Grenade Attack Remembered Amid Promised Reform
Opposition leaders Sam Rainsy and Kem Sokha joined dozens of monks and hundreds of supporters on Monday for a Pchum Ben ceremony at the memorial stupa in Phnom Penh honoring the 16 people who were killed by a grenade attack on an opposition rally in
Aun Pheap and Colin Meyn
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/grenade-attack-remembered-amid-promised-reform-43996/
Employee allegedly hit at protest
A protest over attendance bonuses among workers at a factory in southern Phnom Penh turned violent yesterday morning, after the factory owner’s driver allegedly assaulted a worker.
Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/employee-allegedly-hit-protest
Student questioned over Facebook comment
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Tuesday questioned a university student who was arrested last month after he called for a “color revolution” in a Facebook post, his lawyer said.
Ouch Sony
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/student-questioned-over-facebook-comment-94349/
Civil servant healthcare program created
Public officials, civil servants and veterans can breathe a bit easier now that King Norodom Sihamoni has officially signed a royal decree establishing a social security healthcare fund.
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/35270/civil-servant-healthcare-program-created/
Union Development Group re-opens road
A Chinese-owned company embroiled in a land dispute with villagers in Koh Kong province agreed yesterday to reopen a road that it had blocked on Wednesday, sparking violent clashes.
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/union-development-group-re-opens-road
Prosecutor accused of ‘threats’ to Singaporean
A senior Phnom Penh Municipal Court official has been accused of threatening a Singaporean businessman in an attempt to pressure him into confessing to a crime he did not commit.
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/prosecutor-accused-threats-singaporean
Prime minister diagnoses NGOs with ‘main character syndrome’
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Tuesday chided a group of NGOs who boycotted a seminar on a pair of proposed election laws, saying the groups suffered from “main character syndrome.”
Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/prime-minister-diagnoses-ngos-with-main-character-syndrome-79458/
Activists charged over Siem Reap tour-boat brawl
Two opposition CNRP activists were arrested Monday and charged with inciting a brawl in Siem Reap province last month during which a man suffered a serious stab wound, police said.
Mech Dara and Aun Chhengpor
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/activists-charged-over-siem-reap-tour-boat-brawl-87443/
Shaping the leaders of tomorrow
In a lush, gated compound 12 kilometres south of central Phnom Penh, the young minds that will one day lead Cambodia are being shaped – or at least that’s what one philanthropic foundation, which is investing millions of dollars in a unique, long-term project, hopes.
“When
Kevin Ponniah
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/shaping-leaders-tomorrow
Summons issued in Ratanakkiri rubber feud
A Tumpoun ethnic villager has received a summons to appear before the Ratanakkiri Provincial Court tomorrow over allegedly grabbing land from a local rubber plantation firm in Bakeo district.
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/summons-issued-ratanakkiri-rubber-feud
Commune chief accused of clearing state forestland
A Forestry Administration official said yesterday that authorities have filed a court complaint accusing a commune chief in Kampong Thom province of clearing protected state forestland for private sale.
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/commune-chief-accused-clearing-state-forestland
Fire guts Siem Reap market
Siem Reap provincial authorities have created a committee to investigate a fire that consumed most of a market early yesterday morning but did not cause any deaths or injuries.
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/36078/fire-guts-siem-reap-market/
Military official arrested over shootout which killed three
Police in Mondulkiri province have arrested a military official who is a suspect in a shootout which killed three people during an operation to crack down on illegal logging.
Cheang Sokha
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50105822/military-official-arrested-over-shootout-which-killed-three/
One held over forest shooting
Police in Mondulkiri province yesterday arrested a military officer who is a suspect in a shooting that killed three people during an operation to crack down on illegal logging.
Khuon Narim
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50106106/one-held-over-forest-shooting/
Factory for Nissan cars, parts proposed
A Malaysian automotive company has requested approval to establish a factory in Cambodia to assemble Nissan automobiles and manufacture spare parts for the vehicles, a government official said yesterday.
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/factory-nissan-cars-parts-proposed
Decree reviewed for loopholes
The Interior Ministry yesterday created a working group to review possible loopholes in a royal decree establishing a social security healthcare fund for public officials, civil servants and veterans.
Khuon Narim
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50101665/decree-reviewed-loopholes/
MFIs as one commercial bank
PhillipCapital, a Singapore-based integrated financial services provider and a majority stakeholder in three of Cambodia’s micro-finance institutions (MFIs), plans to consolidate the three into a commercial bank.
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2012122560462/Business/mfis-as-one-commercial-bank.html
Protests in city, province keep going
Thousands of employees from two Taiwanese-owned factories continued striking for better working conditions yesterday.
Pech Sotheary
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/protests-city-province-keep-going
Families say firm cleared land, graves
More than 100 families in Rattanakkiri’s O’Chum district are demanding a solution after a Chinese company allegedly bulldozed their land and nearby family graves to create a rubber plantation.
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/families-say-firm-cleared-land-graves
Antibiotic resistance sparks new health policy
Pharmacists in Cambodia have a particular affinity for prescribing antibiotics, so much so that resistance to the drugs has become a public health problem worthy of a national response.
Maria Paula Brito
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/antibiotic-resistance-sparks-new-health-policy-77730/
