PHNOM PENH (The Phnom Penh Post/ANN): Minister of Justice Koeut Rith has directed the formation of two committees to begin the process of establishing separate courts for commercial and labour disputes.
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A former acting pagoda chief monk was arrested on January 11 for allegedly having sexual intercourse with four minors in December. - Police photo
PHNOM PENH (The Phnom Penh Post/ANN): Kampong Chhnang Provincial Court Investigating Judge Phy Daro has placed a former acting pagoda chief monk in pre-trial detention for allegedly having sexual intercourse with four minors in December.
Provincial court spokesperson Hong Kim Hak identified the former monk as Orn Chhai Rak, 28.
“Chhai Rak has been charged under Article 42 of the Law on Suppression of Human Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation, ” he said.
Chhai Rak faces between five and 10 years in prison if found guilty.
PHNOM PENH (The Phnom Penh Post/ANN): In a tumultuous period for the garment industry, the year 2020 brought the closure of 129 factories in the Kingdom, affecting over 70,000 workers while 112 new factory openings created more than 20,000 jobs.
There are nearly 30 active crab banks in Kep and Cambodia’s three other coastal provinces. MINISTRY OF INFORMATION
PHNOM PENH (The Phnom Penh Post/ANN): Provincial fisheries officials have said the development of crab banks in community fisheries has gradually boosted marine crab output.
Crab banks are where pregnant crabs are stored until their attached eggs hatch. Members of fisheries communities who catch pregnant crabs are obliged to sell them to the crab banks. Once hatched, the zoea larvae are released back into the sea.
Kampot provincial Fisheries Administration director Sar Sorin said there are currently four active crab banks in his province, which have substantially contributed to meeting daily demand for the marine crabs.
The frog-headed turtle breeding season runs from November to May.
PHNOM PENH (The Phnom Penh Post/ANN): The Wildlife Conservation Society’s (WCS Cambodia) Nest Protection Team, in collaboration with the Fisheries Administration, have found five nests of the critically endangered Cantor’s Giant Softshell Turtle (also known as frog-headed turtle) during the 2020 breeding season on a beach along the Mekong River in Kratie province’s Sambor district.
WCS Cambodia’s Mekong Regional Coordinator Nhuon Chanty told The Post that the first nest they discovered had 32 eggs, but within a week the team had found four more nests.
“If we total the number of eggs in the five nests we found, there were more than 150 eggs. We will collect these frog-headed turtle eggs and put them in a safe place for them to hatch, ” he said.