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Passage of Acid Attack Law Welcomed, With Caveats
The National Assembly on Friday passed a law to against acid attacks, providing long-term recovery costs for victims and a sentence of up to 30 years for assailants. However, critics of the law as passed said it contained loopholes that could be exploited by unscrupulous court officials. Yim Sovann, a spokesman for the opposition Sam Rainsy Party, said Article 20, which provides only three to five years of jail for offenders in certain cases, was too lenient Continue reading
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NEC Extends Registration in Flood-Hit Areas
The National Election Committee said Thursday it was extending by three days voter registration in 316 communes hit hard by recent flooding. The extension was made at the request of local election officials, political parties and election monitors, pushing the date from Oct. 15 to Oct Continue reading
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Parties Complain of Unfair Voter Registration
With the end of voter registration for commune council elections next year just 10 days away, political parties and election observers say the registries are still in disarray. Continue reading
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2007 Audit Finds Irregularities, Inefficiencies
The Cambodian government on Thursday made public the results of a 2007 government audit, where it found a lack of income from national revenue and other irregularities. The report, issued by the National Audit Authority, found irregularities in the import and export sector and a “lack of efficiency” in the fight against customs crimes and other areas that cause a loss of revenue. Taxation on land concessions and real estate remained a problem, and the government has “no full capacity” to earn revenue from mining, the report found Continue reading
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Sam Rainsy Sentence Slightly Reduced in Map Case
The Cambodian Court of Appeals on Tuesday reduced by three years the prison sentence for exiled opposition leader Sam Rainsy on criminal charges of disinformation. Sam Rainsy was facing a 10-year sentence for allegedly publishing a map of the border with Vietnam in 2009 that the government said was fraudulent. Sam Rainsy has said that Cambodia is losing land to Vietnamese encroachment, a politically sensitive claim the government denies. Continue reading
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Infrastructure and Education, Thaksin Advises
Thailand’s exiled former premier Thaksin Shinawatra said Monday he saw potential in Cambodia’s economic growth, which has buoyed in 2011 following recovery with garments and tourism. Thaksin said in a lecture at the Asian Economic Forum, held at the Council of Ministers’ building, that Cambodia had shown strong growth compared to the region Continue reading
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