Bonna Realty says business as usual after chairman’s arrest
A representative of Bonna Realty Group said yesterday that the arrest of the company’s eponymous chairman on Friday on fraud charges stemming from a bounced cheque would have no impact on the business because it was purely a personal matter. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/bonna-realty-says-business-usual-after-chairmans-arrest
Journalist among 13 arrested with meth
A newspaper journalist was among 13 suspects arrested for methamphetamine possession in Phnom Penh yesterday morning, police said. ...
Kim Sarom
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/journalist-among-13-arrested-meth
Fake docs earn former official 3 years
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday sentenced a former consular official with the Foreign Ministry to three years in prison for signing false government documents to facilitate the sale of millions of dollars’ worth of luxury timber to Vietnam when he was stationed in Ho ...
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/fake-docs-earn-former-official-3-years
Rural Cambodians attack court over land dispute jailings
Dozens of protesters in rural Cambodia broke through a gate and tried to push their way into a provincial court, which had detained three villagers in a land dispute in the northeastern part of the country. More than 170,000 families across the country were adversely ...
Sok Khemara
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/cambodia-land-disputes/3085844.html
Court issues new summons for opposition leader Sam Rainsy
Phnom Penh Municipal Court has issued a summons for opposition leader Sam Rainsy to appear in January, to answer court questions in a new defamation case. The court actions against Sam Rainsy come despite widespread condemnation by the international community and fears that Cambodia’s upcoming ...
Hul Reaksmey
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/court-issues-new-summons-for-opposition-leader-sam-rainsy/3084587.html
Scholars say empathy, forgiveness key to reconciling Khmer Rouge crimes
Empathy and forgiveness should be at the heart of efforts to heal the wounds of Cambodia’s tragic history, according to academics attending a recent symposium. Kosal of Brooklyn College added that the tribunal might not be an effective mechanism to achieve reconciliation and healing for ...
New law to address the high death toll on Cambodia’s roads
A new traffic law will come into force on January 1 that is hoped to reduce the number of people killed on Cambodia’s roads each year.Road accidents cost the economy an estimated $300 million annually, and the death toll from road accidents keeps rising. According ...
Phorn Bopha
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/new-law-to-address-the-high-death-toll-on-cambodia-roads/3121604.html
Gov’t says Rainsy may not Skype with court
Opposition leader Sam Rainsy’s request to be questioned remotely by court officials in his latest defamation case cannot be allowed, a spokesman for the Justice Ministry said on Sunday. ...
Ouch Sony and Zsombor Peter
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/govt-says-rainsy-may-not-skype-with-court-104296/
Law needed to protect informants
Transperancy International Cambodia yesterday called on the authorities to fulfill their commitment to the introduction of a whistleblower law, saying it would be key in protecting those who otherwise might not call out corruption. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/law-needed-protect-informants
Hun Sen heads to US for ASEAN summit
After weeks of build up—including threats of protests in the U.S. and counterprotests at home—Prime Minister Hun Sen will join regional leaders today for the U.S.-Asean Summit in Rancho Mirage, California. ...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hun-sen-heads-to-us-for-asean-summit-108438/
Another Korean ministry says it didn’t help envoy
South Korea’s Ministry of Justice has become the second of that nation’s ministries to deny it is working with Cambodia’s ambassador to the country, Suth Dina, to clamp down on illegal migrants and political dissent. ...
Daniel de Carteret
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/another-korean-ministry-says-it-didnt-help-envoy
Pailin gem mine shut down after inspection
Provincial environment department officials shut down a gem mine in Pailin province yesterday, after an inspection found that the operators had not obtained proper authorisation. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pailin-gem-mine-shut-down-after-inspection
Fear hinders independent journalism in Cambodia, survey finds
Fear of government interference, legal repercussions and violence remain impediments to free and independent journalism in Cambodia, according to a survey released on Wednesday in a report by the Cambodian Center for Independent Media (CCIM). ...
Tej Parikh
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/fear-hinders-independent-journalism-in-cambodia-survey-finds-109992/
Gov't thanks Chinese for keeping dam open
Phnom Penh has welcomed a decision by China to continue releasing water into the Mekong from the Jinhong Dam – even though it is likely to do little to alleviate drought conditions. ...
Bun Sengkong and Igor Kossov
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/govt-thanks-chinese-keeping-dam-open
Montagnard asylum seeker kills himself
A Montagnard asylum seeker was found dead on Wednesday morning in a Phnom Penh residence provided by the U.N.’s refugee agency, having committed suicide in his room, according to police. ...
Kang Sothear and Peter Ford
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/111572-111572/
Canberra embassy probed for 'duty-free abuse': report
Cambodia’s ambassador to Australia yesterday swiftly denied allegations of corruption amid reports the embassy is under investigation for links to an alleged alcohol and tobacco black market that took in roughly $200,000. ...
Erin Handley
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/canberra-embassy-probed-duty-free-abuse-report
ACU rejects complaints against Sokha, NEC
The Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) has decided it will not take action over two complaints accusing acting Cambodian National Rescue Party (CNRP) president Kem Sokha of financial fraud along with corruption allegations against four National Election Committee members. ...
Taing Vida
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/25827/acu-rejects-complaints-against-sokha--nec/
ACU plans witness law
The Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) has started the process of drafting two laws aimed at protecting witnesses and whistleblowers in an effort to increase their efficiency in fighting corruption. The ACU plans for drafts of the two laws to be finished later this year. ...
Taing Vida
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/26691/acu-plans-witness-law/
New law bypassing illicit cigarettes
The tobacco industry has urged the government to crack down on cigarette smuggling ahead of new laws mandating graphic health warnings, saying failure to do so gave smuggled products a competitive edge. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya and Erin Handley
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-law-bypassing-illicit-cigarettes
Tobacco giant quits industry group over packaging dispute
The local arm of tobacco giant Japan Tobacco International (JTI), which makes Camel, Winston and Mevius cigarettes, has blasted the Association of the Tobacco Industry of Cambodia (ATIC) for failing to ensure its members adhere to new regulations mandating graphic health warnings on cigarette packages. ...
Janelle Retka
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/tobacco-giant-quits-industry-group-over-packaging-dispute-116040/