Social Land Concession for poor families in Kampong Thom
The Kampong Thom provincial authority will provide about 2,000 hectares of land to about 700 poor families in Prasat Balaing district’s Daung commune in an effort to help uplift the community, according to the provincial governor. ...
Pav Suy
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50504865/social-land-concession-for-poor-families-in-kampong-thom/
Secluded timber stock seized, loggers at large
Authorities in Ratanakkiri province confiscated timber left behind inside the Lumphat Wildlife Santuary in Lumphat district on Tuesday. Kim Reaksmey, commander of the provincial military police, said that the timber was discovered abandoned, adding that no arrests were made. ...
Pav Suy
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50505720/secluded-timber-stock-seized-loggers-at-large/
Former KPP leader pardoned by King
King Norodom Sihamoni yesterday granted a royal pardon to former Khmer Power Party president Sourn Serey Ratha, who had been jailed for just over a year after being convicted of inciting military personnel disobedience and demoralising the army. .. ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50526482/former-kpp-leader-pardoned-by-king-2/
Mobile app tracks forest crimes
The Prey Lang Community Network (PLCN) has recorded 2,926 cases of forestry crimes in four provinces since February 2015, a report it released on Thursday said. It was based on data collected with a novel smartphone app. ...
Phak Seangly
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/mobile-app-tracks-forest-crimes
Draft law on monitoring transactions passed
The Senate on Tuesday approved a proposed new law to track the flow of money locally and from abroad and across all areas to combat tax avoidance, with special attention given to the private sector and civil society organisations. ...
Mech Dara and Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/draft-law-monitoring-transactions-passed
US human trafficking report ‘biased’
A senior government official on Sunday reacted to a US report which said the Kingdom had not fully met the minimum standards for the elimination of human trafficking, saying it seemed to be biased against the Cambodian government. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/us-human-trafficking-report-%E2%80%98biased%E2%80%99
Steel-framed buildings to be demolished in Preah Sihanouk
The Preah Sihanouk Provincial Hall ordered the demolition on Monday of two Chinese-owned steel-framed buildings on Otres Beach I in Stung Hav district’s Otres commune that were found to have encroached on the public beach. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/steel-framed-buildings-be-demolished-preah-sihanouk
GMAC makes EU plea to consider job losses
In a statement set to be published on Monday, the Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC) said the EU’s possible withdrawal of Cambodia’s Everything But Arms (EBA) access would harm 750,000 workers and three million families. ...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/gmac-makes-eu-plea-consider-job-losses
Workshops set to implement UNHCR recommendations
The Cambodian Human Rights Committee (CHRC) and the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in Cambodia are to hold a national-level workshop on Wednesday to ensure the implementation of recommendations by the UN Human Rights Council (UNHCR). ...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/workshops-set-implement-unhcr-recommendations
Angkor Wat temple graffiti causes stir
The foreign letters written on the stones of the Angkor Wat temple were written during the 17th century and before the 1990s and there are no recent letters written by foreigners, the Apsara Authority has said. ...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50504376/angkor-wat-temple-graffiti-causes-stir/
US aids Prey Lang area with protection fund
The United States has begun making payments towards its $37 million aid for the protection of the Prey Lang protected area. The Prey Lang protected area encompasses four different provinces, including Kampong Thom, Kratie, Stung Treng and Preah Vihear. ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50589794/us-aids-prey-lang-area-with-protection-fund/
Land titles issued on Koh Rong
The Preah Sihanouk provincial authority is now distributing land titles to nearly 300 families in Koh Rong and Koh Rong Sanloem communes after the government decided to reallocate more than 520 hectares of state land to people living there. ...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50303353/land-titles-issued-on-koh-rong/
China leader lays praise on Kingdom
Marking 60 years of diplomatic relations between the two countries, Hua Chunying, spokesman for China’s Foreign Affairs Ministry, said: “Although Cambodia is a small country, it showed its strong will in resisting pressure and other political influences.” ...
Meas Sokchea
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/china-leader-lays-praise-kingdom
Jailed CNRP 14 receive royal pardon
In a royal decree signed on Monday night, King Norodom Sihamoni pardoned 14 former Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) officials, including senior official Meach Sovannara, at the request of prime minister-designate Hun Sen. They were released last night. ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/jailed-cnrp-14-receive-royal-pardon
Flooded forest illegally cleared in Kampong Chhnang
The Kampong Chhnang provincial department of agriculture, forestry and fishery is working to identify suspects who had mobilised tractors to illegally clear flooded forest in Toek Phos district’s O’krabey Ngob and O’Klong in Chieb communes. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/flooded-forest-illegally-cleared-kampong-chhnang
Government hits back at threats to pull EBA, suspend UN seat
The spokesman for the ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) has said the government is in no way concerned after the European Parliament gave it three months to reverse what it called the “systematic repression of the political opposition”. ...
Niem Chheng and Meas Sokchea
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/government-hits-back-threats-pull-eba-suspend-un-seat
Rangers prepare incitement action against ‘armed mob’
Environmental rangers in Preah Vihear’s Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary are preparing to file a complaint against 15 people for inciting an armed mob of villagers on Saturday to “liberate” three rice tractors impounded at an environmental office. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rangers-prepare-incitement-action-against-armed-mob
Wildlife sanctuaries confiscate illegal traps, educate poachers
Siem Pang and Siem Pang Khang Lech wildlife sanctuaries’ enforcement teams this month confiscated a total of three chainsaws, two homemade guns, a fish electrocution device and 608 snares, said a BirdLife International Cambodia Programme broadcast on Wednesday. ...
Khorn Savi
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/wildlife-sanctuaries-confiscate-illegal-traps-educate-poachers
Belt and Road could bring risks for Cambodia debt
China’s financing of Belt and Road Initiative projects in Cambodia could lead to increased debt distress, according to a recent analysis, though the Kingdom’s low overall debt makes it unlikely to default in the near future. ...
Robin Spiess
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/belt-and-road-could-bring-risks-cambodia-debt
NEC warns press on elections
The National Election Committee (NEC) has reminded media outlets to abide by the Code of Conduct for Media during the coming campaign season for July’s national elections, and called on reporters to remain professional, fair and transparent. ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/nec-warns-press-elections