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2024 in Cambodia

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2024
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List of years in Cambodia

Events in the year 2024 in Cambodia.

Incumbents

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Events

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February

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March

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  • 18 March – Prime Minister Hun Manet orders a ban on musical horns on vehicles, citing threats to public order and road safety.[3]

April

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May

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June

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July

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  • 1 July – A court in Phnom Penh sentences ten members of the environmentalist group Mother Nature to between six and eight years' imprisonment on charges of plotting against the government and Lèse-majesté, following a trial described by human rights groups as an attempt to “muzzle criticism of governmental policies”.[8]
  • 12 July – A Harbin Z-9 military helicopter crashes in the Cardamom Mountains in Pursat Province. Its wreckage and the bodies of its two crew are found on 29 July.[9][10]
  • 23 July – Five people are killed in the Angkor Wat complex after being struck by a falling tree during a storm which also destroys several statues.[11][12]
  • 25 July – Candlelight Party president Teav Vannol is fined 6 billion riel (~US$1.5 million) for "defamation" of the current government to foreign media following his party being withheld from the 2023 Cambodian general election.[13]

August

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September

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  • 12 September – The United States imposes sanctions on billionaire senator Ly Yong Phat for involvement in human rights abuses relating to online scam operations.[15]
  • 20 September – Prime Minister Hun Manet announces the country's withdrawal from an agreement establishing the Cambodia–Laos–Vietnam Development Triangle Area following protests against land concessions.[16]
  • 23 September – Twenty-four women from the Philippines and Vietnam are arrested in Kandal Province for participating in a surrogacy scheme.[17]
  • 30 September – Journalist Mech Dara is arrested on suspicion of inciting violence over social media posts made regarding a rock quarry.[18]

Holidays

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Deaths

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  • February 26 — Tep Vong, leader of the Cambodian Buddhist community.[21]

References

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  1. ^ "Cambodia's ruling party wins Senate election, paving the way for Hun Sen to act as its president". Associated Press. 26 February 2024. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
  2. ^ "Supreme Buddhist Patriarch passes away at 93". Archived from the original on 2024-02-26. Retrieved 2024-02-26.
  3. ^ "Cambodia's prime minister sounds a sour note on trucks' musical horns". Associated Press. March 19, 2024.
  4. ^ "Cambodia's ex-leader Hun Sen unanimously voted in as senate president". France 24. 3 April 2024. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  5. ^ "20 Cambodian soldiers killed in ammunition explosion at a military base". Associated Press. 2024-04-27. Retrieved 2024-04-27.
  6. ^ "Cambodia to hold 4th capital, provincial, municipal, district and khan council election in May next year - Khmer Times". 20 September 2023. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
  7. ^ "Cambodian authorities burn $70M of seized illegal drugs in major crackdown". Associated Press. 2024-06-14. Retrieved 2024-06-15.
  8. ^ "Cambodia accused of conducting political trial as it jails green activists". Al Jazeera. 2 July 2024. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
  9. ^ "Cambodia's defense ministry says a search is on for a military helicopter missing since Friday". Associated Press. 14 July 2024. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
  10. ^ "Cambodian helicopter spotted crashed on a mountain 17 days after being lost. Bodies of pilots found". Associated Press. 30 July 2024. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
  11. ^ "Fierce storm topples tree at Cambodian Angkor temple complex, killing 1 and damaging statues". Associated Press. 24 July 2024. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
  12. ^ "Severe weather causes fatal Tuk-Tuk accident in Siem Reap (VIDEO)". Khmer Times. July 24, 2024. Archived from the original on July 27, 2024. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
  13. ^ "Cambodian politician fined $1.5 mln for defamation after democracy criticism". Reuters. July 25, 2024.
  14. ^ "Cambodia breaks ground on China-funded canal and says it will be built 'no matter the cost'". Associated Press. August 5, 2024.
  15. ^ "Cambodia decries US sanctions against one of its top tycoons implicated in forced labor". Associated Press. September 13, 2024.
  16. ^ "Cambodia pulls out of a regional development pact after protests". Associated Press. September 21, 2024.
  17. ^ "Pregnant Philippine women arrested in Cambodia for surrogacy could be prosecuted after giving birth". CNN. October 13, 2024.
  18. ^ "Concern grows for detained journalist awarded by US for exposing online scam centers". CNN. October 3, 2024.
  19. ^ "Cambodia Public Holidays 2024". Public Holidays Global. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
  20. ^ "ប្រតិទិនឈប់សម្រាក ប្រចាំឆ្នាំ ២០២៤" [Holiday Calendar 2024]. Ministry of Economy and Finance (in Khmer). 21 September 2023. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
  21. ^ "Tep Vong, the leader of Cambodia's Buddhist community, dies at 93". AP News. 2024-02-26. Retrieved 2024-06-02.
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