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ជន​ពិការ​បង្កើត​របរ​ចម្រៀង​និង​តន្ត្រី​ខ្នាត​តូច​តាម​ផ្សារ​និង​ទី​សាធារណៈ​ដើម្បី​ចិញ្ចឹម​ជីវិត

ក្រុម​តន្ត្រី​ជន​ពិការ​ប្រគំ​នៅ​ម្ដុំ​ផ្សារ​ដើមគ រាជធានី​ភ្នំពេញ។ រូបថត​ថ្ងៃ​ទី​៨ តុលា ឆ្នាំ​២០១៥ RFA/Sek Bandith

ក្រុម​តន្ត្រី​មូលនិធិ​មនុស្ស​ធម៌​ជួយ​ដល់​ជន​ពិការ​ភ្នែក​កម្ពុជា ខេត្ត​កណ្ដាល លោក ដា ល័ក្ខណ៍ ប្រគំ​តន្ត្រី​នៅ​ជិត​ស្តុប​ផ្សារ​ដើម​គ រាជធានី​ភ្នំពេញ កាល​ពី​ថ្ងៃ​ទី​២១ ខែ​សីហា ឆ្នាំ​២០១៥។ RFA/Uon Chhin

ជន​ពិការ​កម្ពុជា កំពុង​តែ​ព្យាយាម​ច្នៃ​ប្រឌិត​បង្កើត​មុខ​របរ​ដោយ​ខ្លួន​ឯង ដើម្បី​ចិញ្ចឹម​ជីវិត​ខ្លួន​ឯង​ផង និង​សមាជិក​គ្រួសារ​ផង។ មុខ​របរ​ទាំង​នោះ​មាន​ដូចជា ធ្វើ​សរសៃ និង​បង្កើត​ក្រុម​តន្ត្រី​ខ្នាត​តូច ដើម្បី​ច្រៀង​ប្រគំ​កំដរ​សាធារណជន​នៅ​តាម​ទី​សាធារណៈ មាន​ដូចជា​តាម​ទីផ្សារ កន្លែង​មាន​ភ្លើង​ស្តុប​សំខាន់ៗ​ក្នុង​ទីក្រុង ជាដើម ជាពិសេស​ក្នុង​ឱកាស​បុណ្យ​ភ្ជុំ​បិណ្ឌ​នេះ គោលដៅ​សំខាន់​របស់​ពួក​គាត់ គឺ​នៅ​តាម​ទី​វត្ត​អារាម។

តើ​មុខ​របរ​របស់​ក្រុម​ជន​ពិការ​មាន​ការ​គាំទ្រ​យ៉ាង​ណា និង​ប្រឈម​ការ​លំបាក​យ៉ាង​ណា​ខ្លះ?
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Sam Rainsy, Hun Sen Each Declare Confidence in Upcoming Elections

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, second from right, shakes hands with the main opposition party leader Sam Rainsy, left, of Cambodia National Rescue Party, as Deputy Prime Minister Sar Kheng, second from left, looks on after a meeting in Senate headquarter, file photo.

Hun Sen’s Cambodian People’s Party won 68 seats in the 2013 election, compared to the opposition’s 55.

PHNOM PENH—Sam Rainsy, the head of the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party, has posted a message to supporters on Facebook, claiming his party hopes to win local elections in 2017 and national elections the following year.

The video comes amid the celebration of Pchum Ben, an annual holiday to honor the dead. In the 50-second clip, Sam Rainsy says the Rescue Party’s non-violent methods have been effective in galvanizing those who have suffered injustice under the current regime.

Prime Minister Hun Sen, meanwhile, in a speech in September, repeated his own expectations for victory. “I will win again, to be the prime minister after 2018, and 2023,” he said. “Wait to win
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Cambodia Raises Minimum Wage For Garment Workers But Unions Remain Unhappy

Cambodia's Minister of Labor Ith Samheng addresses the Labor Advisory Committee about a new minimum wage for garment factory workers in Phnom Penh, Oct. 8, 2015.

Cambodia said Thursday that it would raise the monthly minimum wage of garment workers to U.S. $140 next year, prompting a rebuke by some independent unions that had demanded $20 more for laborers in the Southeast Asian nation.

The Labor Advisory Committee (LAC) — the country’s wage-setting group comprised of 28 representatives from government, unions and employers — voted to approve $135 for the new minimum wage, while the government agreed to pay an extra $5 per person subsidy.

The new minimum wage, which is $12 more than the current one, takes effect in January for Cambodia’s 700,000 garment industry workers. Garment workers currently receive a minimum wage of $128 a month.

Some independent worker unions, however, said they are not satisfied with the nearly 9.4-percent increase.

Ath Thon, President of the Coalition of Cambodian Apparel Workers Democratic Union (C.CAWDU) said U.S. $140 would not be enough for garment factory employees to earn a decent living because of inflation.

The health of workers in Cambodia’s 700 garment factories has been deteriorating because they must work overtime to
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Cambodian Troops Bulldoze Villagers' Crops in Bid to Seize Land

Cambodian land rights activists hold a banner in front of the National Assembly building during the 29th World Habitat Day in Phnom Penh, Oct. 6, 2014. RFA

Troops assigned to a light infantry unit destroyed village fields in southern Cambodia’s Kampot province on Monday in a bid to expand the property used by a commune set up for retired army soldiers, sources said.

Crops and fruit trees were destroyed in the operation as about 30 soldiers armed with sticks and knives moved in with bulldozers against villages surrounding the Decho Akpewat commune, vowing to return on Wednesday to finish their work, one village chief told RFA’s Khmer Service.

“There will be serious tensions [on Wednesday],” Decho Anlong Khmeng Leng village chief Tim Hong told RFA.

“We can’t stop villagers from protesting, and other villagers are going to lose their land and face similar problems,” he
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