District governor in Kampot reprimanded
In a letter published online yesterday, the Anti-Corruption Unit slapped a Kampot district governor on the wrist for not clearly posting public service fees and for overseeing a racket that allegedly solicited bribes in exchange for expediting paperwork.
Taing Vida
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/district-governor-kampot-reprimanded
CPP youth group, road safety NGO launch helmet campaign
A CPP-aligned youth group and a regional road-safety NGO on Tuesday launched a $1.2 million, two-year pilot program to educate Cambodians about the importance of wearing helmets while driving or riding as passengers on motorbikes.
Khuon Narim and Max Weinstein
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cpp-youth-group-road-safety-ngo-launch-helmet-campaign-77747/
Cambodia inaugurates China-funded Mekong bridge, road
Cambodia inaugurated a 1.73-km Mekong River bridge, along with a 143-km road, here on Wednesday in a bid to boost economic development and reduce poverty in this far northeastern region.
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://bit.ly/1Do883N
Marijuana crops burned
Military police destroyed more than 500 marijuana plants with an estimated value of $30,000 in Kampot province on Friday, an official said.
Phak Seangly
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/marijuana-crops-burned
TVK cameraman nabbed after encounter with police official
A cameraman for national television broadcaster TVK was arrested on Saturday on direct orders from Deputy National Police Chief Mok Chito for using a fake police license plate and illegally possessing a police uniform and handgun, officials said Sunday.
Saing Soenthrith
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/tvk-cameraman-nabbed-after-encounter-with-police-official-79302/
Police burn down Mondolkiri minority community’s shelters
Police in Mondolkiri province on Tuesday burned down more than 130 shelters belonging to a community of ethnic Bunong families in Keo Seima district that authorities accuse of squatting on a Vietnamese rubber plantation, a local official said.
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/police-burn-down-mondolkiri-minority-communitys-shelters-81153/
Meeting over NGO law on hold as PM’s deadline passes
A deadline set by Prime Minister Hun Sen to finalize a controversial draft NGO law by the end of May will be missed, as a government spokesman said discussions were put on hold while the Interior Minister is abroad.
Kuch Naren and George Wright
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/meeting-over-ngo-law-on-hold-as-pms-deadline-passes-84645/
New draft of NGO law ‘much worse’ than the last, CCC says
An NGO umbrella group says it has seen a new, leaked copy of a controversial draft law that aims to regulate the country’s hundreds of non-government organizations—and that the latest version marks a significant step backward.
Zsombor Peter
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/new-draft-of-ngo-law-much-worse-than-the-last-ccc-says-85208/
Soldiers face down soldiers over capture of loggers
Royal Cambodian Armed Forces soldiers from Kratie province surrounded a platoon from Mondolkiri on Tuesday night in order to free a group of Vietnamese men who had been detained on suspicion of illegal logging, a military official said Wednesday.
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/soldiers-face-down-soldiers-over-capture-of-loggers-87090/
HIV/AIDS funding plummets, but risks remain
Foreign funding for HIV/AIDs programs took a sharp dive last year, as a lower rate of HIV infection among the general population led donors to declare victory over the disease. But the disease remains a threat, experts say.
Jonathan Cox
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/14096/hiv-aids-funding-plummets--but-risks-remain/
Gov’t and NGOs join to settle land dispute
Environment Minister Say Sam Al and a group of NGOs on Monday agreed to cooperate to resolve a years long dispute between hundreds of families in Koh Kong province and a Chinese company they accuse of stealing their land.
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/govt-and-ngos-join-to-settle-land-dispute-92392/
'Land Grabs' Mar Cambodia's Boom, Rattle Investors
Phnom Penh–Kong Song’s farmland was his family’s livelihood for three decades until the bulldozers moved in and tore down his home in rural Cambodia to make way for a multimillion dollar foreign-led business.
His family was one of 253 forcibly evicted five years ago in southern
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/09/01/cambodia-evictions-idUSL3E8JD2DV20110901
Rice Scheme Will Hurt Thais and Help Vietnam
Thailand–Consumers face prospect of high prices, low quality rice from Burma, Cambodia: TDRI. While consumers and taxpayers will suffer from the government’s controversial rice policy, Vietnam will substantially gain, the Thailand Development Research Institute (TDRI) has warned. Ammar Siamwalla, a prominent economist, yesterday asked the
Activists Demand Interior Ministry Lead Wat Phnom Attack Probe
Dozens of anti-eviction activists on Monday held a rally in Phnom Penh and submitted a petition to the Ministry of Interior, demanding the arrests of Daun Penh district officials they claim conspired to viciously attack them during a peaceful protest at Wat Phnom last month.
On
Khuon Narim
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/activists-demand-interior-ministry-lead-wat-phnom-attack-probe-45111/
UDG accused of farming instead of building
The Chinese-owned Union Development Group in Koh Kong province is bulldozing swaths of its land concession, originally intended for a massive tourist resort, to plant cassava and palm oil trees instead, a CNRP lawmaker-elect said Monday.
Son Chhay, lawmaker-elect and CNRP chief whip, visited the area
Lauren Crothers and Hul Reaksmey
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/udg-accused-of-farming-instead-of-building-53164/
Malaysia called out on MoU
Malaysia needs to start “paying attention” to a worker protection agreement with Cambodia that has languished for almost two years, a Ministry of Interior official said at a meeting yesterday.
The meeting, which included officials from the ministries of Interior, Women’s Affairs, Tourism, Foreign Affairs and
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012082958343/National-news/malaysia-called-out-on-mou.html
Rights Activist Denies Phnom Penh Move Is Due to Charges
A Ratanakkiri-based human rights worker charged by the Ratanakkiri Provincial Court with inciting ethnic minority villagers to protest during a 2009 land dispute with a private agro-industry company has been transferred to work in Phnom Penh.
Pen Bonnar, Ratanakkiri provincial coordinator for Adhoc , said yesterday
Phnom Penh Asean Meeting Braced for More S China Sea Talks
A dispute over territory in the South China Sea is once again set to hang over talks when China and the U.S. join in on a week of high-level Asean meetings that start in Phnom Penh on Friday.
So far, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has
Korean tourists fuel demand for dog meat in Cambodia
Riding a motorcycle with a cage, Pov Nat scours rural areas for dogs. He pays between 30,000 ($7.38) and 80,000 riel a head and sells the animals to a butcher in Siem Reap.
The 21-year-old native of Kampong Cham province began buying dogs after coming to
http://view.koreaherald.com/kh/view.php?ud=20120826000233&cpv=0
Second Factory Manager Arrested for Lese Majeste
A second Chinese garment factory manager was arrested yesterday for destroying a photograph of the late King Norodom Sihanouk, while the woman who destroyed pictures of the late monarch at the factory in Phnom Penh on Monday was convinced and given a one-year suspended sentence, officials said.
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