Opposition completes removal of Rainsy signs
The Cambodia National Rescue Party yesterday completed its task of removing pictures of its leadership from its billboards across the country in response to the passage of widely criticized legal amendments that effectively outlawed their former president’s association with the party. ...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/opposition-completes-removal-rainsy-signs
KPP asked to submit reports to government
A meeting yesterday between Interior Ministry officials and the acting leader of jailed government critic Sourn Serey Ratha’s Khmer Power Party ended with the party being asked to file missing annual reports to bring it in line with the Political Parties Law. ...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kpp-asked-submit-reports-government
Election to have little impact on banks: MSP
Next year’s national election is unlikely to slow the rapid pace of bank lending growth but could put a temporary crimp in deposits, though the sector is expected to have sufficient liquidity to absorb the impact, according to a report released yesterday. ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/election-have-little-impact-banks-msp
Sok Touch spins ‘revolt’ theory
University researcher Sok Touch yesterday took the government’s oft-used “colour revolution” narrative one step further by characterising practically every major political development since the 2013 post-election protests as part of one concerted attempt to foment insurrection in the Kingdom. ...
Ananth Baliga and Ben Sokhean
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sok-touch-spins-revolt-theory
Economy still on track: World Bank
Despite better than predicted overall growth for global economies, the World Bank has slightly downgraded its 2017 forecast for Cambodia due to wage and price concerns in the Kingdom’s the garment industry as well as uncertainty surrounding next year’s national election. ...
Kali Kotoski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/economy-still-track-world-bank
Government plans new cassava policy
Minister of Commerce Pan Sorasak has announced that the government will be spearheading a new National Cassava Policy which aims to address challenges in the industry and work towards ensuring a sustainable and resilient crop, strong value chains and greater regional market presence. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/government-plans-new-cassava-policy
List of new National Assembly members approved
The National Election Committee (NEC) has approved new candidates to fill National Assembly seats left vacant by the dissolution of the opposition, drastically changing the composition of Cambodia’s parliament and providing a shot in the arm for the ailing royalist Funcinpec party. ...
Niem Chheng and Ananth Baliga
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/list-new-national-assembly-members-approved
Protesters to stop blocking road
Garment workers from the Gawon Apparel factory in Kandal province’s Takhmao town have agreed to stop blocking a road leading to the factory for the next 15 days as they await a solution to their labour dispute from the Arbitration Council. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5096984/protesters-stop-blocking-road/
Whistleblower law nearly done: ACU
Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) boss Om Yentieng has said the Kingdom’s whistleblower and witness protection draft law was nearly complete, while at the same time lashing out at Transparency International Cambodia for not assisting in the process, something the group flatly denied. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/whistleblower-law-nearly-done-acu
Monovithya appeals to US officials
Kem Monovithya, the daughter of jailed opposition leader Kem Sokha and a CNRP official, met with United States officials yesterday to discuss the possibility of further sanctions on the Cambodian government if measures taken in an ongoing political crackdown are not reversed. ...
Andrew Nachemson and Ben Sokhean
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/monovithya-appeals-us-officials
Construction project approvals up, but locals aren't reaping the rewards
The government announced a more than 20 percent increase in approved construction projects last year over the year before, but not all the benefits of the booming industry are being passed on to Cambodian workers and property buyers, according to industry insiders. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/construction-project-approvals-locals-arent-reaping-rewards
Thai trade meeting to take place next week
Taking place on the 21 and 22 on this month, the JTC meeting will focus on bilateral trade promotion. On the sidelines of the meeting, investors from both countries will participate in business matching events to enhance trade ties between the two countries. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50108940/thai-trade-meeting-to-take-place-next-week/
Brands including H&M and Gap urge Cambodia garment industry reform, seek meeting with Hun Sen
A group representing some of the largest apparel brands in the US and Europe – including Gap, H&M and ASOS – expressed “growing concern” on Tuesday over several controversial labour laws and ongoing court cases against unionists described as restrictive and unjust. ...
Push for border use of local currencies
Business leaders from the Lower Mekong region are urging their respective governments to use local currencies for trading in border regions instead of the US dollar, arguing that this would facilitate business transactions and reduce exchange costs, a Thai newspaper reported yesterday. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/push-border-use-local-currencies
CEOs: cut the business slack
Top executives from foreign firms have spoken out about the constraints of doing business in Cambodia, citing high electricity and infrastructure costs, unskilled local workers, limited transparency, a lack of local manufacturing suppliers and limited sources of raw materials as impediments to progress. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/32563/ceos--cut-the-business-slack/
Minister to be grilled on sand export discrepancy
Minister for Mines and Energy Suy Sem will appear at the National Assembly on Thursday to answer questions about a more than $700 million discrepancy in data on sand exports to Singapore, according to a letter signed by Prime Minister Hun Sen. ...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/minister-be-grilled-sand-export-discrepancy
Protesters: Free NGO leader
Almost 200 people protested yesterday in Banteay Meanchey province’s Poipet City, demanding the release of Mang Puthy, president of the Cambodia Informal Economy Reinforced Association (CIERA), who says he was arrested after officials framed him for attempted murder. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/33784/protesters--free-ngo-leader/
Second call for rice exports
The Ministry of Agriculture is calling on rice millers to apply for a second round of quality checks for exports to China after only 28 local rice mills, out of 60 which applied for inspection in the first round, passed last year. ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/35211/second-call-for-rice-exports/
Child torturer won’t be extradited, mother says
Despite initial hopes that the man who tortured her 2-year-old son last year would face trial in Cambodia, the child’s mother said on Tuesday that Vietnamese police have informed her that the abuser would not be extradited from Vietnam. ...
Phan Soumy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/child-torturer-wont-be-extradited-mother-says-125580/
Opinion polls to be banned ahead of election
Cambodia’s top election body will take legal action against groups that conduct or publish opinion polls in the two weeks leading up to June 4 commune elections, its spokesman said on Sunday, warning that the surveys could lead to “social instability.” ...
Ben Sokhean and Ben Paviour
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/opinion-polls-to-be-banned-ahead-of-election-127426/