Rights NGO worker held over UDG protest
An NGO worker was detained on Friday after participating in a roadblock by Koh Kong province’s Poy Chorpun community to protest the activities of the Chinese firm Union Development Group (UDG). ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rights-ngo-worker-held-over-udg-protest
Kem Sokha meets new UN special rapporteur
Vice president of the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) Kem Sokha held talk with visiting new UN Human Right Envoy Rhona Smith at the National Assembly today. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/kem-sokha-meets-new-un-special-rapporteur-8982
Refugees resettled in Cambodia reportedly move into private accommodation
Refugees resettled in Cambodia as part of a multi-million-dollar deal with Australia have reportedly moved into private accommodation, five months after arriving in the Asian nation. ...
Stephanie Anderson
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-10-20/refugees-resettled-in-cambodia-moved-into-private-accomodation/6870970
China doesn't want sea dispute raised at ASEAN Summit
Beijing says it will oppose attempts to make its island-building activities in the South China Sea the focus of this week’s leaders’ summit in the Malaysian capital. ...
Steve Herman
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/china-doesnt-want-sea-dispute-raised-at-asean-summit/3061684.html
Construction feud embroils local gov in Ratanakkiri
The governor of Ratanakkiri’s Banlung town was sued on Wednesday by a local resident and army veteran for allegedly seizing construction materials and violating private property rights without a court warrant. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/construction-feud-embroils-local-gov-ratanakkiri
Firm to advise on offshore financial products
Tag Wealth International, a subsidiary of Australian financial services company Tag Group, will establish a permanent office in Phnom Penh to provide services for expatriates living in Cambodia, its director said yesterday. ...
Ayanna Runcie
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/firm-advise-offshore-financial-products
Cambodia, China discuss South China Sea tensions
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Friday assured his newly appointed Cambodian counterpart, Prak Sokhonn, Beijing respected freedom of navigation in the South China Sea, despite the issue fuelling friction with Washington. ...
Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/24115/cambodia--china-discuss-south-china-sea-tensions/
New law bypassing illicit cigarettes
The tobacco industry has urged the government to crack down on cigarette smuggling ahead of new laws mandating graphic health warnings, saying failure to do so gave smuggled products a competitive edge. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya and Erin Handley
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-law-bypassing-illicit-cigarettes
Japanese grant to boost CMAC oversight
The Japanese government on Wednesday agreed to provide the Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC) $833,000 towards an ongoing project that will see the group increase the management capacity of their operations. ...
Ananth Baliga
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/japanese-grant-boost-cmac-oversight
Two arrested along new drug route in Pursat
A kilogram of methamphetamine was confiscated and two men were apprehended in Pursat province on Tuesday by police who said the arrests had uncovered a new drug supply route in the country. ...
Saing Soenthrith
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/two-arrested-along-new-drug-route-in-pursat-96052/
French Judge Returns to Investigate 2012
French investigators probing the 2012 murder of French national Laurent Vallier and his four children have returned to Cambodia to interview three suspects, a police official said on Wednesday. ...
Saing Soenthrith and Zsombor Peter
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/french-judge-returns-to-investigate-2012-murder-101842/
Police unit says almost 300 crimes against children in 2015
The Child Protection Unit (CPU), a police unit supported by the Cambodian Children’s Fund, investigated 292 cases involving serious crimes against children in 2015, its director of operations said on Tuesday. ...
Peter Ford and Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/police-unit-says-almost-300-crimes-against-children-in-2015-105190/
Kampot to get new port
Construction of a seaport in Kampot is set to begin this year two years after being approved thanks to an $18 million loan from the Asia Development Bank (ADB), according to officials. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/21768/kampot-to-get-new-port/
Parliament passes Juvenile Justice Law
A new juvenile justice law designed to steer youth offenders toward restorative justice instead of incarceration was passed by the National Assembly on Monday after more than a decade in the works. ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/parliament-passes-juvenile-justice-law-113251/
Man arrested for sexually assaulting children
Police arrested a man in Koh Kong province on Friday for allegedly sexually assaulting his friend’s two young daughters over the course of a day and a night. ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/man-arrested-for-sexually-assaulting-children-113984/
Germany urged to support agriculture
Deputy Prime Minister Sok An yesterday called on the German government to further support development of the Kingdom’s agricultural sector and also boost bilateral trade and tourism between Cambodia and Germany. ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/27362/germany-urged-to-support-agriculture/
Chinese companies cozy up to army
Cambodia’s armed forces have vowed to protect Chinese businesses and investors in the Kingdom and sought to reassure corporations fearful of the country’s potential hurdles in a statement released yesterday. ...
Ban Sokrith
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/30208/chinese-companies-cozy-up-to-army/
Kampot holdouts take compensation, move out
Six families in Kampot City accepted compensation of $3,000 each on Monday for their houses situated on a road that authorities want to expand, after initially rejecting the offer last week. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/kampot-holdouts-take-compensation-move-out-93702/
Loggers return home after Thai prison time
Four Cambodians have been released and deported by the Thai authorities after they were detained for three months on charges of illegally entering the country to log rosewood, border officials announced yesterday. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/loggers-return-home-after-thai-prison-time
Premier fed up with insensitive remarks about eye
Prime Minister Hun Sen, who lost an eye fighting for the Khmer Rouge during the April 1975 battle for Phnom Penh, is sick and tired of being called “a blind eye guy”. ...
Vong Sokheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/premier-fed-insensitive-remarks-about-eye