hsiao Chi, is known for producing paranormal content on Facebook.
In full: https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2024/02/14/2003813515
A man who targeted Canadians for cryptocurrency investment scams is speaking out after escaping the Cambodian compound where he was forced to do it.
In an exclusive interview with CBC’s Marketplace, the Malaysian man says he became a victim of human trafficking after he answered a post on a Facebook group advertising a customer service job with a Cambodian casino.
In full: https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/crypto-scam-human-trafficking-1.7105454
Ten rifles, almost 1,500 rounds of AK-47 ammunition, 47 magazines and other items were seized and a Cambodian man arrested in a boat off the coast of Trat province in the early hours of Friday.
A navy patrol spotted the boat at sea off tambon Hat Lek in Khlong Yai district at 3.40am on Friday. Officers signalled it to stop for a search. A 20-year-old Cambodian man, identified only as Raen, was on board the boat.
In full: https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/2739466
On February 2, three political activists, including Lim Sokha, a senior member of the Candlelight Party, the once fledgling opposition party that was banned from participation in Cambodia’s sham July 2023 elections, were arrested in Thailand after seeking asylum and being granted refugee status.
Fears were that the three outspoken activists, who planned to hold a protest during Hun Manet’s visit to Thailand on February 7, were rounded up because the two governments were working in concert to prevent “interference in Cambodian internal politics” on Thai soil.
In full: https://asiatimes.com/2024/02/thai-cambodian-reset-a-symptom-of-a-wider-problem/
The brother of a boy who died last week from bird flu has tested positive for the virus, Cambodia’s Health Ministry said Monday.
The 9-year-old’s death in the northeastern province of Kratie was the first from bird flu in Cambodia this year, after four were reported last year by the World Health Organization.
In full: https://apnews.com/article/cambodia-bird-flu-avian-influenza-virus-4795dcb690b4bb449e4c26a3b49e77dc
In his address to businesspeople at the Cambodia-Thailand Business Forum 2024 on Wednesday (February 7), Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet encouraged Thai entrepreneurs to explore additional trade and investment opportunities in his country, noting that Cambodia’s ultimate mission is to strengthen and facilitate cross-border collaboration with Thailand so that both nations can grow together.
In full: https://www.nationthailand.com/thailand/economy/40035394
The Thai Foreign Ministry clarified on Thursday that the upcoming talks to jointly explore gas and oil in the overlapping claims area (OCA) in the Gulf of Thailand between Thailand and Cambodia must take place along with boundary demarcation talks.
Chatchai Viriyavejkul, director-general of the ministry’s East Asian Affairs Department, said that energy cooperation talks could not be separated from the boundary negotiations.
Earlier, the Thai Energy Ministry had proposed that the talks on joint exploration of oil and gas resources in the OCA in the Gulf of Thailand should be separated from boundary talks fearing the latter would bog down the progress of cooperation in energy exploration.
In full: https://www.nationthailand.com/thailand/general/40035405
The recent arrest of Cambodian activists during Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet’s official visit to Bangkok on Wednesday was conducted simply because their actions were against Thai laws, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Thursday.
“Thailand respects freedom of expression and opinion, but that must comply with Thai law. What happened during the Cambodian prime minister’s visit can be deemed in violation of our statutes,” said Chatchai Viriyavejakul, director-general of the ministry’s Department of East Asian Affairs.
In full: https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/2738851
Cambodia generated over $1.36 billion last year from the export of footwear, gaiters and related products—a YoY decline of 21.4 per cent and 6 per cent of the country’s total exports worth $22.64 billion, according to the General Department of Customs and Excise.
Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Manet on Wednesday thanked Thailand for stopping “interference” in his country’s politics, days after three Cambodian activists were held by Thai police.
Rights groups have long accused Cambodia’s government of persecuting political opponents, and criticised Thailand for arresting dissidents on its soil.
Hun Manet held talks with his Thai counterpart Srettha Thavisin in Bangkok on Wednesday and thanked him for “not allowing Thai territory to be used for any activities for interference in Cambodian internal politics”.
In full: https://www.ucanews.com/news/cambodia-pm-thanks-thailand-after-activists-held/104085
“Tenement” made its world premiere at the International Film Festival Rotterdam. Discover how the film blends horror and history in a captivating way.
Imagine moving into a new apartment and finding out that your neighbours are not what they seem, leading you onto a dangerous path. That’s the premise of “Tenement”, a riveting thriller that premiered at the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) and is set to hit the screens in Cambodia this summer.
On Monday, lawyers for Cambodia’s ruling party filed a lawsuit accusing a leading rights activist of defamation and seeking $500,000 in damages, the latest development in the country’s rolling political crackdown.
The complaint was filed in Phnom Penh Municipal Court against Soeng Senkaruna, the deputy head of the Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association (ADHOC), one of the country’s main human rights groups.
In full: https://thediplomat.com/2024/02/cambodias-former-pm-sues-rights-activist-for-defamation/
Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Manet on Wednesday made his first official visit to neighboring Thailand since becoming his country’s leader last year, seeking to renew the close ties the two countries have maintained in recent times.
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In addition to meeting with his Thai counterpart, Srettha Thavisin, Hun Manet presided over the signing of several documents on bilateral cooperation and was scheduled to have a royal audience with King Maha Vajiralongkorn and address a Thailand-Cambodia business forum.
Three Cambodian activists arrested in Thailand will not be deported to their homeland and will be resettled elsewhere, a deputy police chief said on Wednesday, after human rights groups had raised concern about their fate if sent home.
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The remarks came during a visit to Thailand of Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet, who thanked his counterpart for preventing “interference in Cambodian internal politics,” from Thai soil.
The Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet arrived in Thailand for his first official visit since taking the top job last summer. The relationship between the neighbouring countries has been historically difficult. And in recent years political dissidents in both countries have been detained and disappeared.
Lawyers for the ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) have targeted a civil rights activist and a leader of an opposition party for potential litigation amid further arrests ahead of Feb. 25 Senate elections.
Three CPP lawyers have filed a complaint in the Phnom Penh Municipal Court against Soeng Senkaruna, vice president of the Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association, more commonly known as ADHOC, according to the government mouthpiece Fresh News.
In full: https://www.ucanews.com/news/cambodian-ruling-party-lawyers-single-out-opposition-voices/104061
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