Two More Set Schools Could Close
Eight SET international (SI) schools have closed nationwide over the past two months because of financial problems, and the remaining two schools in Phnom Penh and Kompong Chhnang provinces also appear poised to shut their doors soon, a Ministry of Education official said.
The abrupt closings
New project aims to lower levels of industrial pollution
Industrial pollution ‘hot-spots’ have been identified in waterways in Phnom Penh, Kandal and Kompong Cham provinces following a five-month period of research as part of a UN-backed effort to encourage companies to adopt cleaner practices.
The hot spots – defined as a source of pollution where
RCAF Soldiers Shoot to Intimidate Banteay Meanchey Protesters
Several RCAF soldiers sent by Banteay Meanchey provincial authorities to defuse a protest against an agro-industrial company Friday allegedly shot their weapons into the ground near a group of protesters, a villager and a rights worker said yesterday.
The approximately 200 villagers were attempting to
Koh Kong Shooting Suspect Not Investigated
Authorities are not investigating last week’s restaurant shooting in Koh Kong province, in which the province’s governor said that a nephew of Prime Minister Hun Sen was a suspect.
Koh Kong governor Bun Leut said on Thursday that Nhim Pov, a nephew of Mr. Hun Sen,
Court to Summon Witnesses in Journalist's Killing
The Ratanakkiri Provincial Court will soon summon a number of people for questioning in its investigation into the brutal murder of journalist Hang Serei Odom earlier this month, a court official said yesterday.
Former military police Captain An Bunheng and his wife, Sim Vy, were
China's Aid to Cambodia Helps Cement Ties
When Asia-Pacific leaders gather this weekend in Southeast Asia—a bright spot in a sputtering global economy—their Cambodian hosts may extend a warm welcome to U.S. President Barack Obama, but they will view officials from Beijing as old friends.
Mr. Obama’s visit to Cambodia—this year’s host for
Chun Han Wong
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324595904578120582308358540.html
Charges vague as court calls in ADHOC official
In a mysteriously vague citation, Adhoc monitoring head Chan Saveth has been called to the Phnom Penh Municipal Court to face charges of “providing assistance to specific perpetrators”.
Although the court’s summons, which asks Saveth to appear on August 24, provides no specifics as to the
Locals Lobby Ice Factory to Reduce Noise, Smell
A factory in Phnom Penh has been ordered to construct a barrier to reduce noise, and a bad smell, from ice-making machinery that runs 24 hours a day and has local residents losing sleep, district officials said.
Seventy families from Russei Keo district’s Kilometer 6
Six Questioned Over Tonle Sap Reservoirs
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Wednesday questioned six people, including a provincial director of water resources and a commune chief, over allegations that they cleared part of a flooded forest in Kompong Thom to illegally construct reservoirs on the Tonle Sap.
Earlier this month, military
Land Case Involving Minister’s Wife Is Heard
The Court of Appeal yesterday heard the case of a land dispute between a 70-year old woman from Kompong Chhang province and a company owned by the wife of the Minister of Industry, Mines and Energy over a 3,000 square meter parcel of land.
In May
Un envoy visits Boeng Kak, condemns killings
The U.N.’s special rapporteur on freedom of assembly and association, Maina Kiai, on Friday wrapped up a three-day unofficial visit to Cambodia by paying a visit to the Boeng Kak community, the site of the country’s longest-running land dispute.
Inside the home of high-profile Boeng
Lauren Crothers
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/un-envoy-visits-boeng-kak-condemns-killings-51726/
City Hall, aid groups agree to conduct census of street people
A week after it called off a failed sweep of the city’s vagrants, City Hall held a meeting with four NGOs and district authorities Friday in which they agreed to form a joint committee to conduct a census of street sellers and beggars, according to
Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/city-hall-aid-groups-agree-to-conduct-census-of-street-people-62065/
Key demand lingers: Rainsy
While the opposition and ruling parties have been shuffling negotiating proposals back and forth to break the political deadlock over recent weeks, one main contentious point remains unresolved: an early election, Cambodia National Rescue Party leader Sam Rainsy said yesterday.
The CNRP responded affirmatively to a
Vong Sokheng and Kevin Ponniah
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/key-demand-lingers-rainsy
Sand rises as villagers wait
Thirteen families in Phnom Penh’s O’andoung village, who have been locked in a long-running dispute with tycoon Sok Kong’s Sokimex company, say their land is being flooded with sand as they wait for a response to a complaint filed with Prime Minister Hun Sen earlier
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sand-rises-villagers-wait
App aims to report bribes
Cambodians may soon find it easier than ever to report official corruption, and not just to the authorities or their friends and neighbours, but to the whole world, thanks to the impending launch of a Khmer-language version of the graft-reporting smartphone app Bribespot.
Already popular in
Stuart White
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/app-aims-report-bribes
Italy demands ‘fairer’ rice deal
Italy has demanded that the European Union restrict Cambodia’s duty-free import status, as concerns over the survival of that country’s rice sector appear to be reaching a fever pitch.
According to rice industry website Oryza, the Italian government has officially submitted a request to the EU
Eddie Morton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/italy-demands-%E2%80%98fairer%E2%80%99-rice-deal
Frenchman arrested in Cambodia over sexual abuses
A French non-governmental organization (NGO) director had been arrested on suspicion of sexually abusing seven boys, police and anti-pedophilia agent said on Thursday.
Action Pour Les Enfants (APLE), a child protection NGO, assisted the police in an investigation that led to the arrest, the police
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/euruope/2014-10/16/c_133722367.htm
Police officer killed in crash, timber falls out
A 25-year-old police officer in Mondulkiri’s Sen Monorom commune was killed in a car crash while transporting timber to sell in a nearby district on Sunday, police and authorities confirmed yesterday.
Un Sokim was driving a Toyota Camry sedan loaded with timber to Keo Seima district
Phak Seangly
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/police-officer-killed-crash-timber-falls-out
Journalist investigating illegal logging shot dead
A 49-year-old journalist reportedly investigating illegal logging in Kratie province was shot dead early Sunday morning. Within hours, police arrested three men—a commune police chief, a military police officer and a Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF) soldier—for the murder, officials said.
Taing Try, who contributed to
Saing Soenthrith and Simon Henderson
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/journalist-investigating-illegal-logging-shot-dead-69629/
Myanmar’s siren song
Unions and labour rights groups have spent recent months unashamedly drilling home a stark reminder: Cambodia’s minimum garment wage, at $61 per month, compares poorly with those in Thailand – where workers earn more than $200 a month – and Vietnam, which has a base
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013031861998/National/myanmar-s-siren-song.html
