Election monitors say voter registry is an urgent priority
Election observers are urging the National Election Committee to move quickly on updates to the voter registry, as commune elections in 2017 approach. ...
Hul Reaksmey
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/election-monitors-say-voter-registry-is-an-urgent-priority/3168222.html
Another former capitol employee arrested for passing out fliers
A former Capitol Bus Company employee was charged with defamation on Saturday after he was arrested in Battambang for handing out leaflets asking people to boycott the company. ...
Lay Samean and Igor Kossov
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/another-former-capitol-employee-arrested-passing-out-fliers
Communal land grant process too slow, says EU ambassador
European Union Ambassador yesterday criticized the slowness of the communal land title process introduced in 2001 to protect the ancestral forests and farmland of Cambodia’s indigenous groups. ...
Jonathan Cox
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/24039/communal-land-grant-process-too-slow--says-eu-ambassador/
Philippines and Cambodia to protect migrant rights
In order to promote and protect the rights of migrants and migrant workers, Cambodia and the Philippines held their first bilateral roundtable meeting over migration earlier this week. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/24678/philippines-and-cambodia-to-protect-migrant-rights/
Power outages to hit Kandal, Phnom Penh
Electricity du Cambodge (EDC) will cut the power supply in some areas of Phnom Penh and Kandal province starting on Friday to allow for maintenance work and upgrades. ...
Lay Samean
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/power-outages-hit-kandal-phnom-penh
Children—a new defense against looting?
For years, archaeologists excavating pre-Angkorian sites in Banteay Meanchey province unsuccessfully attempted to stop the looting of the area’s temples and buried treasures. ...
Rogue moto market raided, but no arrests
Customs officials and local police yesterday raided a motorbike market in Phnom Penh’s Prampi Makara district they said was illegally selling vehicles without licence plates or paperwork. ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rogue-moto-market-raided-no-arrests
Compensation sought for attacked MPs
A lawyer for two opposition lawmakers brutally beaten outside parliament late last month has filed a complaint to the Phnom Penh Municipal Court demanding $50,000 in compensation. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya and Vong Sokheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/compensation-sought-attacked-mps
PM puts fake Hun Sen FB accounts on notice
Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday took to the unruly world of social media in an effort to impose some order, at least where his own name is concerned. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-puts-fake-hun-sen-fb-accounts-notice
Ministry warns against spread of swine flu
The Ministry of Health has appealed to the public to protect itself from the H1N1 swine flu virus in a video posted on Facebook yesterday. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/21784/ministry-warns-against-spread-of-swine-flu/
Old generals retiring as police end hiring freeze
The government has asked King Norodom Sihamoni to officially retire 49 generals in the police force as it prepares to end a two-year hiring freeze this year. ...
Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/22275/old-generals-retiring-as-police-end-hiring-freeze/
Immigration plans crackdown on foreign citizenship documents
The Immigration Department warned Interior Ministry officials on Wednesday not to issue Cambodian citizenship documents, such as birth certificates and ID cards, to foreigners living in the Kingdom. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/22940/immigration-plans-crackdown-on-foreign-citizenship-documents/
Exploitation up, trafficking down
In 2016, the ministry reported 52 cases of sexual exploitation involving 87 victims who were rescued and 64 perpetrators who were arrested, of which 27 were foreign nationals. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/35768/exploitation-up--trafficking-down/
More than 500 apply for June poll
The National Election Committee (NEC) has received more than 500 applications in the first month of registration for commune election observers, according to a statement released on Wednesday. ...
Lay Samean
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/more-500-apply-june-poll
Floating villages to be relocated
Kampong Chhnang provincial authorities have outlined plans to relocate thousands of families living on the Tonle Sap river in an effort to curb water pollution. ...
Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/36848/floating-villages-to-be-relocated/
Police request over $500k to reward drug-busting officers
The National Police has requested more than $500,000 from the Interior Ministry to fund bonuses for police officers involved in confiscating illegal drugs, officials said on Tuesday. ...
Han Soumy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/police-request-500k-reward-drug-busting-officers-132140/
Government invests US$30 million on sub-national level administrations annually
Royal Government of Cambodia has spent approximately US$30 million a year on sub-national administrations in order to ensure their quality service provision, particularly on priority issues. ...
Lim Nary
http://www.akp.gov.kh/?p=106910
Labour agency shut
Anti-human trafficking police in Phnom Penh yesterday closed an illegal recruitment agency and arrested three people behind the operation, which was not registered with the Labour Ministry. ...
Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5076134/labour-agency-shut/
Two new rice seeds to be introduced to farmers
Two new rice seeds – Japonica and Indica – would be introduced to Cambodian farmers in order to diversify the markets for Cambodian rice, according to a local media report. ...
Ou Sokha
http://www.akp.gov.kh/?p=108845
Comfrel denies links to anti-government plot
The Committee for Free and Fair Elections in Cambodia has denied accusations that its election activities were connected to attempts to foment a popular uprising or “colour revolution”. ...
Khy Sovuthy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5088192/comfrel-denies-links-anti-government-plot/