Yorm Bopha, a community leader and housing rights activist, is accused of assaulting two motorcycle taxi drivers in 2012.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visited Cambodia last weekend, vowing financial support to Prime Minister Hun Sen to help promote human rights and democracy.
Rong Chhun said the government failed to address the concerns of workers, prolonging the problem until “violence erupted.”
The rights group Adhoc estimates than some 700,000 people have been affected by land disputes since 1990.
The RCEP is a deal between Asean nations and the governments of Australian, China, India, South Korea and New Zealand, and groups together about $17 trillion in annual GDP.
The Cambodian Human Rights Task Force said in its report that some 1,400 families had been pushed from their land by the company of Try Pheap.
At Thursday’s ceremony, eight monks and 200 people took part in remembering the fatal stampede and its victims.
The budget passed the National Assembly despite an opposition boycott.
The new report underscores the ongoing problem linking corruption, powerful business and the destruction of the country’s national resources.
Demonstrators burned some 100 arrest warrants already issued by the investigating judge, Te Sam Ang, who ordered the arrest of Yorm Bopha, 29, in August 2012.
Police have so far denied responsibility for the shooting.
Proper accounting and auditing help promote business opportunity and development, finance experts say.
Workers have been in conflict with the factory since August.
Cambodia is facing a growing crisis from overfishing, as major fish stocks in the Tonle Sap lake are being depleted, diminishing a major source of protein for millions of people.
Shinzo Abe will make a two-day visit to Cambodia this weekend, where he is expected to sign agreements on education and UN peacekeeping training, as well as health initiatives.
Phnom Penh will hold a ceremony Nov. 22 in remembrance of the victims who died during a Water Festival stampede in 2011.
Eng Sokhom was struck in the chest by a bullet and later died at the hospital, following clashes between protesters and police on Tuesday outside the home of Prime Minister Hun Sen.
Police spokesman Khiet Chantarith said Chhouk Bandith has fled abroad, though he declined to say which country.
Coca-Cola issued a statement last week saying it has a “zero tolerance” policy on land grabbing, and will begin assessment of sugar sources in seven countries, including Thailand.
One woman, a street vendor, was shot and killed in the clashes. Police say they are investigating the shooting.
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