2024 in Cambodia
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Events in the year 2024 in Cambodia.
Incumbents
Events
February
- 25 February – 2024 Cambodian Senate election[1]
- 26 February – Tep Vong, the Supreme Patriarch of Cambodia, dies at the age of 92 after being in office since 1981.[2]
March
- 18 March – Prime Minister Hun Manet orders a ban on musical horns on vehicles, citing threats to public order and road safety.[3]
April
- 3 April – Hun Sen is unanimously voted in as president of the Cambodian Senate[4]
- 27 April – Twenty soldiers are killed after ammunition explodes at a military base in Kampong Speu province.[5]
May
June
- 14 June – The Cambodian National Police and the National Authority to Combat Drugs seize and destroy seven tons of illicit drugs, mostly methamphetamine, worth US$70 million as part of a crackdown operation.[7]
July
- 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
- 5 August – Construction of the Funan Techo Canal linking the Mekong River in Phnom Penh with the Gulf of Thailand via Kep Province begins.[14]
September
- 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] He is released on bail on 24 October after appearing to have made a public apology.[19]
Holidays
- 1 January – New Year's Day
- 7 January – Genocide Victory Day
- 8 March - International Women's Day
- 13–16 April – Cambodian New Year
- 1 May – Labour Day
- 14 May – King Sihamoni's Birthday
- 22 May – Visakh Bochea
- 26 May – Royal Ploughing Ceremony
- 18 June – Queen Mother's Birthday
- 24 September – Constitution Day
- 1-3 October – Pchum Ben
- 15 October – Commemoration Day of the King's Father
- 29 October – King Norodom Sihamoni's Coronation Day
- 9 November – Independence Day
- 14–16 November – Royal Water Festival
- 29 December – Day of Peace in Cambodia
Deaths
References
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Supreme Buddhist Patriarch passes away at 93". Archived from the original on 2024-02-26. Retrieved 2024-02-26.
- ^ "Cambodia's prime minister sounds a sour note on trucks' musical horns". Associated Press. March 19, 2024.
- ^ "Cambodia's ex-leader Hun Sen unanimously voted in as senate president". France 24. 3 April 2024. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
- ^ "20 Cambodian soldiers killed in ammunition explosion at a military base". Associated Press. 2024-04-27. Retrieved 2024-04-27.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Cambodian authorities burn $70M of seized illegal drugs in major crackdown". Associated Press. 2024-06-14. Retrieved 2024-06-15.
- ^ "Cambodia accused of conducting political trial as it jails green activists". Al Jazeera. 2 July 2024. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Fierce storm topples tree at Cambodian Angkor temple complex, killing 1 and damaging statues". Associated Press. 24 July 2024. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Cambodian politician fined $1.5 mln for defamation after democracy criticism". Reuters. July 25, 2024.
- ^ "Cambodia breaks ground on China-funded canal and says it will be built 'no matter the cost'". Associated Press. August 5, 2024.
- ^ "Cambodia decries US sanctions against one of its top tycoons implicated in forced labor". Associated Press. September 13, 2024.
- ^ "Cambodia pulls out of a regional development pact after protests". Associated Press. September 21, 2024.
- ^ "Pregnant Philippine women arrested in Cambodia for surrogacy could be prosecuted after giving birth". CNN. October 13, 2024.
- ^ "Concern grows for detained journalist awarded by US for exposing online scam centers". CNN. October 3, 2024.
- ^ "Cambodian journalist who exposed cyberscams released on bail". BBC. 2024-10-24. Retrieved 2024-11-05.
- ^ "Cambodia Public Holidays 2024". Public Holidays Global. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
- ^ "ប្រតិទិនឈប់សម្រាក ប្រចាំឆ្នាំ ២០២៤" [Holiday Calendar 2024]. Ministry of Economy and Finance (in Khmer). 21 September 2023. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
- ^ "Tep Vong, the leader of Cambodia's Buddhist community, dies at 93". AP News. 2024-02-26. Retrieved 2024-06-02.
