Sesan villagers seeking police chief’s removal
More than 200 families in Stung Treng province filed a petition yesterday calling for their local police chief’s dismissal, accusing him of working against their interests and committing environmental crimes. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sesan-villagers-seeking-police-chiefs-removal
NagaCorp sits out South Korean casino offering
NagaCorp, the Hong Kong stock exchange-listed parent company of NagaWorld, is not bidding for a South Korean casino permit, the company said in a filing to the exchange. ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/nagacorp-sits-out-south-korean-casino-offering
Free Unionists, FTU pleads
The Free Trade Union has sent a letter to police seeking the release of two union officials arrested on Tuesday over protests at the Cerie garment factory in Kampong Speu province. ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/free-unionists-ftu-pleads
Tigers and tubers—secrets of Bunong healers
When French pharmacologist Francois Chassagne set out to catalogue traditional medicine used by Cambodia’s Bunong ethnic minority group in 2013, he came across a surprising remedy for burns: tiger breastmilk. ...
Ben Paviour
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/tigers-and-tubers-secrets-of-bunong-healers-114163/
UN program to help disabled
The ninth session of the Conference of the State Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) took place at UN headquarters in New York last week. ...
Tin Sokhavuth
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/26286/un-program-to-help-disabled/
Amid chaos, time for CNRP to get serious
Late last year, in one of his provocative Facebook posts from abroad, opposition leader Sam Rainsy falsely accused Heng Samrin’s 1980s regime of sentencing King Norodom Sihanouk to death. ...
Alex Willemyns
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/amid-chaos-time-for-cnrp-to-get-serious-116190/
Police detain five following slaying of Chinese woman
Authorities have detained five Chinese nationals for questioning following the brutal slaying of a Chinese woman at her apartment in Phnom Penh’s Pur Senchey district on Sunday evening, police said on Monday. ...
Buth Kimsay
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/police-detain-five-following-slaying-of-chinese-woman-100506/
Ministry orders unlicensed Chinese firms to suspend work
Officials say a pair of Chinese companies have started construction on two residential building projects in Phnom Penh’s Chamkar Mon district without proper authorization and have ordered them to cease work immediately. ...
Ouch Sony
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ministry-orders-unlicensed-chinese-firms-to-suspend-work-100992/
Cambodia to tighten security during Russian PM's visit
Security will be tightened in Cambodia during the visit of Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev from Nov. 22 to 24, the National Police’s website reported on Saturday. ...
Global Post News Staff
http://www.globalpost.com/article/6691713/2015/11/20/cambodia-tighten-security-during-russian-pms-visit
Kampong Speu garment workers continue strike
Protesting working conditions, nearly 300 garment workers in Kampong Speu’s Chbar Mon town entered their tenth day of strikes yesterday as the Arbitration Council prepared paperwork to resolve the dispute. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kampong-speu-garment-workers-continue-strike
Halt ordered to diet aid’s sale
The Ministry of Heath on Monday ordered pharmacies to halt the sale of unapproved diet pill Mazeta Slim, a purportedly American drug that the ministry said actually likely originates in China. ...
Cheng Sokhorng and Alessandro Marazzi Sassoon
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/halt-ordered-diet-aids-sale
Appeal court to hear ‘insurrection’ case next month
Eleven opposition activists who have been jailed since 2014 for supposedly participating in an “insurrection” will have their appeal against their conviction heard on March 17, their lawyer said on Friday. ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/108429-108429/
Cambodian diaspora urged to invest back home
Cambodians who live abroad should be taking advantage of opportunities to invest in the Kingdom, despite the fact that skilled labor remains a problem, an advisor to the government said Friday. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/22969/cambodian-diaspora-urged-to-invest-back-home/
Cambodian opposition lawmaker arrested for border comments
Prominent opposition lawmaker Um Sam An was arrested late Sunday in Siem Reap province for comments he made about the border with Vietnam, a government spokesman said Monday. ...
Neou Vannarin
http://www.voanews.com/content/cambodia-opposition-lawmaker-arrest-border-comments/3280305.html
CRF to register ‘Angkor Malis’ brand and logo
The Cambodian Rice Federation (CRF) will officially register the name “Angkor Malis” in June as the umbrella brand for the Kingdom’s premium varieties of fragrant rice, a representative said yesterday. ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/crf-register-angkor-malis-brand-and-logo
Community reps claim ministry rejected sugar ELC petition
Representatives from communities in four provinces evicted to make way for sugar plantations alleged during a press conference yesterday they were barred from delivering petitions to the Ministry of Land Management. ...
Bun Sengkong and Jack Davies
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/community-reps-claim-ministry-rejected-sugar-elc-petition
US offers tips for cybercrime team
Cambodian police, prosecutors and policymakers were hosted in Washington recently by the US government, as part of America’s efforts to support the drafting of the Kingdom’s controversial cybercrime law. ...
Bun Sengkong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/us-offers-tips-cybercrime-team
City aims to address market's trash problem
City Hall yesterday held a meeting with trash-collection companies and district authorities to address the longstanding garbage problem at the capital’s Phsar Doeum Kor Market in Tuol Kork district. ...
Niem Chheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/city-aims-address-markets-trash-problem
Business briefs
The country’s two largest ports saw traffic jump in the first eight months of this year, compared to the same period last year, according to figures released by the port authorities Friday. ...
Khmer Times team
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/15712/business-briefs/
On Israeli farms, Cambodians study and sweat
For the past 11 months, Seng Nhel lived on a kibbutz in Israel, studying horticulture and working 45 hours a week on a farm growing fruits and vegetables for agro-industry giant Mehadrin. ...
Peter Ford and Ouch Sony
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/on-israeli-farms-cambodians-study-and-sweat-94321/