Luxury wood found near border
A mixed group of nearly 40 officials based at the Cambodian-Thai border in Pailin province seized first-class timber on Wednesday, but failed to catch the suspects who illegally entered Thailand to log it, according to police yesterday. ...
Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/31671/luxury-wood-found-near-border/
Land confiscated from CPP lawmaker
The government has decided to confiscate nearly 3,000 hectares of land in Kandal province’s Kien Svay and Saang districts from CPP member Lork Hour after investigating a litany of lawsuits filed by local residents against the parliamentarian. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/34026/land-confiscated-from-cpp-lawmaker/
IFC to boost corporate governance
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) launched a corporate governance initiative yesterday aimed at enhancing the efficiency of Cambodia’s private sector to strengthen the business climate and spur foreign investment and job creation, it said in a release. ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/ifc-boost-corporate-governance
Adhoc accuses Ratanakkiri official of OK’ing sale of sanctuary land
Some 200 hectares of forest in Ratanakkiri’s Lumphat Wildlife Sanctuary have been cleared and sold for up to $400 per hectare – allegedly with an official’s blessing – while an additional 700 hectares around the protected area face clearing. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/adhoc-accuses-ratanakkiri-official-oking-sale-sanctuary-land
Companies told to reopen road
Land Minister Chea Sophara has told two firms to reopen a public road they fenced off without permission. The order came after 127 families affected by the closure complained about Phanimex and Heng Ly companies in August last year. ...
Khuon Narim
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/37652/companies-told-to-reopen-road/
Court questions officials over sale of Jolie-Pitt land
An environmental ranger and a village chief were questioned yesterday by the Pailin Provincial Court for allegedly colluding to grab, clear and sell land in a protected area supported by the Maddox Jolie-Pitt Foundation, according to officials. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/court-questions-officials-over-sale-jolie-pitt-land
Construction industry sees 43 percent investment increase
Investment in Cambodia’s booming construction industry increased by 43.3 percent over the first four months of the year compared to the same period last year, according to data released by the Land Management Ministry on Tuesday. ...
Chhorn Phearun
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/130298-130298/
Election boom hits print shops
This week marked the official kickoff of campaigning for the June 4 commune elections, with Cambodians taking to the streets to show support for their favourite party decked out in T-shirts, hats and stickers emblazoned with party logos. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/election-boom-hits-print-shops
Trash piles will get picked up, eventually
Phnom Penh’s sole garbage hauler says it will need another week to collect thousands of tons of fetid garbage that piled up over the weekend when workers left the capital to vote in Sunday’s commune elections. ...
Buth Kimsay
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/trash-piles-will-get-picked-up-eventually-131068/
Apsara Authority starts razing illegal Angkor park homes
The government body charged with managing the Angkor Archaeological Park on Monday started tearing down the first of more than 500 homes and shophouses illegally built within the park in the weeks before the June 4 commune elections. ...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/apsara-authority-starts-razing-illegal-angkor-park-homes-131533/
National Bank revokes licence of Dubai firm
The National Bank of Cambodia yesterday revoked the licence of Dubai-based Royal Index Pte., an affiliate of Royal Index UAE, after it failed to fulfill its mandatory obligations as a derivatives trading firm operating in the kingdom. ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/39454/national-bank-revokes-licence-of-dubai-firm/
Defense Minister Supports Angkor Evictions
Authorities in Siem Reap province have stopped negotiating with hundreds of families who recently built homes and shops illegally inside the Angkor Archaeological Park, and Defense Minister Tea Banh said they would start razing the structures without their consent. ...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/defense-minister-supports-angkor-evictions-131904/
All White Building residents cleared, says government
Demolition crews are set to begin tearing down the Phnom Penh landmark known as the White Building today, after the Ministry of Land Management announced on Saturday that all families residing in the dilapidated structure had left the premises. ...
Kong Meta
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/all-white-building-residents-cleared-says-government
City hall to measure land of lake families fearing eviction
Phnom Penh will begin measuring the homes of hundreds of families seeking land titles to stave off potential eviction by a massive real-estate project filling in a pair of lakes, a municipal government spokesman said on Tuesday. ...
Sand facility allowed to operate
A Koh Kong environmental official yesterday said a company with a sand-washing facility in an area where the Ministry of Mines and Energy last month banned sand dredging would be allowed to keep and operate its facility. ...
Phak Seangly and Yesenia Amaro
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sand-facility-allowed-operate
More riverbank collapses near sand dredging site
Still more riverbank collapses have struck a community in Kandal province’s Sa’ang district where multiple houses have crumbled into the Tonle Bassac river a stone’s throw from where four companies are dredging the riverbed for sand. ...
Yesenia Amaro and Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/more-riverbank-collapses-near-sand-dredging-site
Knight Frank releases report on commercial, residential sector
Knight Frank Cambodia, a leading independent real estate consultancy in Cambodia, released its latest half yearly commercial and residential report for 2017. The report highlights four main sectors: the office sector, retail sector, serviced apartment sector and condominium sector. ...
Khmer Times
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5079314/knight-frank-releases-report-commercial-residential-sector/
International groups slam NGO and media closures
International condemnation for the government’s continued clampdown on NGOs and independent media organisations continued to flow in over the weekend, with Human Rights Watch (HRW) calling it an “escalating campaign of politically-motivated harassment, intimidation, and legal action”. ...
Ananth Baliga
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/international-groups-slam-ngo-and-media-closures
Thai links set to boost trade
The Ministry of Commerce has committed to joining up with the Thai Embassy in Cambodia to build a favourable business and investment climate between the Asean neighbours. ...
May Kunmakar
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5082631/thai-links-set-boost-trade/
Flood problems continue
With rain pouring down for hours yesterday thanks to a low-pressure system, many Cambodians found their daily lives disrupted by severe flooding, with some taking to social media to criticise a poor flood management system in Phnom Penh. ...
Yon Sineat
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/flood-problems-continue