Chhay aims to purge Nat'l Assembly of ‘ghosts’
Senior opposition lawmaker Son Chhay has formally requested that the entire staff list of the National Assembly’s more than 1,000-strong secretariat be turned over to him for investigation as part of a bid to root out “ghost” workers and nepotistic appointments.
As part of his one-man
Pech Sotheary and Kevin Ponniah
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/chhay-aims-purge-natl-assembly-%E2%80%98ghosts%E2%80%99
City Hall officials vow lake residents will get land
Phnom Penh municipal officials yesterday agreed to mark out a plot of land promised to Boeng Kak lake villagers by Prime Minister Hun Sen in order to put a stop to a string of recent protests
Higher education reform gets $90M
Cambodia’s higher education sector – which education officials last month said lacks a clear vision – will undergo improvements under a six-year project financed by a $90 million no-interest loan from the World Bank.
Yesenia Amaro
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/higher-education-reform-gets-90m
Hundreds of farmers join cassava contract farming scheme
Ten agricultural communities in three provinces will now produce organic cassava that will be sold at a higher value than the market price, giving hundreds of farmers a chance to earn a better living.
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50517745/hundreds-of-farmers-join-cassava-contract-farming-scheme/
Ex-inmate alleges drug dealing at two prisons
A former inmate at Kampong Speu and Trapaing Phlong prisons claimed yesterday he witnessed rampant drug dealing at both facilities and plans to file a complaint with the support of NWRPO, a local NGO.
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ex-inmate-alleges-drug-dealing-two-prisons
Medvedev concludes state visit; cold war debt discussed
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev concluded a three-day state visit to Cambodia on Tuesday, a trip that culminated with the signing of a number of agreements between the two countries and their respective ruling parties.
Kang Sothear and Anthony Jensen
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/medvedev-concludes-state-visit-cold-war-debt-discussed-101249/
Police searching for military officer who trafficked statue
Police in Banteay Meanchey province are searching for a military officer who illegally bought a centuries-old statue head of the Hindu deity Shiva from a farmer who unearthed it, officials said on Thursday.
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/police-searching-for-military-officer-who-trafficked-statue-116303/
Police, NGO search for pedophile in Siem Reap
A task force made up of police and investigators from a child protection organization Thursday began searching in Siem Reap province for wanted Dutch pedophile Pieter Ceulen, according to a member of the team.
Buth Kimsay and Taylor O'Connell
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/archives/109746-109746/
Bassaka Air to refund disabled passenger following incident
Bassaka Air will return the $240 fee it charged a wheelchair user who had to be mechanically lifted onto a flight in Siem Reap in September, the airline said in a statement on Monday.
Kang Sothear
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/bassaka-air-to-refund-disabled-passenger-following-incident-96692/
55 garment workers injured in truck crash
Fifty-five garment workers from three factories were injured in a traffic accident on Thursday evening when a truck carrying them home from work ran off a highway in Kompong Chhnang province, officials said.
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/55-garment-workers-injured-in-truck-crash-100334/
Agriculture Ministry calls out abattoir monopoly
The Ministry of Agriculture published a circular on Thursday accusing the slaughterhouse industry of running a “conspiracy” and “cartel” to fix prices and monopolise the market amid a “lack of enforcement” from local authorities.
Hor Kimsay
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/agriculture-ministry-calls-out-abattoir-monopoly
Government lays out plan for non-tax revenue
The Ministry of Economy and Finance held a workshop yesterday to finalise a draft on a sub-decree managing non-tax revenue sources, part of the government’s attempt to improve its revenue collection.
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/government-lays-out-plan-non-tax-revenue
Animals dying from poisoned pond raises health concerns
A Wildlife Conservation Society official yesterday expressed concern about the potential impact on birds, livestock and humans after a poisoned pond was found in a conservation area in Preah Vihear province’s Chheb district.
Mom Sophon
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50114898/animals-dying-from-poisoned-pond-raises-health-concerns/
Kolao revs up its investment
Kolao Group, a South Korean-owned automaker and distributor, plans to build factories in a proposed industrial park in Cambodia to assemble its proprietary line of automobiles and motorcycles, a company executive said yesterday.
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/kolao-revs-its-investment
EuroCham firms wary over elections
Business confidence among EuroCham Cambodia’s predominantly European member companies fell this year as a result of a lack of positive reforms and uncertainty surrounding upcoming elections, according to a survey released yesterday.
Kali Kotoski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/eurocham-firms-wary-over-elections
Rubber plant opts for export
A local investor has spent nearly US$5 million setting up a rubber-processing factory in Kampong Cham, a key province in the Kingdom’s rubber production for export rather than producing final products, an insider says.
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2012122460430/Business/rubber-plant-opts-for-export.html
Rubber cheque bounces electric company boss
The owner of a private electricity firm in Kratie province was convicted at Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday for paying $70,000 owed to a senior police officer and “land businessman” with a cheque that bounced.
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rubber-cheque-bounces-electric-company-boss
Political commentators, NGO slam Cambodia’s electoral reform deal
Cambodian political commentators and a civil society group have criticized a deal between the ruling and opposition parties which finalized a draft national electoral reform law, as being nontransparent and only serving the two parties themselves.
RFA Khmer News Staff
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/draft-electoral-reform-law-deal-reached-03022015165113.html
Rights group presses Cambodia to end persecution of montagnards
A rights group has asked the Cambodian government to stop harassing Christian Montagnards from Vietnam who are seeking refugee status in the country following the arrest of a family of five Montagnards in a northeastern province.
RFA Khmer News Staff
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/montagnard-family-arrested-02022015144411.html
Workers strike, accuse factory managers of attack at protest
Workers striking at Phnom Penh’s Quantum Clothing factory have filed a complaint against their managers for allegedly attacking two workers during a protest Wednesday outside the factory, according to a union representative and police official.
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/workers-strike-accuse-factory-managers-of-attack-at-protest-78695/
