A local health clinic in Rokar village, Battambang province, is now under investigation, after nearly 800 people were tested for the virus.
Montagnards, many of whom are Protestants, have long claimed persecution in Vietnam for religious reasons and for their aid of US troops during Vietnam war.
Small number of Montagnards have been in hiding in forests of Ratanakiri province since late October, claiming oppression in Vietnam.
Large crowds gathered Tuesday to celebrate retirement and resettlement of beloved Sambo, who has been a well known resident of Phnom Penh for half a century.
Khieu Samphan has refused to participate in the second phase of an atrocity crimes trial against him and fellow leader Nuon Chea.
The tribunal’s international investigating judge is examining more than 10 crime sites for Case 003 and some 55 crime scenarios for Case 004.
In fact, Hun Sen’s Cambodian People’s Party is widely and frequently criticized for using the courts as a tool against dissidents.
The second and final phase of the trial against Khieu Samphan and Nuon Chea are widely viewed as the court’s most important case.
Ten activists, three monks and two opposition members are currently in detention on various charges.
The three activists Wednesday, including a former monk, were charged with disturbing public order, the same charge brought against the seven activists the day before.
Nuon Chea’s current defense team has been boycotting hearings against him since last week.
The tribunal is in the midst of starting the second and final phase of a trial of Nuon Chea, the regime’s chief ideologue, and Khieu Samphan, its nominal head of state.
In a statement, the court said the defense had “abandoned the courtroom” during a hearing last week, and it ordered them to appear at a trial management meeting on Tuesday.
The Oct. 23 holiday was taken off the list of national holidays, angering those who see it as an important day and opening the ruling party to criticism for the move.
The accords were signed in 1991 and brought liberal democracy and a constitution to a country that had been shattered by war.
Forestry activists say at least 55,000 tons of luxury wood were sent from Cambodia to China this year alone.
The agreement could bring in refugees currently held on the Micronesian island of Nauru to Cambodia.
More meetings are to be held this week, leading up to another hearing session on Oct. 27.
It remains unclear what will happen next with the hearing, which was to begin a trial of atrocity crimes for the two men, including, for the first time, genocide.
There was no discussion of a lack of movement on two cases—Nos. 003 and 004—at the court, nor a discussion of at least one potential defendant’s refusal to answer a court summons.
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