Court drops case against PM Hun Sen
A case filed by a youth organiser against Prime Minister Hun Sen, in which the premier was accused of illegally ceding Cambodian territory to Vietnam, has been dropped by Phnom Penh Municipal Court. ...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/court-drops-case-against-pm-hun-sen
Ministry issues storm warning
In the wake of two deaths from separate lightning strikes this week, the Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology issued a notice yesterday warning against potentially devastating storms lasting from today until Sunday. ...
Khoun Leakhana
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-issues-storm-warning
Villagers on patrol take two loggers
Members of the Kuoy ethnic group captured two loggers and seized two chainsaws on Saturday, accusing the alleged loggers of felling resin trees illegally at Prey Preah Rokar community forest in Preah Vihear. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/villagers-patrol-take-two-loggers
Printer cops $12k bill for bootlegged books
The owner of a printing house accused of infringing on the copyright of an author who contracted him was slapped with $12,500 in fines and damages by Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday. ...
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/printer-cops-12k-bill-bootlegged-books
Xin Fang workers march to Labor Ministry to solve out working conditions
Around 300 workers from a Taiwanese-owned Xin Fang (Cambodia) Garment Manufacturing Co., Ltd marched Monday to Ministry of Labor to seek intervention in their working conditions. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=13&token=NzhiNDYzNTRiYTN
Cambodia's banks continue enjoying strong growth this year: vice-governor
Cambodia’s banking sector has continued enjoying robust growth in both loans and deposits this year, Ouk Maly, vice-governor of the National Bank of Cambodia, said Wednesday. ...
Global Post News Staff
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/xinhua-news-agency/141008/cambodias-banks-continue-enjoying-strong-growth-year-vice-go
Seven-year sentence follows ACU arrest
A corrupt former high-ranking official at the Ministry of Post and Telecommunications was yesterday sentenced to seven years in prison by the Phnom Penh Municipal Court. ...
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
http://phnompenhpost.com/post-weekend/seven-year-sentence-follows-acu-arrest
Police confiscate illegal wood, say forestry official a suspect
Police in Stung Treng province confiscated a truckload of illegally logged wood on Sunday and are investigating a Forestry Administration official who tried to take the haul off their hands following the seizure. ...
Jailed family’s release demanded
Human rights group Adhoc has demanded the release of a couple and their 9-month-old child jailed amid a land dispute in Preah Vihear, calling their arrest a “grave human rights abuse”. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/jailed-familys-release-demanded
NA commission sides with Memot disputants
The National Assembly’s Human Rights and Complaints Commission has asked the government to grant land titles to more than 500 families in Tbong Khmum whose land is claimed by a rubber plantation. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/na-commission-sides-memot-disputants
Villagers call on spirit to curse officials, company behind dam
Villagers in Stung Treng province displeased local authorities on Saturday by holding a traditional ceremony calling upon a powerful local spirit to curse those behind the construction of the Lower Sesan 2 dam. ...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/villagers-call-on-spirit-to-curse-officials-company-behind-dam-78885/
‘I did not interfere’, general tells court
The brigadier general charged by the Phnom Penh Municipal Court with pressuring judicial officials while an aide to ousted court president Ang Maltey maintained his innocence yesterday after being brought in for questioning. ...
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/i-did-not-interfere-general-tells-court
Arrest warrant issued for Takhmao governor’s wife
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court has issued an arrest warrant for Thoy Kimsean, the wife of Takhmao town Governor Eam Samay, over allegations she issued a fake cheque worth $185,000 in 2013. ...
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/arrest-warrant-issued-takhmao-governors-wife
Military cops suspended
Four military police officers have been suspended from their duties after an incident last week in which officials shot at, arrested and beat two men driving a rice truck that ran a checkpoint. ...
Taing Vida
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/military-cops-suspended
Exporter says unaffected by its partner’s debt woes
Rice exporter Cambodia-Vietnam Food Company said joint venture partner and Vietnamese state-owned Vinafood 2’s possible bankruptcy over $40 million of debt will not hurt its business prospects in the Kingdom. ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/exporter-says-unaffected-its-partners-debt-woes
Kem Sokha summoned to appear at court
Deputy opposition leader Kem Sokha has been summoned to appear before the Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Wednesday in relation to a case from last year, a Ministry of Justice spokesman said Friday. ...
Kuch Naren and Colin Meyn
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/kem-sokha-summoned-to-appear-at-court-81406/
Soldiers took our cameras, allege NGOs
Activists from two local rights groups yesterday accused soldiers in Ratanakkiri province’s Lumphat district of seizing their cameras and stopping them from investigating a land dispute. ...
Phak Seangly
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/soldiers-took-our-cameras-allege-ngos
Company keeps farming on revoked plantation
One of 11 firms that had their economic land concessions revoked by the Ministry of Environment on Friday has continued to work its former land in Banteay Meanchey province, according to local residents. ...
Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/company-keeps-farming-on-revoked-plantation-70546/
Cambodia village reports mass HIV/AIDS infection, likely by contaminated needles
Cambodian health authorities on Tuesday said more than 80 people – including children and the elderly – who tested positive for HIV/AIDS in a single remote village may have been infected by contaminated needles. ...
The Straits Times News Staff
http://www.straitstimes.com/news/asia/south-east-asia/story/cambodia-village-reports-mass-hivaids-infection-likely-contaminated-
Election reform sticking points sent to leaders
The electoral reform working groups from the CPP and CNRP on Monday sent 10 points of disagreement in the drafting of a new national election law to their top party leaders to discuss. ...
Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/election-reform-sticking-points-sent-to-leaders-78567/