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/
Gov’t back for seconds at Licadho
For the second time in as many weeks, the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction has asked rights group Licadho to provide data collected on the identity of land dispute complainants. ...
May Titthara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/govt-back-seconds-licadho
Five men arrested for posing as police to extort, rob civilians
Five men who regularly masqueraded as members of the state security services to extort cash and belongings from civilians were arrested in Phnom Penh on Friday and Saturday, a police official said Monday. ...
Mech Dara
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/five-men-arrested-for-posing-as-police-to-extort-rob-civilians-79865/
Siem Reap ranked one of world's best travel spots
Siem Reap has been placed second among the world’s top 25 travel destinations in 2015, jumping seven places from last year’s ranking, as judged by leading online travel site TripAdvisor. ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/siem-reap-ranked-one-worlds-best-travel-spots
City hall shuts down rally against consumption of dog meat
A planned demonstration against the consumption of dog meat was shut down before it could begin in Phnom Penh on Sunday after city authorities said the group did not have permission to gather. ...
Chris Mueller
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/city-hall-shuts-down-rally-against-consumption-of-dog-meat-81445/
City Hall considering May Day rally
Phnom Penh City Hall expressed uncertainty yesterday as to whether it would be able to allow a planned 3,000-person labour union rally on May 1, in observation of International Labour Day. ...
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/city-hall-considering-may-day-rally
Military police officer caught smuggling wood
A military police officer was arrested Monday night at a border checkpoint in Kampot province as he attempted to cross into Vietnam with almost 700 kg of illegally logged wood, police said Wednesday. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/military-police-officer-caught-smuggling-wood-82443
Minister to finalize return of artifacts from Thailand
Foreign Affairs Minister Hor Namhong will visit Thailand in the near future to finalize an agreement with Bangkok that will see 16 ancient Khmer artifacts returned to Cambodia, a ministry spokesman said Wednesday. ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/minister-to-finalize-return-of-artifacts-from-thailand-84972/
‘Sorcerer’ left disabled
More than a month after he was brutally attacked on suspicion of being a sorcerer, a Ratanakkiri province cucumber farmer says he has been left disabled and in search of crucial medical funds. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sorcerer-left-disabled
Locals to be forced off for Kith Meng
Villagers in Oddar Meanchey province’s Banteay Ampil district have been ordered to vacate their homes by Saturday, after it was determined last month that the area belongs to prominent businessman Kith Meng. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/locals-be-forced-kith-meng
Illicit wood seized despite opposition
Nearly 20 cubic metres of timber were seized by local authorities in Stung Treng’s Thala Barivat district yesterday, despite alleged interference by a military police officer from Preah Vihear province, police said. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/illicit-wood-seized-despite-opposition
Thai princess to visit Cambodia next year
Thai Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn will pay her visit to Cambodia in February, next year to boost more cooperation on health and education for 5 year ahead. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://bit.ly/1JLW6lq
Kids stumble on lost artefacts
Children taking their cows out to pasture in Kampong Chhnang town last week stumbled upon what appear to be the remains of a long-buried 10th-century temple, local authorities said yesterday. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kids-stumble-lost-artefacts
‘Mastermind’ of drug gang flees; lieutenant charged
The alleged “mastermind” of a multimillion-dollar international drug smuggling gang has fled to Laos, while his lieutenant was charged in Phnom Penh on Monday with manufacturing, trafficking and possessing narcotics, officials said. ...
Mech Dara
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/mastermind-of-drug-gang-flees-lieutenant-charged-86190/
Woman arrested for pimping teenage girls to foreigners, locals
A woman was arrested in Phnom Penh’s Daun Penh district on Monday for allegedly pimping out at least seven underage girls to Cambodian and foreign men, police and an NGO said Tuesday. ...
Aun Pheap and Chris Mueller
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/woman-arrested-for-pimping-teenage-girls-to-foreigners-locals-86337/
Prasac gets $65M to expand lending
Four foreign banks, under the umbrella of the International Finance Cooperation, a member of World Bank Group, provided $65 million in syndicated loans to Cambodian microfinance institution Prasac to expand its lending portfolio. ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/prasac-gets-65m-expand-lending
Stop stadium plans, CNRP lawmakers ask
Three CNRP lawmakers have issued a letter urging the government to decline a request by tycoon Kith Meng’s Royal Group company to claim rights over a former sports stadium in Battambang province. ...
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/stop-stadium-plans-cnrp-lawmakers-ask
Japan, Cambodia agree to work closely on developing Mekong region
Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida and his Cambodian counterpart, Hor Namhong, agreed Thursday to keep working together over infrastructure development in Cambodia and four other countries along the Mekong River, the Foreign Ministry said. ...
The Japan Times News Staff
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/07/03/national/politics-diplomacy/japan-cambodia-agree-work-closely-developing-mekong-region/#.VZYTaEY2XHA
Electricity company says weather to blame for exhorbitant bills
State power provider Electricite du Cambodge released a statement Tuesday claiming that soaring electricity bills were due to hot weather, and not because of any changes in the rates being charged to customers. ...
Buth Kimsay and Janelle Retka
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/electricity-company-says-weather-to-blame-for-exhorbitant-bills-87651/
Permitted More than 25,000 get work cards
The Ministry of Labour granted about 25,000 work permits to foreigners in the first six months of 2015, about 5,000 more than they issued during all of last year. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/permitted-more-25000-get-work-cards