Battambang residents protest over land redistribution plans
About 70 villagers representing hundreds of families living in Battambang City’s Prek Preah Sdech commune protested outside the provincial hall Tuesday over fears that local authorities intend to evict them to make way for military families. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/battambang-residents-protest-over-land-redistribution-plans-79474/
Plantation workers end strike with little gain
Nearly 200 rubber plantation workers in Mondolkiri province on Thursday ended a three-day strike over wages and working conditions, despite not having resolved their concerns with Socfin KCD, the controversial French firm that owns the plantation. ...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/plantation-workers-end-strike-with-little-gain-79692/
Charcoal trade unlawful: NGO
Between 40 and 80 tonnes of charcoal, made from trees logged inside protected areas of community forests in Battambang’s Samlot district, have been illegally exported to Thailand over the last year, an NGO officer said yesterday. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/charcoal-trade-unlawful-ngo
Gasoline price should be down to 4,500 Riel per liter: Sam Rainsy
Opposition leader Sam Rainsy on Tuesday said that price of gasoline in Cambodia should be decreased to 4,500 Riel per liter as price of crude oil at international market has been sharply dropping since early 2014. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/gasoline-price-should-be-down-to-4500-riel-per-liter:-sam-rainsy-7565
Cambodian PM urges students to enhance abilities as ASEAN community nears
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Saturday appealed to students to study hard to develop their own abilities to compete in regional job markets as the ASEAN will turn into a community by the end of 2015. ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2014-11/01/c_133759246.htm
Teddy Bear drug smuggler denies charges during trial
A year after a Vietnamese man was caught trying to mail teddy bears stuffed with the drug precursor chemical pseudoephedrine to Australia from Phnom Penh, he appeared in court on Tuesday over another alleged drug smuggling scheme. ...
Hay Pisey
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/teddy-bear-drug-smuggler-denies-charges-during-trial-78173/
Sugar company says no child labor; workers say otherwise
Phnom Penh Sugar, among the most high-profile companies accused of using child labor in an industry beset by the practice, attempted to polish its image Thursday by hosting its third annual anti-child labor seminar here. ...
Hul Reaksmey and Alex Consiglio
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/sugar-company-says-no-child-labor-workers-say-otherwise-78766/
Court charges Swiss man for having sex with boys
The Siem Reap Provincial Court on Friday charged a Swiss national with having sex with three underage boys in Siem Reap City earlier this year, according to police and anti-pedophile NGO Action Pour Les Enfants (APLE). ...
Kang Sothear and Chris Mueller
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/court-charges-swiss-man-for-having-sex-with-boys-79836/
National police chief calls for crackdown on petty criminals
National Police Commissioner Neth Savoeun on Tuesday called on Phnom Penh’s police forces to increase arrest rates in the city to 75 percent of reported crimes and also asked municipal judges to grant bail less frequently. . ...
Summons rejected by activist pagoda
Residents of the dissident Samaki Rainsy pagoda in the capital have rejected a summons from Phnom Penh Municipal Court for Abbot Thach Hasam Ang and four monks to appear this week on charges of violence and defamation. ...
May Titthara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/summons-rejected-activist-pagoda
Bad year ahead for dengue
Dengue fever cases in the Kingdom have increased by nearly 80 per cent compared with the same period last year, and the Cambodia National Malaria Center (CNM) said yesterday that it expects a continued surge throughout 2015. ...
Sarah Taguiam
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/bad-year-ahead-dengue
Judge questions 10 dissident group members
Ten jailed members of the Khmer National Liberation Front (KNLF), an advocacy group that vocally opposes the ruling CPP, were questioned at the Court of Appeal in Phnom Penh on Tuesday over their bid to secure bail. ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/judge-questions-10-dissident-group-members-82329/
Cambodia to bid for Iraqi rice supply
A Cambodian rice exporter is expected to take part in an Iraqi bid for 30,000 tons of milled rice late this month, a company’s representative said Wednesday. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://bit.ly/1yS4SM0
Police ‘educate’ 80 after weekend Shisha Raids
In their latest crackdown on shisha, Phnom Penh police detained, “educated” and informed the parents of 80 people found smoking the flavored tobacco out of water pipes at two separate establishments over the weekend, officials said Sunday. ...
Mech Dara
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/police-educate-80-after-weekend-shisha-raids-84666/
HIV village demands access to healthcare
Members of a community in Battambang where an unlicensed doctor allegedly infected more than 200 people with HIV earlier this year have demanded free general healthcare, a provision usually reserved only for the country’s most poor. ...
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hiv-village-demands-access-healthcare
Forest decimated by illegal logging
Members of local conservation group the Forest Protection Community announced plans last week to use their own staff members to patrol an area of forest in Anlong Veng that could be decimated by illegal loggers within months. ...
Naomi-Collett Ritz
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/12542/forest-decimated-by-illegal-logging/
Russian charged over man’s shooting during casino clash
A Russian expatriate accused of shooting a man during a fight between two groups of foreigners at a Sihanoukville casino in February was charged with intentional violence Tuesday and sent to prison to await trial, officials said. ...
Kang Sothear
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/russian-charged-over-mans-shooting-during-casino-clash-86339/
Child centre’s chief arrested
Four children were removed yesterday from Bethel Children’s Home of Cambodia and the centre’s director was arrested in Chhbar Ampov following a complaint alleging child abuse and neglect, including forced labour and sexually inappropriate conduct. ...
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/child-centres-chief-arrested
ACMECS countries reiterate commitment to supporting ASEAN community building
Leaders of Ayeyawaddy-Chao Phraya Mekong Economic Cooperation Strategy (ACMECS) incorporating Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam reiterated their commitment Tuesday to supporting the ASEAN Community building in 2015 and beyond. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://bit.ly/1BC5Ehy
Laos prepares for ASEAN chairmanship
Laos must be prepared to steer and drive the agenda in promoting and strengthening Asean integration under the three pillars, namely Political Security, Economic and Socio-Cultural, to chair Asean effectively. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/world/laos-prepares-for-asean-chairmanship-13189