Official questioned over $1.5M land ‘fraud’
A former Ministry of Interior police officer was tried by the Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday for allegedly embezzling more than $1.5 million under the pretense of buying land from Kandal province villagers for a company he used to work for. ...
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/official-questioned-over-15m-land-fraud
Residents claim threats over anti-dam slogans
Residents of Stung Treng province who are facing eviction due to the Lower Sesan II hydropower project accused local officials yesterday of threatening to arrest them if they don’t refrain from hanging banners reading “Would rather die than leave” on their homes. ...
May Titthara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/residents-claim-threats-over-anti-dam-slogans
Tycoon charged with murder
Tycoon Thong Sarath has been charged with premeditated murder and possession of weapons by a court in Phnom Penh after being arrested in a joint operation with Cambodian and Vietnamese police on Thursday over the killing of Shimmex Group owner Ung Meng Cheu. ...
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/tycoon-charged-murder
Briton gets 8 years for sexually abusing girls
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Monday convicted a British national of purchasing child prostitution and committing indecent acts against minors, sentencing him to eight years in prison and ordering him to pay a total of $5,000 in fines and compensation. ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/briton-gets-8-years-for-sexually-abusing-girls-82227/
In old enemy Hun Sen, Sam Rainsy sees hope
After years of bitter rhetoric and violence, a freshly pardoned opposition leader Sam Rainsy returned from exile in France to announce the end of Cambodia’s zero-sum political culture and a new start in his relationship with Prime Minister Hun Sen. ...
Alex Willemyns and Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/in-old-enemy-hun-sen-sam-rainsy-sees-hope-82211/
Developer’s son sent to maximum-security prison
The son of a wealthy developer who was charged last week with assaulting the son of timber magnate Try Pheap in Phnom Penh was transferred on Tuesday from the minimum-security PJ prison to the maximum-security Prey Sar, officials said Wednesday. ...
Sek Odom
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/developers-son-sent-to-maximum-security-prison-82439/
Doroshenko’s son sued over $250k bribery claim
A lawyer for Russian developer Sergei Polonsky has filed a complaint with the Preah Sihanouk Provincial Court accusing the son of his former business partner of defamation for disseminating a letter that claims Mr. Polonsky paid officials $250,000 to imprison his father. ...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/doroshenkos-son-sued-over-250k-bribery-claim-82700/
City hall pushes to reduce smoking in Phnom Penh
In anticipation of World No Tobacco Day on Sunday, Phnom Penh’s City Hall called upon tobacco companies to stop the illegal advertisement of cigarettes and for district officials to start enforcing non-smoking zones, in an event at Wat Phnom on Friday. ...
Sek Odom
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/city-hall-pushes-to-reduce-smoking-in-phnom-penh-84632/
Cambodians and Vietnamese clash over borderland
A clash between Cambodians and Vietnamese soldiers over a swath of disputed land in a border district separating the two countries in southern Cambodia has become the latest tussle in a string of such territorial conflicts. ...
Morm Moniroth
http://bit.ly/1SUV4bb
Cambodia's rice export up 64 pct in 5 months
Cambodia exported 243,025 tons of milled rice in the first five months of 2015, a 64 percent rise from the 148,262 tons over the same period last year, according to an official report on Sunday. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://bit.ly/1KPnihX
Trade Unions agree on $177 wage demand
A group of nine trade unions representing some of the country’s 700,000 garment workers agreed on Monday to push for a $177 monthly minimum wage for the sector during fast-approaching negotiations, matching the figure they unsuccessfully lobbied for last year. ...
Mech Dara
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/trade-unions-agree-on-177-wage-demand-86349/
Inadequate infrastructure, less financing options and labor migration undermining Cambodia's rice export capacity, say experts
Inadequate milling and storage facilities; meager financing options and consequent bankruptcies among small farmers; as well as recent migration of a number of male farmers to Thailand are all undermining Cambodia’s capacity to increase its exports, local sources quoted experts as saying. ...
Oryza News Staff
http://bit.ly/1NuGgeI
Deaths, damage from storms are up this year
Inclement weather claimed the lives of at least 56 Cambodians, injured another 166 and damaged and destroyed more than 7,000 homes in the first six months of 2015, according to a report released by the National Committee for Disaster Management (NCDM) yesterday. ...
Taing Vida
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/deaths-damage-storms-are-year
Belt and Road initiative to help Cambodia, says China
The China-proposed “Belt and Road” initiative will provide new opportunities for China and Cambodia to further enhance ties and cooperation in all fields, Han Qide, vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) said on Friday. ...
Want China Times News Staff
http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?id=20150630000113&cid=1101&MainCatID=11
Cambodia, Vietnam began closed-door meeting on joint border
Var Kimhong, senior minister in charge of border affairs and his Vietnam’s counterpart, Ho Xuan, began the close-door meeting on the Cambodia-Vietnam joint border committee this morning at the council of the cabinet ministers. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/cambodia-vietnam-began-closed-door-meeting-on-joint-border-8738
EuroCham partners with Cambodian authorities in fighting against corruption
The European Chamber of Commerce (EuroCham) in Cambodia, which has 203 companies as members, signed an agreement with Cambodia’s Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) on Friday, expressing its commitment to help rid the country of corruption. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/eurocham-partners-with-cambodian-authorities-in-fighting-against-corruption-8750
Hun Sen’s comments draw criticism from Cambodian rights groups
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen’s public use of derogatory terms when discussing an unnamed woman accused of injuring a security guard after allegedly kicking him prompted rebukes from rights groups in the country on Monday. ...
Officials meet to discuss HIV outbreak strategy
The first meeting to discuss a long-term strategy for dealing with last year’s freak outbreak of HIV in Battambang province’s Roka commune was held at the Council of Ministers building in Phnom Penh on Thursday, officials said. ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/officials-meet-to-discuss-hiv-outbreak-strategy-91112/
Committee established to review maps from UN
Prime Minister Hun Sen issued a directive on Thursday for the formation of an ad hoc committee of government officials to review maps loaned to Cambodia by the U.N. in order to check them against maps being used by “concerned parties.” ...
Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/committee-established-to-review-maps-from-un-91194/
CPP, CNRP reach no deal
A meeting called for amid a flurry of arrests last week ended an hour after it started yesterday, with senior government and opposition party members agreeing to let the courts decide the fate of 14 opposition activists imprisoned on “insurrection” charges. ...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cpp-cnrp-reach-no-deal