Alcohol law to go to council of ministers by week’s end
A draft of Cambodia’s first alcohol law—which if passed would introduce a drinking age of 21 and ban the sale of alcohol between 12 a.m. and 6 a.m.—will be sent to the Council of Ministers by the end of the week, Health Minister Mam Bunheng
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/alcohol-law-to-go-to-council-of-ministers-by-weeks-end-88344/
Five officials under fire for land grabs
A judge, a deputy prosecutor, two high-ranking-military officials and a district land management official have had a complaint filed against them for alleged corruption, abuse of power and grabbing six hectares of land in Oddar Meanchey province in 2016.
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50797742/five-officials-under-fire-for-land-grabs/
Rail line discussed for north Cambodia
A Chinese railway company may conduct a feasibility study on a 700-kilometre rail line in northern Cambodia, officials and local media reported yesterday.
Officials from Nanning Survey and Design Institute Co Ltd, a subsidiary of China Railway Siyuan Group, discussed the study with the Ministry of
Maid tells of Malaysia abuse
A domestic migrant worker who returned to Cambodia on Saturday yesterday recounted two years of alleged physical abuse by her employer in Malaysia while she fulfilled a contract for a recruitment firm based in the capital.
At a press conference held by Sam Rainsy Party lawmaker
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2011120653175/National-news/maid-tells-of-malaysia-abuse.html
Mob breaks evictee into home
A PROTEST on the fifth storey of a residential high-rise in Borei Keila ended with authorities fleeing the scene and incensed villagers breaking down a door yesterday.
About 50 villagers converged on the site to protest against Phan Imex and authorities evicting a man from his
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2011122253561/National-news/mob-breaks-evictee-into-home.html
Factory for named brands slammed for faintings
Low wages and a lack of occupational health and safety measures led to a mass fainting on Tuesday at a Phnom Penh garment factory that produces clothes for well-known brands Wal-Mart, Target and Reebok, according to a statement released by the Community Legal Education Center
Gov’t studies new tree species
The Ministry of Environment signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) yesterday with two Chinese companies to study planting “Paulownia-Guotong” – an extremely fast-growing tree used to make furniture and wooden equipment – and practice growing it in Cambodia. Speaking at a workshop on a feasibility
Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/30205/gov---t-studies-new-tree-species/
Watch TV while you drive
A new marketing strategy has reached Phnom Penh’s streets, enabling companies to introduce their products on a moving TV screen.
New Color Communications, a company started by Kim Seong Bomb, instals TV screens on the back of tuk-tuks that show a series of one-minute advertisement clips.
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012091958784/Business/tuk-tuk-tv-to-get-commercials.html
Verdict Due in Kandal Judge Corruption Case
The Kandal Provincial Court on Friday tried a former provincial judge, Huoth Heang, and his clerk, Lim Kompheak, both of whom stand accused of corruption.
On January 20, Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) officials arrested Judge Heang during a sting operation in which the judge was caught accepting a
Cambodian, Chinese firms sign deal to build railway, seaport
A Cambodian company and a Chinese firm on Monday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in order to build a railway and a seaport in Cambodia to serve iron and steel mining industry.
The deal was inked between Zhang Chuan You, general manager of Cambodia Iron
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2012-12/31/c_132074231.htm
Borei Keila Evictees Protest Delayed Court Hearing
About 20 former residents for the Borei Keila community protested outside the Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday after a judge delayed a hearing regarding their land dispute with the powerful Phanimex company, a lawyer for the residents said. The residents filed a complaint against Phanimex
Allegations of death threats after illegal logging reports
A journalist has filed a complaint with the Pursat provincial court alleging that a soldier threatened to kill him on Sunday after he wrote a series of damning articles linking the soldier to illegal rosewood trafficking, court officials confirmed Tuesday.
Both the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces
Ben Sokhean
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/allegations-of-death-threats-after-illegal-logging-reports-60426/
Maid accused of hitting baby in Singapore
Singaporean police have investigated allegations that a Cambodian woman working as a maid in the city-state assaulted an infant in her care, according to the Cambodian ambassador there and a Singaporean recruitment agency.
Cheth Naren, Cambodian ambassador to Singapore, said that three Cambodian women came to
Matt Blomberg
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/maid-accused-of-hitting-baby-in-singapore-64328/
Ministry to ‘examine’ probe results
Officials from the Ministry of Interior will meet tomorrow to review the results of an investigation into a crackdown that left four dead on Veng Sreng Boulevard in Phnom Penh last month, a police spokesman said.
After saying on Tuesday that a report on the investigation’s
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-%E2%80%98examine%E2%80%99-probe-results
Gov’t prepares for mine standoff
Officials backed by a small detachment of gendarmerie seconded from the National Military Police are preparing for potentially violent confrontations with security forces employed by illegal mining companies, an official said yesterday.
Meng Saktheara, a secretary of state at the Ministry of Mines and Energy, yesterday
Daniel Pye
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/govt-prepares-mine-standoff
Rice exports face challenges from foreigners in Cambodia
Vietnamese rice exporters will face tough competition from foreign countries looking to exploit advantages that Cambodia presents as a beneficiary of the the EBA (Everything But Arms) initiative, says an Econet report. Under the EBA, Cambodia, as a least-developed-country, enjoys zero tariffs and no quotas
http://vietnambusiness.asia/rice-exports-face-challenges-from-foreigners-in-cambodia
Still No Arrest in Shooting of Special Economic Zone Workers
A day after Interior Minister Sar Kheng revealed that authorities had identified a suspect in the shooting of three female factory workers at a special economic zone (SEZ) in Svay Rieng province, officials yesterday refused to reveal the identity of the gunman, who had still
IP rights discussed for Angkor
The ancient works of Cambodia’s King Suryavarman II could become a protected intellectual trademark if the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) finalizes a treaty recognizing cultural heritage, the organisation’s head said yesterday.
Angkor Wat, a 12th century temple complex and the Kingdom’s No 1 tourist destination, became an area of contention
The potential of Cambodia
Whenever you build a structure, you always start with a plan that exists first as an idea and then makes its way to paper and then usually a model: and this is true of ships or skyscrapers.
Then comes the construction process when you bring in
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012052856411/Business/the-potential-of-cambodia.html
Firms Go to Arbitration Over Failed Gold Mining License Deal
Despite touting its Cambodian venture on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (FSE), a British registered mining firm’s plan to extract gold in Ratanakkiri province stalled and the firm may face legal action over a failed deal to obtain an exploration license.
Astra Resources Plc. has also gone
