‘Khmer for Khmer’ group says no party plans
Attendees at a conference of a new political reform association called “Khmer for Khmer,” which met for the first time Sunday, hit back Monday at claims made by a CNRP public affairs officer that the group plans to form a new party to divide the
Alex Willemyns and Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/khmer-for-khmer-group-says-no-party-plans-70407/
Gov’t airs film accusing Kem Sokha of coup conspiracy
Ahead of deputy opposition leader Kem Sokha’s scheduled court questioning on Wednesday, a television station controlled by the daughter of Prime Minister Hun Sen aired on Sunday night a film produced by the government that builds a case that Mr. Sokha plotted a coup d’etat.
Kuch Naren and Alex Willemyns
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/govt-airs-film-accusing-kem-sokha-of-coup-conspiracy-81522/
Cambodia's ruling party lawmakers say opposition staging coup against Hun Sen gov't
Cambodia’s ruling party lawmakers said the opposition’s calls for Prime Minister Hun Sen’s resignation and a re-vote are a “clear and undeniable act of coup” against the current legitimate government, according to a statement released to the media on Monday.
The opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2013-12/23/c_132989140.htm
Businessman’s Son Has Prison Sentence Cut
The Court of Appeal has reduced to six months the original three-and-a-half-year prison term handed to the son of a wealthy businessman for pistol-whipping a man and damaging restaurant property.
Duong Udomchorvin, 24, was sentenced in May, along with his 17-year-old brother, Duong Kimlong, who was
Khy Sovuthy
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/businessmans-son-has-prison-sentence-cut-43055/
Cambodia To Become Lower-Middle-Income Nation By End of 2013: PM
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said Monday that the country would move from the status of a low-income to a lower-middle-income nation by the end of this year.
“We acknowledge that we are in the status of a low-income country with GDP per capita of less
Factory Manager Handed Suspended Sentence
A Chinese garment factory manager was handed a three-month suspended sentence and released yesterday after she was found guilty of folding up a photograph of King Father Norodom Sihanouk in front of workers in Kandal province, officials said.
Liv Kuy Chheang, 45, was charged with intentionally
Inside the North Korean museum in Siem Reap
For more than a year, mystery has shrouded a museum in Siem Reap. The facts have been few and the details sparse. What’s known is that a North Korean company invested about $10 million for construction, and that artists from the hermit kingdom flew in
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013010260590/National/inside-the-north-korean-museum-in-siem-reap.html
Devillers Departs on Late Night Flight to China
Detained French architect Patrick Henri Devillers boarded a flight to China late last night after being held in custody in Cambodia for more than a month for his links to the biggest political scandal to hit China in decades, a government spokesman said.
At Phnom Penh
Forestry Administration Official Behind Arrests at Biofuel Firm
A court official said yesterday that the complaint that led to the imprisonment of a British man and two Cambodian staff at a troubled biofuel firm was filed last year by a senior Forestry Administration official.
Gregg Fryett, 45, was arrested by the Anti-Corruption Unit
Prakas Set to Control Tax Agents
The Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) last month signed a prakas, a ministerial decision, to ensure tax agents’ professionalism, an insider told the Post yesterday.
After the full implementation of Prakas 455, signed on April 12, agents have to pay one million riel to
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013050265367/Business/prakas-set-to-control-tax-agents.html
US Congressman Says Hun Sen Must Resign
The chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs called on Prime Minister Hun Sen to stand down during an event attended by CNRP Vice President Kem Sokha in California on Saturday night.
Speaking at a CNRP fundraising event, Ed Royce, a Republican
Alex Willemyns and Phorn Bopha
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/us-congressman-says-hun-sen-must-resign-48243/
Work continues at contested KDC site
A company owned by the wife of Mines and Energy Minister Suy Sem forged ahead with its construction of a concrete wall around a swath of disputed land in Kompong Chhnang province Friday, despite a call from the U.N.’s human rights envoy on Thursday that
Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/work-continues-at-contested-kdc-site-63906/
Lawyer to bring security forces complaint to ICC
A lawyer hired by the opposition CNRP said Tuesday that he would file a complaint next month with the International Criminal Court (ICC) over crimes against humanity allegedly perpetrated by state security forces.
“We plan to file a Communication [complaint] before the International Criminal Court next
Denise Hruby
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/lawyer-to-bring-security-forces-complaint-to-icc-54458/
Metfone eyes sites in Areng
In what could be the latest sign that authorities are pushing ahead with the Areng Valley hydropower dam, Vietnam Military Telecommunications Group has sent engineers into the valley in Koh Kong province to scout for locations where its local subsidiary, Metfone, could build mobile phone
Daniel Pye
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/metfone-eyes-sites-areng
Hun Sen says business breeds bribes
Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday defended his government, saying its reputation for corruption is undeserved, laying blame on the private sector for initiating the bribe process and calling out international development partners for applying double standards.
Speaking at the Eighth Regional Conference of Anti-Corruption Intiative for
Chan Muyhong
http://phnompenhpost.com/business/hun-sen-says-business-breeds-bribes
Ramsar site status for Cambodia’s Stung Sen wetland helps protect habitat of threatened species
A conservationist group said on Wednesday that a recent Ramsar site status for Cambodia’s Stung Sen wetland is crucial to help protect the habitat of a number of globally near-threatened species. The rich and biologically diverse Stung Sen wetland has been designated as a unique
Xuxin
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-04/18/c_137986395.htm
Indian investors see Cambodia as gateway to Asean
Indian businesses are looking at Cambodia as a convenient hub in the lower Mekong area, as access to trade with neighboring Vietnam and Thailand improves, a government advisor said yesterday. Speaking at a seminar titled “Asean Integration and the Role of India,” Sok Siphana, a lawyer
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/28968/indian-investors-see-cambodia-as-gateway-to-asean/
Soldier, 9 others jailed in Cambodia logging-patrol killings
Ten people, including a soldier, have been arrested over the murders of a forest ranger and a policeman who were investigating illegal logging in Cambodia, officials said on Friday. In the last few decades a surge in illegal logging has contributed to a sharp drop
AFP News Staff
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/asia/764356/soldier-9-others-jailed-in-cambodia-logging-patrol-killings
Student detained over Facebook ‘bomb threat’
A university student in Siem Reap province was detained and sent to court yesterday after allegedly posting a death threat against Deputy Prime Minister Sar Kheng on the social networking site Facebook.Tao Savoeun, a 26-year-old graduate of the University of South-East Asia, located in Siem
Thik Kaliyann
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/student-detained-over-facebook-bomb-threat
UN Envoy Meets Land Dispute Villagers on First Day Mission
U.N. human rights envoy Surya Subedi, who arrived in Cambodia Sunday on a five-day mission, spent yesterday, International Human Rights Day, in Kompong Chhnang province with about 300 villagers from a community embroiled in a long-running land dispute with the wife of a government minister.
James
