Cambodia asylum deal to go ahead despite intense opposition
Australia’s secret refugee deal with Cambodia is about to be signed, amid growing opposition to the transfer agreement.
With a deal imminent, the office of Immigration Minister Scott Morrison refused to confirm on Monday he was set to travel to Cambodia this week, while the Department
As banking sector booms, overbanking looms
Last month, Cambodia’s nascent yet rapidly expanding banking sector saw the new arrival of Phillip Bank through the acquisition of Hwang DBS Commercial Bank by Singapore’s Philip Capital in a $40 million deal.
The number of banks in the country has more than doubled since 2005,
Kang Sothear and George Styllis
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/as-banking-sector-booms-overbanking-looms-67824/
Journo killings condemned
A report from the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists has decried the killing of journalists with no consequences, listing Cambodia as one of several countries where members of the press have been killed since 2004 “with complete impunity”.
From 2004 to 2013, 370 journalists
Charles Rollet and Chhay Channyda
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/journo-killings-condemned
Cambodia scores low on global giving index
A study released by the UK-based Charities Aid Foundation puts Cambodia close to the bottom of the world in terms of the charity of its citizens, despite Southeast Asia being cited as the world’s strongest performing sub-region.
According to the World Giving Index, which ranks countries
Charles Rollet
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/cambodia-scores-low-global-giving-index
No compensation for vendors at Old Market
The committee that runs Old Market in Phnom Penh told the owners of stalls that were gutted by a fire on Monday that they would receive no compensation and would have to rebuild their businesses themselves.
Yun Chandara, director of the committee that oversees the
Sen David
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/no-compensation-vendors-old-market
Gov’t forms OCA committee
Thailand and Cambodia are edging closer to rekindling negotiations over the long-contested, and presumably lucrative, Overlapping Claims Area (OCA) in the Gulf of Thailand.
State-owned media, Agence Kampuchea Presse (AKP), yesterday reported that the Cambodian government had established a committee charged with negotiating the development of
Eddie Morton
http://phnompenhpost.com/business/gov%E2%80%99t-forms-oca-committee
Hun Sen suggests expanding dual-citizen ban beyond NEC
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Tuesday suggested eventually extending a controversial new provision banning dual nationals from sitting on the National Election Committee (NEC) to also apply to the National Assembly and executive branch, but said there is no pressing reason to do so.
Speaking at
Hul Reaksmey
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hun-sen-suggests-expanding-dual-citizen-ban-beyond-nec-74338/
Indian delegation to visit Vietnam, Cambodia to discuss issues pertaining to pharma trade
A high level Indian delegation from the department of commerce and trade, government of India, is expected to visit Vietnam and Cambodia this month to discuss various issues pertaining to pharma trade and improve business ties with the two South East Asian countries.
Rajeev Kher, secretary,
A Raju Hyderabad
http://www.pharmabiz.com/NewsDetails.aspx?aid=86004&sid=1
Dissident ‘plotters’ convicted, jailed over t-shirts
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Wednesday convicted self-exiled dissident Sourn Serey Ratha of incitement, plotting and obstructing elections, while three alleged co-conspirators were also convicted of plotting and obstructing elections.
The four were sentenced to between five and seven years in jail for the charges,
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/dissident-plotters-convicted-jailed-over-t-shirts-76152/
Peaceful protest turned away from Freedom Park
Some 50 Daun Penh district security guards and about as many riot police prevented 100 anti-eviction protesters from gathering at Phnom Penh’s Freedom Park on Tuesday after the city deemed the gathering illegal.
The protesters were from a number of eviction-hit communities, including the Boeng Kak
Mech Dara
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/peaceful-protest-turned-away-from-freedom-park-76437/
Gov’t journo arrested over alleged extortion
A journalist from state news agency Agence Kampuchea-Presse (AKP) was arrested on Tuesday evening in Preah Vihear town after the owners of several local shops that make and sell wooden furniture and handicrafts accused him of extortion, provincial police officials said.
Khat Hun, the director of
Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/govt-journo-arrested-over-alleged-extortion
Small parties left out
Minor political parties have come out swinging at the ruling and opposition political parties for overhauling the election system on a bi-party basis.
Two election-related laws that the National Assembly is expected to pass later this week have been negotiated for months solely by the CPP
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/small-parties-left-out
Unions eye wage discussion
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Negotiations for next year’s minimum wage in Cambodia’s garment and footwear sector are already gearing up, as union leaders prepare to meet this month to discuss what wage they will demand.
During the week of June 21, union heads will hold a preliminary consensus-building meeting, said
Mom Kunthear and Sean Teehan
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/unions-eye-wage-discussion
The operator aims to invest $400M in the next two to three years
South East Asia Telecom has partnered with Chinese infrastructure provider ZTE to deploy a FDD-LTE network in Cambodia.
Earlier this year, the operator announced plans to invest $400 million over the next two to three years to deploy its 4G LTE network across Cambodia, and
Juan Pedro Tomás
http://www.rcrwireless.com/20150623/carriers/seatel-zte-to-deploy-fdd-lte-network-in-cambodia
Myanmar hosts summit with Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam
The 7th annual Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam-Myanmar (CLMV) summit took place in Naypyitaw on Monday at the Myanmar International Convention Centre 1.
According to a joint statement released at the CLMV summit, the appointees from all participating countries reviewed the progress of projects agreed upon in the previous CLMV
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/myanmar-hosts-summit-with-cambodia-laos-and-vietnam-8709
US report details human rights abuses in 2014
The U.S. State Department released its 39th annual human rights report on Friday, reviewing abuses against the citizens of 199 countries and painting a forensic picture of the shortcomings of the Cambodian government’s efforts to protect the rights of its population.
Under the heading “Arbitrary or
Simon Henderson
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/us-report-details-human-rights-abuses-in-2014-86716/
Rainsy praises bipartisanship despite sentences
Only days before 11 opposition activists were imprisoned on charges widely branded as politically motivated, Prime Minister Hun Sen personally warned Cambodia National Rescue Party president Sam Rainsy to keep his troops in line and raised the spectre of possible jail sentences.In a text message
Meas Sokchea and Shaun Turton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rainsy-praises-bipartisanship-despite-sentences
Community defends sisters in sex-slave case
The relatives and neighbors of two sisters who were arrested in Phnom Penh last week over the alleged sexual enslavement of their 13-year-old niece are angry. Members of the mostly Cham Muslim community living along the Tonle Sap river in Russei Keo district’s Chraing Chamreh
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/community-defends-sisters-in-sex-slave-case-91346/
Watching from the sidelines
As Chinese markets plunged 8.49 per cent on Monday sending jitters across global indices, industry insiders yesterday were cautious about its potential spillover effects into the Kingdom, suggesting a wait-and-watch approach to its impact on foreign investment, tourism and the construction sector.Jay Menon, lead economist
Ananth Baliga
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/watching-sidelines
Gov’t, World Bank preparing sustainable ecotourism plan
The Ministry of Environment is working with the World Bank to prepare a Sustainable Landscape and Eco-tourism project to improve the effectiveness of natural resources management, eco-tourism and the value chains of non-timber forest products in targeted provinces.
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/govt-world-bank-preparing-sustainable-ecotourism-plan
