Arrested Land Officials Now Free on Bail
<p>Four Land Management Ministry officials charged with corruption last week were released on bail yesterday, less than five days after arriving at prey Sar prison for detention ahead of trial, officials said.
Srung Leang, director of the prison’s center no. 1, said he received the written release order ...p>
Geopacific Resources outlines rights issue, funds to advance copper project in Cambodia
<p>Cambodian-focused Geopacific Resources (ASX: GpR) has now released its 10 for 17 non-renounceable rights issue which will raise up to A$3.0 million at $0.05, and forms part of a larger funding package.
In August GpR outlined a funding package which will include an equity placement of ...p>
Proactive Investors Australia News Styaff
http://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/companies/news/47714/geopacific-resources-outlines-rights-issue-funds-to-advance-copper-project-in-cambodia-47714.html
Building water links to Vietnam
<p>Authorities are planning upgrades to effectively double the capacity of boats travelling from phnom penh Autonomous port to Vietnam, according to port Director General Hei Bavy. A 2009 agreement with Vietnam authorities allows ships travelling down the Mekong from Cambodia to offload at Cai Mep ...p>
With Eviction Looming, Cham Fishing Families Live in Fear
<p>Children played along the banks of phnom penh’s Chroy Changva peninsula yesterday, while their parents napped under the shade of their bright yellow and blue boat homes.
But members of this Cham fishing community overlooking phnom penh’s city space said it was a very different scene on ...p>
Vietnam Power Failure Hits Phnom Penh
<p>A massive power outage Wednesday in Southern Vietnam brought rolling blackouts that lasted for hours to Ho Chi Minh City, the entire southeastern region of Vietnam and large sections of phnom penh.
Vietnam’s state-owned Southern power Corporation said Wednesday that the problem occurred around 2 p.m. ...p>
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/vietnam-power-failure-hits-phnom-penh-26121/
UN Expert Appeals For Restraint Over Cambodian Crisis
<p>A United Nations independent human rights expert urged restraint by all sides today after military police opened fire on striking garment workers in phnom penh, reportedly killing at least four people, as high social and political tensions in Cambodia boiled over into deadly clashes.
In statement ...p>
SpyGhana.com News Staff
http://www.spyghana.com/un-expert-appeals-for-restraint-over-cambodian-crisis/
UN envoy expected to arrive in Cambodia for human rights assessment
<p>United Nations envoy is expected to arrived in Cambodia today, a week after the deadly crackdown by government forces against protesting workers on Veng Sreng street, which left five people dead.
This is the first visit of Surya p. Subedi, UN Special Rapporteur on human ...p>
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=11&token=ZGYzMjE1Y2E4NWI
Violent Mob, Police Attack Peaceful Protesters
<p>Riot police and groups of men in plain clothes armed with sticks, Tasers and slingshots violently attacked a group of anti-eviction protesters conducting a hunger strike at Wat phnom late last night, injuring several people.
protesters from phnom penh’s Boeng Kak community began the hunger strike ...p>
Simon Marks and Kevin Doyle
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/violent-mob-police-attack-peaceful-protesters-42892/
Phnom Penh Port Says City Center Ban on Trucks Hurting Exports
<p>The phnom penh Autonomous port has requested that City Hall reduce the length of its daily ban forbidding container trucks from traveling on phnom penh roads between 5 a.m. and 9 p.m. because cargo is unable to reach the port, resulting in a decrease in ...p>
Aun Pheap and Joshua Wilwohl
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/phnom-penh-port-says-city-center-ban-on-trucks-hurting-exports-46759/
CNRP Gives Notice of Rally in Siem Reap
<p>The opposition CNRp on Monday delivered a letter of notice to provincial authorities of its plans to hold a rally in Siem Reap City to mark International Human Rights Day next Tuesday, a party official said.
Ke Sovannaroth, the head of the CNRp’s Siem Reap working ...p>
Mech Dara and Alex Willemyns
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cnrp-gives-notice-of-rally-in-siem-reap-48440/
Lack of judiciary consultation on key Cambodian laws draws concern of UN rights expert
<p>The lack of consultative process on three draft laws has set a worrying precedent for future key legislation, according to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Cambodia, Surya p. Subedi.
“For many years in my capacity as the Special RapporteurI ...p>
UN News Centre
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=47904#.U4WD6PmSxqV
Last days of a valley damned
<p>Yong Yim’s voice rises to a high-pitched quiver when she talks about a planned dam in the Areng Valley that would inundate land her family has inhabited for hundreds of years to form what amounts to a giant battery. Now they are staring at ...p>
May Titthara, David Boyle and Danson Cheong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013020861238/National/last-days-of-a-valley-damned.html
ADB provides Cambodia $69 mil. to improve provincial roads
<p>The Asian Development Bank has provided $69 million for Cambodia to make major upgrades of provincial roads in some of the country’s poorest provinces, according to an ADB statement Wednesday.
The provincial Roads Improvement project, financed by a $52 million loan from ADB Special Funds and ...p>
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/business/news/20120223p2g00m0bu134000c.html
Garment Demonstrators Request to Hold Protest
<p>Workers from the Ocean Garment factory, who have been protesting outside the plant in pur Senchey district for weeks, will file a request with phnom penh City Hall today to allow them to continue their demonstrations in front of the Ministry of Social Affairs and ...p>
NEC Says Don’t Believe Reports, Wait for Election Results
<p>By 8 p.m. on the day of the July 28 election, Information Minister Khieu Kanharith was declaring victory for prime Minister Hun Sen’s Cpp with 68 seats to the opposition’s 55.
In the days that followed, preliminary results released by the National Election Committee (NEC) arrived ...p>
Kuch Naren and Lauren Crothers
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/nec-says-dont-believe-reports-wait-for-election-results-38702/
Massive Power Outage Triggered by Falling Tree
<p>A massive power outage that left large areas of phnom penh without electricity and water and plunged southern Vietnam into darkness on Wednesday was caused by a crane operator knocking a tree onto a high voltage power line, Vietnam’s state-owned energy provider said yesterday.
“A ...p>
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/massive-power-outage-triggered-by-falling-tree-26557/
Cambodia opposition announces to stage mass protest on Oct. 23
<p>The opposition Cambodia National Rescue party (CNRp) on Saturday announced that it would launch a mass protest on Oct. 23 in order to submit a petition to the United Nations.
“A mass protest will be held on Oct.23 from 3:00-6:00 p.m. at the Freedom park (in ...p>
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2013-09/28/c_132758766.htm
CNRP to Hold Second 3-Day Mass Protest
<p>The opposition CNRp has sent a letter to municipal authorities informing them that a mass demonstration planned for Wednesday at Freedom park to coincide with the anniversary of the 1991 signing of the paris peace Agreement will now be a three-day affair and include marches ...p>
Mech Dara and Alex Willemyns
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/cnrp-to-hold-second-3-day-mass-protest-45412/
Taxi Drivers Block Checkpoint In Poipet to Protest New Tax
<p>Taxi drivers staged a large protest Wednesday at a customs checkpoint in poipet City over customs officials’ demands for what the protesters said was an exorbitant tax on a small load of goods.
At the checkpoint Wednesday, more than 50 taxi drivers blocked the road for ...p>
Hul Reaksmey
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/taxi-drivers-block-checkpoint-in-poipet-to-protest-new-tax-49159/
Police confirm arrest of villagers in dispute with Pailin Governor
<p>police officials confirmed Tuesday that the villagers involved in a land dispute with a company allegedly owned by pailin Governor Y Chhien were arrested late Monday and said that one more villager was detained Tuesday.
Sath Sin, deputy police chief of pailin province’s Sala Krao district, ...p>
