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Flooding Brings Additional Danger of Disease: Doctor
Cambodia is undergoing its worst flooding in a decade. The floodwater has inundated homes and farmland, killing hundreds and displacing thousands of people. And aside from the immediate damage, a disaster of this scale can also mean the transmission of numerous diseases, a US-based doctor said Thursday Continue reading
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Tribunal Suspect Finds Court’s Role ‘Limited’
[Editor’s note: Meas Muth, the former commander of the Khmer Rouge navy, is among five suspects in two cases before the UN-backed tribunal. International prosecutors maintain he was in the upper echelon of the regime, was responsible for purges in areas under his command and that he sent hundreds of people to the Tuol Sleng torture center, known to the regime as S-21. Continue reading
Tribunal Only Part of Answer to Trauma: Author
[Editor’s note: “Cambodia’s Hidden Scars” is an study of the trauma inflicted by the Khmer Rouge and its current manifestation in Cambodian society. It was published by the Documentation Center of Cambodia to promote healing some of the psychological damage brought on by the violence of the regime. Co-author Beth Van Schaack, a professor at Santa Clara University’s School of Law, specializes in transitional justice and international law and human rights. Continue reading
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Cambodian Anti-Corruption Drive Creates Headache for Western Firms
Earlier this month the Cambodian government announced that as part of its anti-corruption drive, it had outlawed the payment of fees to civil servants. But the move has opened a new set of problems that worry Western businesses that operate in the country. To the government, this was expected to be a minor announcement. As of August 1, all corruption offenses contained in two separate laws were now in force. For Phnom Penh, this was another step on the road to combating corruption Continue reading
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‘Red Wedding’ Shows Lasting Scars of Forced Marriage
A new documentary film premiered in Phnom Penh on Thursday reveal forced marriages ordered by the Khmer Rouge ahead of the Khmer Rouge tribunal’s initial hearing of its four senior leaders late this month. Red Wedding, which last 58 minutes, follows the current life of a woman who is bitterly describing her sufferings during the Khmer Rouge period when she was forced to marry one of their soldiers. Her unwanted husband raped her under the Khmer Rouge’s orders, she said in the film. Continue reading
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1997 Investigation Hampered by Authorities: FBI
When the FBI conducted an investigation into the 1997 grenade attack on an opposition rally, the agency found improper conduct by Cambodian authorities, according to a report obtained by VOA Khmer. The March 1997 attack killed 16 people and wounded at least 150 more, after unknown assailants tossed four grenades into a rally led by Sam Rainsy Continue reading