Officer slashed with sword during drug bust
An anti-drug police officer was slashed with a samurai-style sword on Wednesday evening while arresting two men believed to have been heading a methamphetamine distribution ring in Kompong Chhnang City, officials said Thursday. ...
Saing Soenthrith
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/officer-slashed-with-sword-during-drug-bust-86609/
Loophole thwarts efforts to combat child sex
When an anti-human trafficking group recently reported a 73 percent drop in the sale of children for sex, another referenced its list of 15 establishments offering minors to predators as evidence to the contrary. ...
Matt Blomberg and Sek Odom
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/loophole-thwarts-efforts-to-combat-child-sex-86980/
Registration open for LANGO meet
The National Assembly has announced that members of the public hoping to participate in the consultation regarding Cambodia’s contentious draft Law on Associations and Non-Governmental Organisations (LANGO) will have until Tuesday to register. ...
May Titthara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/registration-open-lango-meet
Sok Bun arrest warrant issued
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday issued an arrest warrant for property mogul Sok Bun, more than two weeks after he allegedly savagely beat a former TV hostess in a Phnom Penh restaurant. ...
May Titthara and Charles Parkinson
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sok-bun-arrest-warrant-issued
Opposition leader threatens to play American card
Meach Sovannara, lead spokesman for the opposition, threatened to play the American card if the Municipal Court does not drop its investigation of him for his role in violent protests at Freedom Park last year. ...
Chea Takihiro and Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/13505/opposition-leader-threatens-to-play-american-card/
Border talks with King
King Norodom Sihamoni may soon intervene in the ongoing dispute over border issues between the government and opposition by calling their leaders to a meeting, according to former prime minister Prince Norodom Ranariddh. ...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/border-talks-king
Enforcement of traffic law to begin with speeding
Implementation of the new Land Traffic Law that was passed in December will officially begin on January 1, an official said Monday, with police focusing on the leading causes of traffic accidents, starting with speeding. ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/enforcement-of-traffic-law-to-begin-with-speeding-89659/
Russian arrested over erratic behavior, knives
Police in Sihanoukville on Thursday arrested a 61-year-old Russian man they deemed a danger to the public after hearing of his erratic behavior and discovering his collection of knives, a police official said. ...
Mech Dara
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/russian-arrested-over-erratic-behavior-knives-90213/
Prison spot checks ordered
The Minister of Interior has ordered senior officials to conduct unannounced spot checks of the Kingdom’s detention centres in an effort to ensure that inmates are not receiving ill treatment behind bars. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/prison-spot-checks-ordered
Two men detained, fined for smuggling snakehead fish fry
Two men were detained, fined and released Monday morning in Siem Reap province for attempting to transport 100,000 newly hatched snakehead fish from the Vietnamese border to sell to fish farmers, officials said Tuesday. ...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/two-men-detained-fined-for-smuggling-snakehead-fish-fry-92011/
Opposition not convinced of legitimacy of border maps
The Cambodian government will return 18 map sections to the UN, but opposition officials say they still doubt the legitimacy of maps used in marking the border with Vietnam. ...
Neou Vannarin
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/opposition-not-convinced-of-legitimacy-of-border-maps/2931670.html
‘Sorcerer’ slaying examined
Three people in Oddar Meanchey province will be questioned today over the alleged premeditated murder of a “gentle” 60-year-old woman accused by a local family of practising sorcery, police said yesterday. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sorcerer-slaying-examined
Massage parlor owner gets 5 years for prostituting
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Tuesday sentenced the owner of a massage parlor to five years in prison for prostituting a 16-year-old girl and four women at his establishment earlier this year. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/massage-parlor-owner-gets-5-years-for-prostituting-93163/
China brides rescued; alleged brokers busted
Anti-human trafficking police arrested a man and a woman at Phnom Penh International Airport on Tuesday night, as they attempted to send two Cambodian women to be sold as brides in China. ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/china-brides-rescued-alleged-brokers-busted
PM: Vaccine, the foundation to protect people against COVID-19
Vaccine is the strong foundation to protect people’s lives from COVID-19, reiterated Prime Minister Hun Sen in a special voice message. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50955262/pm-vaccine-the-foundation-to-protect-people-against-covid-19/
Cambodia 100 percent ready to host ASEM13 next month
Cambodia is almost 100 percent ready to host the 13th Asia-Europe Summit (ASEM13) in late November this year. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50955255/cambodia-100-percent-ready-to-host-asem13-next-month/
ASEAN chair mulls joint declaration on crime prevention
The Ministry of Justice and its Thai counterpart have held talks on ASEAN cooperation in the fields of criminal justice and the fight against transnational crime. ...
Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/asean-chair-mulls-joint-declaration-crime-prevention
Ratanakiri Land Dispute Escalates Amid Indigenous Frustration
Nine Tampoun villagers are facing an imminent court verdict over allegedly stealing wood from a Chinese concessionaire with which Ratanakiri communities have been locked in an escalating dispute. ...
Phin Rathana
https://vodenglish.news/ratanakiri-land-dispute-escalates-amid-indigenous-frustration/
Ho Chi Minh City police bust ring smuggling $12mn worth of mobile devices from Cambodia
Police in Ho Chi Minh City have detained two members of a ring that had smuggled tens of thousands of mobile devices, including smartphones, laptops, and tablets, worth over $12 million, from Cambodia. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501387594/ho-chi-minh-city-police-bust-ring-smuggling-12mn-worth-of-mobile-devices-from-cambodia/
Cambodia, Japan to strengthen economic ties
Cambodia and Japan will strengthen economic ties in a bid to boost trade and investments. ...
Manoj Mathew
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501485831/cambodia-japan-to-strengthen-economic-ties/
