Pardoned ‘People’s Power’ leader returns from exile
The long-exiled leader of the “People’s Power” movement, Sourn Serey Ratha, returned to Cambodia on Thursday, following a pardon for the crime of treason by King Norodom Sihamoni in July. ...
Neou Vannarin
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/pardoned-people-power-leader-returns-from-exile/2987265.html
Japanese zoo confirms swap, tries to allay fears
The director of Hirakawa Zoo in Japan has reportedly publicly stated his zoo wishes to acquire two Asian elephants currently housed at Teuk Chhou Zoo in Kampot province as part of a controversial animal swap deal. ...
Charles Parkinson
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/japanese-zoo-confirms-swap-tries-allay-fears
To court students, vocational programs get a makeover
One slickly produced television ad tells students “to join the community of minds that craves to learn,” as three teenagers assemble an electrical circuit board. “Better Skills! Better income!” a group of students shout in unison, fists raised. ...
James Reddick
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/16768/to-court-students--vocational-programs-get-a-makeover/
Royal buys out one TV to focus on distribution
Cambodian conglomerate Royal Group has acquired the remaining shareholding of One TV from Russian-owned General Satellite Group in a move to boost the distribution of Cambodia’s niche pay for digital terrestrial television (DTT) market. ...
Kali Kotoski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/royal-buys-out-one-tv-focus-distribution
Stop harassing forest activists, gov’t told
A network of community activists protecting Prey Lang forest has appealed to the government to prevent all forms of intimidation against its members by courts, police and soldiers as well as local officials involved in the timber business. ...
May Titthara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/18714/stop-harassing-forest-activists--gov---t-told/
After protest, dream land agrees to severance
Former employees of the recently closed Dream Land amusement park in Phnom Penh agreed to severance packages of between $85 and $200 on Tuesday, company officials said. ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/after-protest-dream-land-agrees-to-severance-109962/
Officials use government letterhead for private affairs
Ruling party lawmaker Chheang Vun on Wednesday denied any wrongdoing after using his government position to compel the Ministry of Post and Telecommunications to clear up dangling electrical wires in front of a restaurant he owns. ...
Kuch Naren and Buth Kimsay
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/officials-use-government-letterhead-for-private-affairs-110339/
Transgender Cambodians at higher risk for HIV infection
The rate of HIV infection among Cambodia’s transgender women is nearly six times higher than the national average, according to the results of a 2012 survey published in the online journal PLOS ONE this month. ...
Ben Paviour
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/transgender-cambodians-at-higher-risk-for-hiv-infection-111517/
U.S. ambassador to Cambodia visits Long Beach this week
The newest U.S. ambassador to Cambodia is visiting Long Beach, which is home to the largest population of Cambodians outside their native country – many of whom are still connected to their homeland. ...
Courtney Tompkins
http://www.presstelegram.com/government-and-politics/20160711/us-ambassador-to-cambodia-visits-long-beach-this-week
Parties at impasse over rules for 2017 commune elections
The ruling CPP and opposition CNRP are deadlocked in their ongoing negotiations over new rules for commune elections, according to party officials, with the length and scale of election campaigns at the center of the dispute. ...
Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/parties-at-impasse-over-rules-for-2017-commune-elections-93692/
Police arrest three for trafficking Heroin
Three people were provisionally charged by the Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Sunday for smuggling 1 kg of heroin, police said, as officers continued searching for a Vietnamese couple they believe to be the ringleaders of the operation. ...
Saing Soenthrith
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/police-arrest-three-for-trafficking-heroin-101167/
Drug crimes double in Cambodia last year
The number of drug cases and people arrested for drug crimes in Cambodia in 2015 more than doubled year-on-year, while the volume of drugs seized shot up 18- fold, local media reported on Friday. ...
Xinhua team
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/19628/drug-crimes-double-in-cambodia-last-year/
NGOs die first if aid cut: PM
Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday slammed recent calls for sanctions against Cambodia over what supporters of the measures call a government-level disrespect of democracy, claiming the first to be hurt by sanctions would be NGOs. ...
Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/26080/ngos-die-first-if-aid-cut--pm/
Anti-graft czar attacks battambang governor
Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) Chairman Om Yentieng lashed out at Battambang provincial governor Chan Sophal on Sunday for refusing to let the unit investigate a district governor for allegedly pilfering thousands of dollars of state money. ...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/anti-graft-czar-attacks-battambang-governor-114958/
Disgraced official will face no legal action for embezzlement
The disgraced former director of Koh Kong’s provincial agriculture department will not be prosecuted despite admitting to profiting from the illegal sale of state land, Agriculture Minister Veng Sakhon said on Monday. ...
Aun Pheap and Taylor O'connell
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/disgraced-official-will-face-no-legal-action-for-embezzlement-115331/
Office space increases
The completion of three new office buildings in Phnom Penh in the first half of this year has marginally boosted the city’s office space supply, according to the latest sector report by Knight Frank Cambodia. ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/28972/office-space-increases/
Women get five years for smuggling attempt
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Friday sentenced two Vietnamese women to five years in prison for attempting to send pseudoephedrine—a common precursor in the synthesis of methamphetamine—to Australia in a box of bras. ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/women-get-five-years-for-smuggling-attempt-97088/
Cambodian slots help offset EGA’s losses
European Gaming machine supplier and casino operator Entertainment Gaming Asia Inc reported consolidated revenues of $7.3 million in 4Q15, a decrease of 12 per cent compared to the same period a year earlier. ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodian-slots-help-offset-egas-losses
Pardons unlikely for Khmer new year
The Ministry of Justice has announced it is unlikely that any Royal pardons granting inmates amnesty or reductions in prison sentences will be given ahead of the Khmer New Year, according to a ministry spokesman yesterday. ...
Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/23638/pardons-unlikely-for-khmer-new-year/
Yentieng shuts down query into envelopes
The head of the Anti-Corruption Unit, Om Yentieng, yesterday dismissed a request to explain the contents of envelopes he distributed to soldiers earlier this month by, in essence, declaring: we ask the questions, not you. ...
Lay Samean and Niem Chheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/yentieng-shuts-down-query-envelopes
