Koh Kong Court Summons Journalists in Shooting Case
Two journalists from the Cambodia Daily newspaper have been called to appear in the shooting case of activist Chut Wutty last month. Chut Wutty had been escorting the two journalists, Cambodian Phorn Bopha and Canadian Olesia Plokhii, to investigate illegal logging ...
Court Hears Borei Keila Residents’ Case for Housing
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday questioned nine Borei Keila community representatives and a lawyer from the powerful Phanimex firm after residents filed a complaint against the company accusing it of failing to provide them with replacement housing following their eviction. ...
Cambodian rail delays, cost blowouts: leaked report
Australia’s Fairfax media has obtained a leaked official report into a troubled and controversial Cambodian rail project being funded by AusAID and the Asian Development Bank. The report outlines poor construction, botched surveys leading to the evictions of families ...
Old landmine injures 7 farmers in northwestern Cambodia
Seven people were injured on Wednesday morning after they stepped on an old landmine while walking to their rice fields in a former battlefield in Anlong Veng district of Oddar Meanchey province, the provincial governor, Sar Thavy said. ...
Global Times News Staff
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/826415.shtml#.Uo1lUsRgd8E
NGOs ask PM to axe Koh Kong dam plans
A coalition of NGOs yesterday implored Prime Minister Hun Sen to shelve the government’s plans for the Stung Cheay Areng hydropower dam in Koh Kong province and instead turn the wilderness area in question into an eco-tourism site. ...
Shane Worrell
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ngos-ask-pm-axe-koh-kong-dam-plans
Workers From 2011 Shooting Still Dealing With Medical Problems
Two women wounded in the 2011 protest shooting in Svay Rieng province have seen their conditions worsen. A total three women were shot during worker strikes by the former governor of Bavet city, Chhouk Bandith, during worker strikes in February 2011. ...
Heng Reaksmey
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/workers-from-2011-shooting-still-dealing-with-medical-problems/1845710.html
Cambodia to Dispatch Parliamentary Delegation to Iran
An adviser to Iran’s parliament speaker said Saturday that a four-strong team of Cambodian lawmakers is planned to pay an official visit to Iran tomorrow. The delegation will be led by Cambodian Parliament Vice-Speaker Negonen Nehel, Sheikholeslam added. ...
Tasnim News Staff
http://www.tasnimnews.com/English/Home/Single/306493
Logging firm fails again to notify and pay taxes
Logging by Vietnamese-owned concessionaire Company 72 has once again spilled the boundaries of its land in Ratanakkiri’s O’Yadav district, this time without paying proper taxes to the Forestry Administration (FA), local forest conservation activist Romas Svang said yesterday. ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/logging-firm-fails-again-notify-and-pay-taxes
Lawyer has hopes Veng Sreng clients will be freed
A lawyer representing three of the 23 people arrested during garment strike clashes on January 2 and 3 hopes the capital’s court will drop charges against her clients when it hears their case on April 18, she said yesterday. ...
Shane Worrell
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/lawyer-has-hopes-veng-sreng-clients-will-be-freed
Woori to buy Cambodian microfinance institution
Woori Bank has decided to acquire Cambodia’s microfinance institution Malis Finance for 5 billion won ($4.9 million) to accelerate its global expansion. The Financial Services Commission approved Woori Bank’s acquisition of Malis on Wednesday, according to bank officials. ...
Suk Gee-hyun
http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20140619000883
South Korean bank buys local MFI
South Korea-based Woori Bank has purchased Cambodian microfinance institution Malis Finance for $4.9 million. Hun Soopheak, general manager of Malis Finance, said the deal was finalised two weeks ago; however, the firm is still awaiting approval from Cambodian regulators. ...
Chan Muyhong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/south-korean-bank-buys-local-mfi
Committee says gender gap threatens development goals
Cambodian women continue to be poorly represented in government following commune elections in May, the Committee to Promote Women in Politics said yesterday. This reality, the committee said, is endangering the Kingdom’s chances of meeting its UN Millennium Development Goals. ...
Vong Sokheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/committee-says-gender-gap-threatens-development-goals
241-Kg US war-era bomb found in Kandal province
Police and deminers in Kandal province on Wednesday removed from a riverbank a 241-kg Mark 82 bomb, of the kind the U.S. dropped on Cambodia in the heavy bombing that took place during its war against neighboring Vietnam. ...
Hay Pisey
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/241-kg-us-war-era-bomb-found-in-kandal-province-64933/
LICADHO's director named as NEC's ninth candidate
The ninth member of reformed National Election Committee is named Monday. Pung Chhiv Gech, director human rights group LICADHO, was selected as the NEC’s ninth member by joint agreement between the ruling Cambodian People’s Party and opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=11&token=ZDhjYWMwNzhlNTA
Another H5N1 Avian Flu outbreak in South Cambodia
A new outbreak of H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza has been reported in a village poultry flock. The veterinary authority sent Follow Up Report No.3 dated 21 March to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE). ...
The Poultry Site News Staff
http://www.thepoultrysite.com/poultrynews/31826/another-h5n1-avian-flu-outbreak-in-south-cambodia
Cambodia builds 4th flyover in capital city
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Tuesday broke ground for the construction of a 14-million-U. S. dollar flyover, which will be the fourth overpass in Phnom Penh. ...
Global Post News Staff
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/xinhua-news-agency/140909/cambodia-builds-4th-flyover-capital-city
Murdered reporter’s wife asks court to expand investigation
The wife of slain journalist Taing Try filed a complaint with the Kratie Provincial Court on Tuesday urging judicial officials to bring charges against two more men, including a local military police chief, for her husband’s murder on Sunday. ...
Saing Soenthrith
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/murdered-reporters-wife-asks-court-to-expand-investigation-69986/
CNRP reveals Kem Sokha’s monthly salary
An opposition official has hit back at claims made by “Khmer for Khmer” founder Kem Ley last week that CNRP Vice President Kem Sokha has collected a salary of $15,000 per month since the opposition joined parliament in August. ...
Alex Willemyns
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cnrp-reveals-kem-sokhas-monthly-salary-71701/
Judges need regulations: legal expert
Following days of high-profile convictions and charges dealt at breakneck speed, based on little evidence and little investigation, a prominent legal expert said yesterday that the law “needs to be updated” to change Cambodia’s widely decried court system. ...
Alice Cuddy
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/judges-need-regulations-legal-expert
Workers allowed to vote at work areas
Ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) and Cambodia National Rescue agreed to allow factory workers to vote in the area where they work. The agreement came after a meeting Friday between the two parties’ working group, discussing amendments of election law. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/workers-allowed-to-vote-at-work-areas-7896