Tutor arrested for molesting young students
A private English tutor in Battambang province has confessed to repeatedly molesting multiple female students as young as 6, following his arrest at the home of one of the girls on Tuesday, an official said on Wednesday. ...
Buth Kimsay
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/tutor-arrested-for-molesting-young-students-103248/
NGO accuses pair of trying to sell state land
A local conservation NGO has accused two people, one of them a soldier, of buying up and attempting to sell a parcel of state land near the Phnom Oral Wildlife Sanctuary in Kampong Speu province. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ngo-accuses-pair-trying-sell-state-land
Donaco dumps its new junket operator
Donaco International Ltd has terminated its junket deal with Macau VIP gaming promoter Heng Sheng Group, saying the arrangement proved too restrictive for the marketing of its flagship Star Vegas Resort and Club in Poipet. ...
Cam McGrath
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/donaco-dumps-its-new-junket-operator
‘Cyber PM’ calls for swifter wi-fi at airports
Prime Minister Hun Sen, who has recently found an outlet for his charming side in cyber space, called for swifter wi-fi at Phnom Penh International Airport yesterday while inaugurating the expansion of its terminal. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/22878/---cyber-pm----calls-for-swifter-wi-fi-at-airports/
Raya adds air freight service to Cambodia
Malaysian national cargo carrier Raya Airways has added Phnom Penh to its service roster in response to growing demand for air freight shipments of consumer products such as textiles and garments, the company said yesterday. ...
Cam McGrath
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/raya-adds-air-freight-service-cambodia
Khmer specialized bank opens
Khmer Specialized Bank, a subsidiary of Khmer Holding Group, was officially inaugurated to offer financial services to Cambodians yesterday, with $21 million worth of investment capital and becoming the 13th specialized bank in Cambodia. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/25178/khmer-specialized-bank-opens/
Five detained, two trucks of timber seized
Two trucks loaded with illegal timber were confiscated and five men were arrested en route to Vietnam on Sunday night in Kratie province’s Chet Borei district, according to Military Police who made the arrests. ...
Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/25281/five-detained--two-trucks-of-timber-seized/
Russian cargo airline to add Cambodia flight
Russia’s largest cargo airline, AirBridge Cargo Airlines, will launch a weekly flight to Cambodia this month as part of its expansion of services in Southeast Asia, according to international media reports. ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/russian-cargo-airline-add-cambodia-flight
Livestock and fisheries exposition
A two-day livestock and fisheries exposition in Phnom Penh next month, organized by a Vietnamese events management company, will display products and exhibits of 60 agriculture firms from across Southeast Asia, Japan and Europe. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/27049/livestock-and-fisheries-exposition/
Battambang farmers protest plummeting rice prices
Attempting to call attention to the havoc low rice prices are wreaking on their livelihoods, hundreds of farmers in Battambang’s Sangke district took to the streets yesterday, symbolically pouring rice onto National Road 5. ...
Lay Samean
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/battambang-farmers-protest-plummeting-rice-prices
Minister plans railway for workers
The Labor Ministry is considering constructing a railway line connecting Phnom Penh and select provinces to special economic zones (SEZ) or industrial areas in response to the high number of road accidents involving commuting workers. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/34978/minister-plans-railway-for-workers/
Investors need stable, quality electricity
Stable and quality electricity is needed to attract additional high-value-added manufacturing to Cambodia, but the quality of electricity in the kingdom remains a challenge for investors as the manufacturing sector continues to diversify. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/35501/investors-need-stable--quality-electricity/
Sihanoukville gets ready for listing
The Sihanoukville Autonomous Port (PAS) launched a book building process yesterday to determine what price to offer in an initial public offering (IPO), before it is listed on the Cambodia Securities Exchange late next month. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/37759/sihanoukville-gets-ready-for-listing/
CPP complains of CNRP march
The CPP has filed a complaint to a commune election committee in Takeo province alleging that a group of CNRP supporters obstructed a ruling party parade of about 400 supporters on Saturday, officials said yesterday. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/second2/cpp-complains-cnrp-march-130163/
North Asia Resources to turn cassava into fuel
Hong Kong-listed firm North Asia Resources Holding Ltd announced yesterday that it has purchased 14,000 hectares of an economic land concession in Pursat province from Henan Tianguan Enterprise Group for $53.2 million. ...
The Phnom Penh Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/north-asia-resources-turn-cassava-fuel
Svay Rieng police halt training session for election observers
Police in Svay Rieng province on Saturday shut down a training session for 16 observers registered to monitor this Sunday’s commune elections, saying it had not been sanctioned by authorities, according to an organizer. ...
Phan Soumy and Hannah Hawkins
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/svay-rieng-police-halt-training-session-for-election-observers-2-130568/
Ex-Adhoc staffer, now CPP Commune Chief-elect, pledges to address logging
Apparent CPP Commune Chief-elect Chhay Thy yesterday pledged to tackle ongoing forestry crimes in Ratanakkiri’s Pate commune – a cause he strongly advocated for during his tenure as a human rights staffer at Adhoc. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ex-adhoc-staffer-now-cpp-commune-chief-elect-pledges-address-logging
Kandal families allege official intimidation
Sixteen families in Kandal have accused a purported Interior Ministry official of sending soldiers to intimidate them to take their land, though the official denied the claims and said no such dispute existed at all. ...
Soth Koemsoeun
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kandal-families-allege-official-intimidation
Planned demolition sparks protest along road to Angkor Wat
Several hundred homeowners in Siem Reap province blocked the road between Angkor Wat and Siem Reap Airport for several hours on Friday to protest authorities’ removal of a home recently built inside the archaeological park. ...
Push for an end to sugarcane land row
Koh Kong provincial authorities have urged 200 families involved in a decade-long land dispute with a sugar cane company to prepare evidence of their claims amid hopes of a final solution from the government. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5074027/push-end-sugarcane-land-row/