Canada to open diplomatic office in Phnom Penh
After closing down its tiny Phnom Penh embassy in 2009, Canada has opened a new diplomatic office inside the British Embassy staffed by a single Canadian official, according to a statement released Friday.
The Cambodia Daily team
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/canada-to-open-diplomatic-office-in-phnom-penh-102886/
Breaking: Three killed while on forestry patrol in Mondulkiri
An Environment Ministry ranger, a Military Police officer and an employee of a conservation organisation have been killed in a shootout with other Cambodian authorities near Mondulkiri’s border with Vietnam.
Mech Dara and Alessandro Marazzi Sassoon
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/breaking-three-killed-while-forestry-patrol-mondulkiri
Flooded street closed in capital
A flooded section of a main street in Phnom Penh’s Dangkor district has been temporarily closed because of flooding, according to a statement by Phnom Penh City Hall on Wednesday.
Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/31115/flooded-street-closed-in-capital/
Report warns on pier project
The Kampot Pier Project – a $10 million effort to attract tourists by building a passenger pier – could harm communities due to insufficient consultation, a new NGO report and community representatives claim.
Leonie Kijewski and Yon Sineat
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/report-warns-pier-project
Timber oknha misses hearing
An oknha accused of overseeing a massive illegal logging scheme in Mondulkiri has yet to appear for a court summons issued more than a month ago, according to the investigating judge.
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/timber-oknha-misses-hearing
New political ‘network’ heads to the provinces
It’s supposedly not a budding new political party, but Kem Ley’s “Khmer for Khmer” network has all the trappings and rhetoric of a group building a base for an electoral run.
Hul Reaksmey and Alex Willemyns
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/intellectual-takes-new-political-network-to-the-provinces-71438/
Jailed family’s release demanded
Human rights group Adhoc has demanded the release of a couple and their 9-month-old child jailed amid a land dispute in Preah Vihear, calling their arrest a “grave human rights abuse”.
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/jailed-familys-release-demanded
Salesman maimed by mine in B Meanchey
A traveling salesman lost his leg to a landmine on Monday after going hunting outside of a village with which he was unfamiliar in Banteay Meanchey province’s Thma Puok district, police said.
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/salesman-maimed-mine-b-meanchey
Nauru refugees settle into new neighborhood
In a sprawling villa down a quiet dirt road in Phnom Penh’s Chbar Ampov district, four refugees have reached what not so long ago would have seemed like a inconceivable end destination.
Khy Sovuthy and Holly Robertson
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/nauru-refugees-settle-into-new-neighborhood-85106/
‘Sorcerer’ left disabled
More than a month after he was brutally attacked on suspicion of being a sorcerer, a Ratanakkiri province cucumber farmer says he has been left disabled and in search of crucial medical funds.
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sorcerer-left-disabled
Cambodia villager held in attack on Chinese worker over land dispute
Police in Cambodia’s Tbong Khmum province on Friday arrested a villager accused of injuring a Chinese worker and his translator in a long running land dispute.
Saut Sok Pratna
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/cambodia-villager-06262015153727.html
Stop stadium plans, CNRP lawmakers ask
Three CNRP lawmakers have issued a letter urging the government to decline a request by tycoon Kith Meng’s Royal Group company to claim rights over a former sports stadium in Battambang province.
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/stop-stadium-plans-cnrp-lawmakers-ask
Cambodia well suited for solar, though use remains low
Cambodia has a high degree of solar radiation, making the country a good place for the renewable energy source, a report from the Asian Development Bank says.
Sun Sokhen
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/cambodia-well-suited-for-solar-though-use-remains-low/2927056.html
Leprosy Dark Spot Healed by Early Detection
It started with a small, dark spot on Oeur Pisey’s left arm: A spot that he simply ignored.
Slowly, other spots appeared. They soon covered Mr. Pisey’s thighs, upper body, and eventually, his face.
A local health clinic in Kompong Cham province told him not to worry:
Denise Hruby
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/leprosy-dark-spot-healed-by-early-detection-51173/
‘Boeng Kak 13’ make final appeal to clear their names
Thirteen land-rights activists from the Boeng Kak neighborhood appeared Wednesday at the Supreme Court in Phnom Penh for a final appeal in a yearslong legal battle over a protest-related conviction.
Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/boeng-kak-13-make-final-appeal-to-clear-their-names-109329/
Air rage: Three Chinese passengers thrown off aircraft in Cambodia after scuffle broke out over plane seat
Three Chinese air passengers were thrown off a flight in Cambodia after a scuffle broke out on board before the plane took off, according to a newspaper report.
Lengthy Banteay Meanchey land dispute finally ends in payout
After a seven-year struggle, a Banteay Meanchey teacher finally got $8,000 in compensation for her land, which was seized by the Cambodian military during a border flare-up with Thailand.
Niem Chheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/lengthy-banteay-meanchey-land-dispute-finally-ends-payout
Man arrested for sexually assaulting children
Police arrested a man in Koh Kong province on Friday for allegedly sexually assaulting his friend’s two young daughters over the course of a day and a night.
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/man-arrested-for-sexually-assaulting-children-113984/
Draft statistics law approved by assembly
A new law on the collection and dissemination of statistical data is set to be put to a vote at the National Assembly later this year after being approved by a parliamentary commission Wednesday.
Ouch Sony and Peter Ford
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/draft-statistics-law-approved-by-assembly-97242/
Governor pledges to resolve Battambang land dispute
The governor of Battambang province has promised to attempt to find a resolution in a long-running land dispute after 250 people held a protest in front of Battambang Provincial Hall yesterday.
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/governor-pledges-resolve-battambang-land-dispute
