Hannah Hawkins
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South Korean Pastor Sentenced to 14 Years for Child Sex Abuse
A South Korean pastor accused of sexually abusing several girls who lived with him at his Siem Reap City church was sentenced on Thursday to 14 years, an unprecedentedly long jail term for such crimes, according to one NGO → Read More
Government Official Implicated in Stranded Maid Ordeal
A government official on Wednesday admitted that his now-defunct recruitment firm had sent a 16-year-old Cambodian maid to work in Saudi Arabia, where she was stranded for 12 years until a viral Facebook video calling for help finally prompted her repatriation this week. → Read More
Government Inks Deal with KrisEnergy for Cambodia’s First Oil Field
Singaporean oil and gas exploration firm KrisEnergy on Wednesday signed economic and technical agreements with Cambodia for the country’s first oil field development, three years after buying out U.S. oil giant Chevron’s share of the block. → Read More
Anti-Sex Trafficking NGO Offers Apology, Defends PM’s Order
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Monday agreed to allow Agape International Missions to continue its operations in Cambodia, just three weeks after ordering the expulsion of the anti-sex trafficking NGO over a CNN story featuring its work, according to an online news report. → Read More
For Migrants, Pull of Higher Wages Still Strong
In a shop in Thailand’s southeastern Chanthaburi province, 23-year-old Cambodian worker Chheng Chhor Laihieng said he had good reason to seek employment outside his home country. → Read More
French Project to Set Up Day Care Services for Factory Workers
France has pledged nearly $400,000 to set up maternal health and early childhood services, including child care centers, at a dozen garment factories across Cambodia, the French Embassy said on Wednesday. → Read More
At Close of Surrogacy Trial, Australian Nurse Pleads for Mercy
The trial of an Australian woman and two Cambodians accused of illegally operating a surrogacy business in Cambodia came to an emotional close on Monday as two of the defendants begged the court to return them to their children. → Read More
Embassy in Malaysia Lacks Funds to Send Workers Home
An official at the Cambodian Embassy in Kuala Lumpur said on Monday that with more Cambodians seeking support and refuge amid a labor crackdown by Malaysian authorities, the embassy’s budget was not enough to pay to bring them home. → Read More
Migrant Workers Overwhelm Passport Center
On a narrow side street on the outskirts of Phnom Penh on Tuesday, cars and tuk-tuks crept slowly along as hordes of pedestrians and motorbikes blocked their paths. Food carts and steady streams of customers lined the road. → Read More
Letter Repeats Call for Independent Inquiry Into Ley’s Death
Coinciding with the one-year anniversary of the murder of political analyst Kem Ley, 164 human rights and civil society organizations repeated a call for an independent inquiry to take over the ongoing investigation. → Read More
Centers in Thailand to Grant Migrant Workers Travel Documents
The Thai government has agreed to set up stations across Thailand where Cambodian illegal migrant workers can register for documents that will allow them to stay and work in the country, Labor Minister Ith Sam Heng said at a news conference on Thursday. → Read More
Confusion Drives More Legal, Illegal Workers From Thailand
Hundreds of fearful and confused Cambodian migrant workers—including those with legal documentation—are continuing to flee Thailand, workers said on Tuesday, even as both the Cambodian and Thai governments called for calm among the migrant workforce. → Read More
Australia Looks to Outlaw Tours to Orphanages in Cambodia
Australians facilitating tours and volunteer programs at orphanages in foreign countries such as Cambodia may eventually face criminal charges if a recently opened inquiry in Australia results in legislation. → Read More
Migrant Workers Face Thai Military Crackdown
Thousands of Cambodians are flooding back from Thailand as its military government cracks down on migrant workers based on new foreign labor laws, escalating its enforcement from just using police officers to now enlisting the military, an official said on Sunday. → Read More
Australian Filmmaker Facing Espionage Charges Denied Bail
An Australian filmmaker and outspoken government critic who was charged with espionage crimes earlier this month was denied bail during questioning at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Wednesday, his lawyer said. → Read More
More Concessions for Poor Sought at National Housing Forum
Banks and microfinance institutions should lower interest rates and extend payback periods for low-income Cambodians taking out housing loans, representatives from NGOs, the government and the private sector said on Tuesday at a housing forum in Phnom Penh. → Read More
Cham Muslims Celebrate End of Ramadan Fasting Month
For 31-year-old Saffir Prak, one of Cambodia’s ethnic Cham Muslims, on Sunday marked the end of one month of training in patience and gratefulness. → Read More
Drugs War Leaves Prisons ‘On Point of Collapse’
Cambodia’s already overstretched prisons are being pushed to the “point of collapse” by an influx of inmates from the government’s six-month war on drugs, a human rights advocate said on Thursday. → Read More
Man on Trial in US for Sex Abuse in Cambodia
An American man who served prison time in Cambodia for sexually abusing five boys under the care of his Phnom Penh orphanage is currently on trial in the U.S. for alleged crimes he committed in Cambodia between 2005 and 2013. → Read More
Voters’ Allegiances Swayed by Fears of Drug Crisis
Villagers of Akrei Khsat commune in Kandal province’s Lvea Em district say drug crime in the area has almost reached crisis point. → Read More