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
Hun Sen tells Rainsy to stake life on poll figures
Caretaker Prime Minister Hun Sen on Monday called out former opposition leader Sam Rainsy and swore on his life that the latter’s claims of inflated voter turnout figures or intimidation surrounding the July 29 national elections were unfounded. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hun-sen-tells-rainsy-stake-life-poll-figures
Timber seized, suspects at large
The Stung Treng Provincial Forestry Administration yesterday said it confiscated 52 pieces of illegal wood in Stung Treng city on Monday after getting a tip that the cargo was being loaded onto a boat on the Sekong river. ...
Pav Suy
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50520183/timber-seized-suspects-at-large/
’Powerful man’ grabs famous tycoon’s land
This young oknha, identified as Tea Vichet – the nephew of Defence Minister Tea Banh – posted a message on Monday saying: “At this moment, I am facing a problem. A powerful rich person living in Phnom Penh grabbed my farmland!” ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/powerful-man-grabs-famous-tycoons-land
Senate unanimously passes the amendment to Article 45
The amendment to Article 45 of the Law on Political Parties was approved by the Senate on Tuesday. It will be reviewed by the Constitutional Council (CC) on Friday for its consistency before passing into law, the CC said. ...
Mech Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/senate-unanimously-passes-amendment-article-45
Boeung Tamouk reclamation project worries villagers
The government is going ahead with its plans to revamp part of Phnom Penh’s largest water reservoir into a vegetable market, despite complaints from villagers, fishermen and vegetable vendors that the market would be counterproductive to their livelihoods. ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50567134/boeung-tamouk-reclamation-project-worries-villagers/
Mondulkiri officials face land clearing collusion charges
A Mondulkiri commune chief and its head of police are among three people who could face up to five years in jail for allegedly allowing protected forest to be illegally cleared after complaints were filed with the provincial court. ...
Khorn Savi
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/mkiri-officials-face-land-clearing-collusion-charges
Kampot mangroves ‘cleared in land grab’
The Changhaon village community claims that many hectares of mangrove forest in the coastal area in a village in Teuk Chhou district’s Prek Tnort commune, in Kampot province, were being cut down to grab land for private ownership. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kampot-mangroves-cleared-land-grab
Prime Minister Hun Sen will leave Cambodia tomorrow UN’s submit at New York
Prime Minister Hun Sen will lead a high delegation to attend the “United Nations Summit for the adoption of the Post-2015 Development Agenda that will be held in New York from 25-27 September. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/prime-minister-hun-sen-will-leave-cambodia-tomorrow-un%E2%80%99s-submit-at-new-york-8981
US, Japan, Pacific rim nations reach massive trade deal
The United States, Japan and 10 other Pacific Rim countries reached agreement Monday on a massive free trade deal that will lower trading barriers and set commercial rules for 40 percent of the world economy. ...
Ken Bredemeier
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/us-japan-10-other-nations-reach-accord-on-massive-trade-deal/2992236.html
US, Japan, Pacific rim nations reach massive trade deal
The United States, Japan and 10 other Pacific Rim countries reached agreement Monday on a massive free trade deal that will lower trading barriers and set commercial rules for 40 percent of the world economy. ...
Ken Bredemeier
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/us-japan-10-other-nations-reach-accord-on-massive-trade-deal/2992236.html
Garment sector minimum wage raised to $140
The government set the new monthly minimum wage for the country’s multibillion-dollar garment industry at $140 Thursday—up from $128—after months of tough negotiations that failed to bring employers and unions even close to a consensus. ...
Mech Dara
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/garment-sector-minimum-wage-raised-to-140-97018/
Robbers’ terms made concurrent
Both Prum Chan Samnang, a 20-year-old former Smart Axiata employee, and Phy Phirum, a 20-year-old air conditioning technician, were lucky enough to receive a rare “consolidation of sentences” yesterday at Phnom Penh Municipal Court. ...
Tin Sokhavuth
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/16679/robbers----terms-made-concurrent/
Sokha returns with injured lawmakers, calls for calm
Returning to Cambodia alongside two opposition lawmakers beaten by pro-government protesters last month, CNRP Vice President Kem Sokha on Tuesday called for calm in the wake of recent political turmoil that peaked with an arrest warrant for opposition leader. ...
Mech Dara and Alex Willemyns
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/sokha-returns-with-injured-lawmakers-calls-for-calm-101239/
Festival boats off to the races in Siem Reap
By 8 a.m. on Tuesday, ornately decorated boats were already gliding down the Siem Reap River while other paddlers lounged on its shaded banks in preparation for the races at the center of this year’s biggest Water Festival celebration. ...
Buth Kimsay and George Wright
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/festival-boats-off-to-the-races-in-siem-reap-101242/
Official says information access could help people understand the courts
An official at the Ministry of Justice says he hopes a new law on information access will help improve the country’s attitude toward its judiciary, which is widely seen as politically biased and corrupt. ...
Hul Reaksmey
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/official-says-information-access-could-help-people-understand-the-courts/3097251.html