Villagers charged with destruction of property in KDC clashes
Two villagers embroiled in a long-running land dispute with the well-connected KDC company were charged Tuesday with intentional destruction of property and causing injuries during clashes with workers at the disputed development site in Kompong Chhnang province last week.
On Monday, provincial police arrested 30-year-old Mang
Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/villagers-charged-with-destruction-of-property-in-kdc-clashes-64707/
Government approves new traffic law
The Council of Ministers on Friday approved a new draft traffic law aimed at improving the safety of Cambodia’s notoriously dangerous roads, with only legislative approval standing in the way of the bill being passed into law.
The draft law, which includes changes to 64 articles,
Khuon Narim
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/government-approves-new-traffic-law-66675/
World Bank wants ‘task force’ to fix Cambodia logistics
Weak logistics have stood in the way of Cambodia’s trade progress for years with its export costs at least 30 percent higher than those of Southeast Asian neighbours Thailand and Vietnam.
Getting the goods from farmers to markets remains difficult, and exporters struggle to supply overseas
Greg Knowler
http://www.joc.com/international-logistics/world-bank-wants-%E2%80%98task-force%E2%80%99-fix-cambodia-logistics_20140904.html
Pailin’s ex-governor denies $400,000 corruption claim
Pailin province’s ex-governor and provincial council president Y Chhien yesterday denied corruption allegations against him, describing the claims as politically motivated.
The two opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party members on the nine-seat provincial council accused Chhien in mid-October of misusing $400,000 in state funds and exploiting
Meas Sokchea
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/pailin%E2%80%99s-ex-governor-denies-400000-corruption-claim
Vietnam looks towards $5bil and $2bil trade with Cambodia, Laos next year
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and his Lao counterpart Thongsing Thammavong agreed to conclude negotiations on the signing of a new bilateral trade agreement, which forms the legal framework for achieving the two countries’ goal of 2 billion USD in trade by 2015.
The agreement is
VietNamNet Bridge News Staff
http://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/government/117214/vietnam-looks-towards--5bil-and--2bil-trade-with-cambodia--laos-next-year.html
Montagnards emerge from Cambodian jungle to meet UN team
Thirteen ethnic Montagnards have emerged from the jungles of Cambodia, where they hid for more than seven weeks after entering the country from Vietnam to flee alleged persecution, the United Nations and local authorities said Saturday.
Eight of the Montagnards–including one woman–left their jungle hiding
Big News Network Staff
http://www.bignewsnetwork.com/index.php/sid/228741119
Cambodian PM calls for calm over HIV infections
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen called for calm Thursday, saying it was not certain that an unlicensed medical practitioner is responsible for infecting 106 people, including 19 children, with HIV in Battambang province.
A joint statement from Cambodia’s Health Ministry and the World Health Organization said
Bopha Phorn
http://asiancorrespondent.com/129230/cambodian-pm-calls-for-calm-over-hiv-infections/
Cambodia ‘not free’: report
Following reports of endemic corruption and suppression of dissent in the Kingdom last year, Cambodia was once again classified by global watchdog Freedom House as “not free” in a generally bleak report released yesterday.
In Freedom of the World 2015, Freedom House’s assessment of the real-world
Sarah Taguiam
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cambodia-not-free-report
Election gifts under scrutiny
Chuon Phang, the 79-year-old chief of Tasanh commune in Battambang’s Samlot district, has always handed out free cotton kramas to local villagers about a month ahead of elections.
But the ruling Cambodian People’s Party representative does not characterise the practice as vote-buying. He says he gives
Kevin Ponniah and Vong Sokheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/election-gifts-under-scrutiny
Sesan dam gets new design
Cambodia’s largest hydropower project has been redesigned, leading to concerns from environmental groups, but a company official who confirmed the “design optimisation” over the weekend insisted that the Lower Sesan II dam will provide clean, safe energy and have few downstream impacts.
Ren Zhonghua, deputy director
Daniel Pye and Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/sesan-dam-gets-new-design
Freedom Park open as city ‘returns to normal’
The razor-wire was removed, riot police departed and Freedom Park was opened to the public for the first time in seven months Wednesday morning as City Hall declared that Phnom Penh had “returned to normal” following the swearing-in Tuesday of the CNRP’s 55 lawmakers.
“Because security,
Mech Dara and Matt Blomberg
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/freedom-park-open-as-phnom-penh-returns-to-normal-65893/
6th Chinese-built hydropower dam in Cambodia starts operation
The sixth Chinese-built hydropower plant, located in the Koh Kong province of southwestern Cambodia, has begun producing electricity after more than four years of construction, the China National Heavy Machinery Corporation (CHMC) said in a statement on Thursday.
CHMC started to develop the 246-megawatt Tatay River Hydropower Plant in 2010. The dam comprises three generators, each capable of producing 82 megawatts, the statement said.
People's Daily Online News Staff
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/n/2014/0814/c90777-8769756.html
Census deportations hit 142 in single day
Vietnamese nationals were deported en masse this week from Svay Rieng province, with 142 illegal migrants sent back across the border in a single day, as Cambodia’s nationwide census of foreigners continues, officials said yesterday.
General Sok Phal, director of the Interior Ministry’s Immigration Department, said
Phak Seangly and Alice Cuddy
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/census-deportations-hit-142-single-day
Y Chhien quits Pailin council despite show of support
Y Chhien, the three-star military general and former bodyguard of Pol Pot, has resigned from his position as chief of the Pailin Provincial Council, an Interior Ministry official confirmed on Thursday.
Rumors had circulated for days that Lieutenant General Chhien, the first governor of Pailin, would
Matt Blomberg and Saing Soenthrith
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/y-chhien-quits-pailin-council-despite-show-of-support-69520/
Court releases five workers arrested after factory clash
The Kompong Cham Provincial Court on Wednesday released five factory workers on bail three weeks after they were charged with instigating violence and destroying property during a protest that turned violent at the Juhui Footwear factory late last month, according to their lawyer.
Clashes at the
Aun Pheap
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/court-releases-five-workers-arrested-after-factory-clash-72234/
GMAC claims on true wages ‘exaggerated’
The Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC) said in a statement this week that under the new minimum wage workers can actually earn up to $250 per month, though others were quick to label the figure exaggerated.
The Ministry of Labour last week approved the new
Mom Kunthear and Sean Teehan
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/gmac-claims-true-wages-%E2%80%98exaggerated%E2%80%99
Three more deputy commissioners appointed
The Interior Ministry promoted three senior police officials to the rank of deputy National Police commissioner in a ceremony Tuesday afternoon, swelling the ranks of deputy commissioners to 15 in apparent preparation for three other deputies to retire.
In the absence of Interior Minister Sar Kheng,
Mech Dara
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/three-more-deputy-commissioners-appointed-76823/
Cracks leave tenants in fear
Residents of Phnom Penh’s historic White Building fled from their homes on Sunday night after large cracks suddenly appeared in the structure, which have been widely attributed to nearby construction work, sparking fears for their safety.
A group of officials from City Hall and the Ministry
Sen David and Alice Cuddy
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cracks-leave-tenants-fear
Business hub set to tackle key challenges before listing
The Phnom Penh Special Economic Zone has 77 tenants from nine countries and 80 per cent occupancy, but high electricity costs and corruption remain a drag on profits.
The main issue is electricity costs, says PPSEZ chief executive Hiroshi Umaetsu. “If [electricity] goes from 19
Charles Rollet
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business-hub-set-tackle-key-challenges-listing
Factory payout lacking: union
Workers at a factory that recently shuttered due to bankruptcy protested yesterday and vowed to continue to do so, after they were paid only part of their severance stipulated under the Kingdom’s Labour Law.
Kui Xing factory in Phnom Penh’s Chbar Ampov district closed its doors
Mom Kunthear and Sean Teehan
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/factory-payout-lacking-union
