July edition
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Yet another fatal traffic accident leaves workers wondering what’s next
Thousands of garment workers are injured every year traveling to and from work, and some dozens, sometimes hundreds, die on the roads. On May 23, Cambodia was shocked by two fatal garment truck crashes on the same morning.
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Rohingya learning centers struggle amid aid cuts, no recognition in Bangladesh
Schoolchildren without textbooks, teachers without markers, and high schoolers graduating without a diploma. Stateless in Bangladesh camps, a generation of young Rohingya refugees are struggling to see a way forward.
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Social acceptance outpaces legal rights for Laos queer community
Laos’s capital is quite open when it comes to gender fluidity and diversity. While not technically codified in law, you won’t see many people blink twice at gay or lesbian couples out on the streets, and many more people are accepted to express themselves in public spaces.
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Tracing a $61,000 crypto scam from Sweden to Cambodia’s Huione network
A Swedish hospital worker lost $61,817 to a crypto investment scam. Blockchain forensics traced the flow of funds into the ecosystem of an alleged Cambodia-based money-laundering empire.
Scam-site profiles
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My Casino, Kampot: Tycoon, 50 officers in jail over scams at rural casino
Only one Cambodian tycoon is in jail after months of the country’s scam crackdown. But 50 police and military police officers have also been arrested in Li Kuong’s case — for allegedly stealing from his rural Kampot compound.
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Kep: Authorities are hunting for the suspects behind Chinese man’s murder
Kep, the country’s smallest province, a largely tourism- and fishing-oriented coastal area, was not part of the scam boom. But as scam operations scattered amid raids elsewhere, some began to arrive.
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In northwest Cambodia’s Battambang, the rare limestone mountains of Phnom Romsay Sok have become a symbol of recovery, where bats that once disappeared are now returning through community efforts. But conservationists say there’s more to do across the country. Read as text
July updates
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Briefs: Banteay Meanchey scam raids continue
Authorities raided new locations around Cambodia’s Poipet city in July, while the national bank ordered the liquidation of a Malaysia-linked payment service.
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Another landslide in Rohingya camp buries girls’ school, kills 8
Seven students and a teacher were killed in the Cox’s Bazar Rohingya refugee camp when a landslide collapsed a school.
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Landslides kill at least 8 Rohingya refugees, destroy hundreds of shelters
After two days of relentless monsoon rain, Rohingya refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar have once again been devastated by deadly landslides and flooding, leaving families mourning loved ones while hundreds of shelters have been destroyed.