REAKSMEY KONGKEA

អាសម្បូរណ៌ ត្រូវបានក្រុមការងារអភិរក្សសត្វព្រៃដឹកយកទៅមណ្ឌលសង្រ្គោះសត្វព្រៃភ្នំតាម៉ៅ។ រូបថត AFPភ្នំពេញ៖ ដំរីចុះប្រេងមួយក្បាលដែលបានសម្លាប់ហ្មរបស់វា និងបន្ទាប់មកបានបង្កការភ័យខ្លាចអស់រយៈពេល ១០ថ្ងៃ នៅតំបន់ជនបទកម្ពុជានោះ ត្រូវបានគេនាំយកទៅកាន់មណ្ឌលសង្រ្គោះសត្វព្រៃមួយហើយ។ សម្បូរណ៌ ដែលជាឈ្មោះដំរីចុះប្រេងមួយក្បាល បានបង្កការភ័យខ្លាចដល់ប្រជាពលរដ្ឋនៅភាគនិរតីនៃខេត្តកំពង់ស្ពឺ ហើយបានបំផ្លាញផលដំណាំរបស់អ្នកភូមិ មុននឹងវាត្រូវបានក្រុមការងារសត្វព្រៃទាក់បានកាលពីថ្ងៃទី១៥ ធ្នូ។ ដំរីទម្ងន់ ៥តោននេះ ត្រូវបានគេរក្សាទុកនៅឯវាលស្រែមួយកន្លែងអស់រយៈពេលជាងមួយសប្តាហ៍ ខណៈដែលទ្រុងពិសេសមួយ ត្រូវបានគេរៀបចំឡើងសម្រាប់ដឹកដំរីដ៏ធមនេះ ទៅកាន់មណ្ឌលសង្រ្គោះសត្វព្រៃភ្នំតាម៉ៅ នៅមិនឆ្ងាយប៉ុន្មានពីរាជធានីភ្នំពេញ។ សម្បូរណ៌ ដែលបានបញ្ចេញអាកប្បកិរិយាហិង្សាកាលពីមុន ហើយត្រូវបានគេគិតថា បានសម្លាប់មនុស្ស ៤នាក់ កាលពីប៉ុន្មានឆ្នាំមកនេះ បានទៅដល់មណ្ឌលសង្រ្គោះសត្វភ្នំតាម៉ៅ កាលពីល្ង...

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ប៊ុត រស្មីគង្គា ភ្នុំពេញៈ មន្រ្តីបានឲ្យដឹងកាលពីថ្ងៃម្សិលមិញថា ភ្នាក់ងារដែលធ្វើការងារឲ្យក្រុមហ៊ុនជ្រើសរើសពលករដែល មានអាជ្ញាប័ណ្ណនឹងតម្រូវឲ្យពាក់ឯកសណ្ឋាន និងកាន់ប័ណ្ណសម្គាល់ខ្លួន ចាប់ពីខែមករាឆ្នាំក្រោយតទៅ នៅក្នុងកិច្ចខិតខំប្រឹងប្រែងដើម្បីញែកពួកគេឲ្យដាច់ចេញពី ឈ្មួញកណ្តាល។ លោក អាន ប៊ុនហាក់ ប្រធានសមាគមទីភ្នាក់ងារជ្រើសរើសពលករកម្ពុជាបានថ្លែងឲ្យដឹងថា វាជាគំនិតផ្តួចផ្តើមរួមគ្នារបស់ក្រសួងការងារ ក្រសួងមហាផ្ទៃ និងសមាគមទីភ្នាក់ងារជ្រើសរើសពលករកម្ពុជានោះ ដែលបានផ្តួចផ្តើមឡើងដើម្បីឆ្លើយតបទៅនឹងការកើន ឡើងនូវករណីជាច្រើន ទាក់ទងនឹង ពលករចំណាកស្រុក ដែលគេជួញដូរ ឬរំលោភបំពាន។ លោក អាន ប៊ុនហាក់ បានឲ្យដឹងថា៖ «យើងបានសិក្សាអំពីមូលហេតុដែលតែងមានបញ្ហាជា មួយនឹងពលករ បានរកឃើញថា ៩០ភាគរយនៃបញ្ហា បណ្តាលមកពីការជ្រើសរើស»។ លោកថា ឈ្នួញកណ្តាលដែលគ្មានអាជ្ញាប័ណ្ណ តែងផ្តល់ព័ត៌មានមិនពិតឲ្យពលករ។ លោកថា៖ «ឧទាហរណ៍ អ្នកបោកប្រាស់ថា ពលករអាចបានប្រាក់ខែច្រើននិងការ...

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ប៊ុត រស្មីគង្គា កំពង់ចាមៈ មន្រ្តីស៊ើបអង្កេតរបស់អង្គការអាដហុកប្រចាំខេត្ដកំពង់ចាម លោក ភឿង សុភា ថ្លែងថា សេង អូន អាយុ៤២ឆ្នាំ ដែលត្រូវបានសន្ដិសុខក្រុមហ៊ុនចំការកៅស៊ូឡុងស្រេង ចាប់ខ្លួនធ្វើទារុណកម្ម នៅថ្ងៃទី១៩ ខែធ្នូ ត្រូវបានដោះលែងហើយ កាលពីថ្ងៃទី២១ ធ្នូកន្លងទៅនេះ។ លោក បានអះអាងថា លោកមិញ ទុំ អាយុ៣១ឆ្នាំ ជាជនរងគ្រោះម្នាក់ទៀតដែលត្រូវសន្ដិសុខម្នាក់បាញ់ឲ្យរង របួសជាទម្ងន់ ក៏ត្រូវដោះលែងពីការចោទប្រកាន់ពីបទលួចជ័រកៅស៊ូផងដែរ បន្ទាប់ពីបានផ្ដិត មេដៃ ឈប់ប្ដឹងសន្ដិសុខក្រុមហ៊ុន ដែលបានបាញ់លោកឲ្យរងរបួស ប៉ុន្ដែ បច្ចុប្បន្នលោកសម្រាកព្យាបាលនៅមន្ទីរពេទ្យខេត្ដ ក្នុងក្រុងកំពង់ចាម។ លោកសុភាបញ្ជាក់ថា លោក សេង អូន ត្រូវបានដោះលែងបន្ទាប់ពីគាត់បានបង់ប្រាក់៣០០ដុល្លារ ទៅឲ្យប៉ូលិសដើម្បីបញ្ចប់ក្ដីនេះ ហើយក៏បានយល់ព្រមឈប់ប្ដឹងសន្ដិសុខក្រុមហ៊ុនដែលបានបាញ់និង ធ្វើទារុណកម្មលើរូបលោក មិញ ទុំ។ លោកបានបន្ដថា បុរសទាំងពីរត្រូវបានចោទប្រកាន់ពីបទលួចជ័រកៅស៊ូរបស់ក្រុមហ៊ុន...

Animal attacks: Two bitten by escaped black bear

BY Buth Reaksmey Kongkea TWO villagers were seriously injured after being attacked by a large male black bear that escaped from Phnom Tamao Zoo in Takeo province on Thursday, said Seng Saroeun, deputy police chief of Trapaing Sap commune. Son Tim, a 50-year-old farmer from the commune’s Trapaing Sap village, sustained serious wounds on his leg and hand when he tried to catch the escaped bear in his rice field on Friday. Meanwhile, Minh Chan, 57, was injured in the leg on the same day while trying to chase the escapee out of her watermelon patch, said Seng Sarouen. He said the victims were rescued by villagers and were immediately sent to the district health centre, adding that the zoo would pay for their treatment. Nhem Thy, deputy director of Phnom Tamao Zoo, said that the male bear escaped on Thursday night by digging a hole to escape from his cage. “We sent our staff to catch it when we received reports that it bit villagers in Trapaing Sap village and we shot it with tranquilis...

Phnom Penh to revamp street signage

BY Buth Reaksmey Kong Nhem Saran, director of the municipal Department of Public Works and Transport, said yesterday that the project would begin in the city centre early next year before being gradually extended to the outskirts of the capital. The project – which is set to upend Phnom Penh’s anarchic system of street and house numbering – came about as a means of enhancing public order, he said. “I notice that many houses and even streets still lack signs, which makes it very hard for our officers to implement their daily work,” he said. “Once all houses, villas, flats and roads in Phnom Penh are adequately labelled, it will make things less complicated for us and our people, and accelerate development and progress in our country.” He said the Chinese Chung Hong Company had been commissioned to manufacture the aluminum signs, but that businesses and homeowners in the capital would be required to pay US$4 each to cover the costs. The scheme received a mixed reaction from residents yes...

Former police official pleads innocent to drug charges

By Buth Reaksmeykongkea PHNOM Penh Municipal Court yesterday heard a case against an ex-police officer and his alleged accomplice charged with trafficking drugs. Sam Chansa, a 38-year-old former police official, was arrested in April by undercover agents posing as drug dealers, said Sok Mut, chief of the Anti-Drug Unit at the Interior Ministry’s Anti-Drug Trafficking Department. “One of our policemen pretended to be a drug buyer, meeting the suspect at a coffee shop,” he said. “After having seen the money being used to trap him, Sam Chansa called his wife to hand over 225 grams of ‘ice’ drugs [methamphetamine] to a second policeman who pretended to be a drug broker.” Sok Mut said Sam Chansa’s wife had fled the scene and evaded arrest, allegedly taking the drugs with her. Huot Seng, 35, was arrested later the same month on suspicion of supplying drugs to Sam Chansa. Both men pled innocent during yesterday’s hearing, retracting previous confessions that they claimed were coerced during...

Uniforms, ID cards to curb trafficking

By Buth Reaksmey Kongkea AGENTS working for licensed labour recruitment firms will from January be required to wear uniforms and carry identity cards in a bid to differentiate them from unlicensed brokers. An Bun Hak, president of the Association of Cambodian Recruitment Agencies, said the move – a joint initiative of the Labour Ministry, the Interior Ministry and the ACRA – came in response to a recent spate of cases involving trafficked or abused migrant workers. “We learnt about why there were always problems with the workers and then we found that 90 percent were caused by recruitment,” An Bun Hak said. He said unlicensed brokers often provided their recruits with false information. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- There were always problems with the workers ... we found that 90 percent were caused by recruitment. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “For example, the cheaters tell them...

General’s son charged over three road deaths

By Buth Reaksmey Kongkea KOEUN Sotharaneth, the 16-year-old son of a general in the National Police, has been charged with manslaughter after he killed three people in a car accident in Kandal province on Friday night. Ouk Kimseth, a prosecutor at Kandal provincial court, said the boy was charged on Saturday and was in detention awaiting trial. Police said the teenager was speeding along Street 21A in Takhmao town on Friday evening when he lost control of his vehicle and hit three people who were driving their motorbikes along the side of the road. Iv Chamroeun, the provincial chief of police, said the three victims – Mao Tharith, 54, Chea Heng, 50, and Chea Eng, 51, all of Chong Koh village in Takhmao – were killed immediately. After the accident, police took Koeun Sotharaneth to the provincial police station for further questioning. The boy’s 23-year-old bodyguard was also taken in for questioning, but was released the same night. Meas Chanby from Handicap International Belgium sa...

Police release rubber thieves – for a price

By Buth Reaksmey Kongkea TWO men who were arrested after trespassing on a Kampong Cham rubber plantation were freed after paying local police a US$300 bribe, according to a local rights activist. Seng Uorn, a 42-year-old farmer, said he and his friend Minh Tum, 31, entered the Long Sreng Rubber Plantation in Stung Trang district’s O’Mlou commune on Tuesday to collect rubber sap, when they were surprised by security guards. “The guards chased us with the company car and tried to hit us. We tried to get away but my motorbike was hit and I was detained. Minh Tum was shot and seriously injured while he was trying to get away from there,” he said. Seng Uorn added that the guards then tied him to a rubber tree and beat him. Phuong Sophea, Adhoc’s investigating officer in Kampong Cham, said Minh Tum was seriously injured in the shooting. The pair, who were subsequently arrested, thumbprinted agreements saying they would not sue the guards for their actions. Phuong Sophea added that Seng Uo...

Sambo Heads to New Home

By Adam Miller and Buth Reaksmey Kongkea Sambo, the bull elephant that terrorised a small village in Kampong Speu province earlier this month, has finally found a new home at Phnom Tamao Zoo, following a Herculean effort by Forestry Administration officials and local NGOs to safely relocate him on Saturday. Ahead of his arrival at the zoo, the raging hormonal beast, who was in the musth period of his adult life – a time of intense aggression that affects bull elephants periodically – was tranquilised and coaxed into a steel cage while hundreds of villagers watched on. For hours, local vendors cashed in on the spectacle, selling coconut ice cream and loaves of bread to gawking locals who drank and cheered as the caged Sambo was hoisted onto the back of a truck. “The situation was certainly not ideal. We were in a location close to many people and this did not make looking after him easy,” said Jack Highwood, director of the Elephant Livelihood Initiative Environment. “We had to dea...

Photographer to be set free

December 07, 2010

By Buth Reaksmey Kongkea Japanese photojournalist Go Takayama (R) poses for a photograph with newlyweds he photographed as part of a photo essay he was working on in Siem Reap on November 19. A Japanese photojournalist jailed on charges of producing pornography was set to be released following intervention from Information Minister Khieu Kanharith, Siem Reap Provincial Prosecutor Ty Soveinthal said yesterday. Local officials have alleged that Go Takayama, 28, photographed women at brothels in Siem Reap, though organisers of the recently concluded Angkor Photo Festival say the photos in question were inoffensive portraits of a married couple. Ty Soveinthal said Takayama and the couple arrested along with him would likely be released today or tomorrow, following a hearing at the provincial court scheduled for today. “I have already completed my investigation of the Japanese photographer, and I think his punishment should be very minor and he should not be jailed in Cambodia,” Ty Sovei...

Japanese photojournalist to face charge of producing pornography

Buth Reaksmey Kongkea A Cambodian bride poses for a portrait during a wedding in Siem Reap on November 19. The picture, which was taken with the permission of the woman and her husband, is part of a series of photos by Japanese photojournalist Go Takayama, who was arrested last month on charges of producing pornography. THE Siem Reap provincial court will try a Japanese man next week on charges of producing pornography, though the defendant claims the photos were shot as part of an inoffensive project for the recently-concluded Angkor Photo Festival. Chea Heng, deputy chief of Siem Reap’s anti-human trafficking and juvenile protection office, said Go Takayama, 28, had been arrested last month after he hired a Cambodian man and a female sex worker to take him to photograph women at a brothel in Siem Reap district’s Thvay Dangkum commune. Police discovered 78 illicit photos on Takayama’s camera that depicted sex workers in Siem Reap, Chea Heng added. “I think this is a serious offenc...

Bogus official faces fraud charges

Buth Reaksmey Kongkea Kandal provincial court has charged a 41-year-old man with public-letter fraud after he was arrested on suspicion of distributing business cards and documents claiming he was an official in Prime Minister Hun Sen’s cabinet. Sdoeung Saroeun, a Kandal native, was arrested October 30 in Prek Chiek village, in Ponhea Leu district’s Koh Chin commune, after villagers suspected his credentials were fraudulent and tipped off police. “He was arrested because he pretended that he had a role within the Prime Minister’s cabinet and used that title to further his business in cities and provinces throughout Cambodia,” said Kandal province police chief Eav Chamroeun. He said the accused used his fake title to buy land from villagers, though he could not confirm how much was purchased, or in what provinces. Ouk Kimseth, prosecutor of Kandal provincial court, said the accused was being detained at the provincial prison and would be held until investigations were completed. “We ...

Japanese photographer to face trial

Buth Reaksmey Kongkea A Cambodian bride poses for a portrait during a wedding in Siem Reap on November 19. The picture, which was taken with the permission of the woman and her husband, is part of a series of photos by Japanese photojournalist Go Takayama, who was arrested last month on charges of producing pornography.The Siem Reap provincial court will try a Japanese man next week on charges of producing pornography, though the defendant claims the photos were part of an inoffensive project shot in connection with the recently-concluded Angkor Photo Festival. Chea Heng, deputy chief of Siem Reap’s anti-human trafficking and juvenile protection office, said Go Takayama had been arrested last month after he hired a Cambodian man and a female sex worker to take him to photograph women at a brothel in Siem Reap district’s Thvay Dangkum commune. Police discovered 78 illicit photos on Go Takayama’s camera that depicted sex workers in Siem Reap, he added. “I think this is a serious offen...

Koh Pich guards detain photographer