ACU tosses complaint against ActionAid
The Anti-Corruption Unit on Thursday dismissed a complaint filed by a Cambodian NGO against the local arm of the international humanitarian group ActionAid for allegedly embezzling $3 million, the unit’s chairman said. ...
Kuch Naren and Janelle Kohnert
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/acu-tosses-complaint-against-actionaid-110404/
Illegal laborers caught by Thai authorities
A provincial official said that about 20 Cambodian laborers were stopped in Malai district in the south-west of Banteay Meanchey province while attempting to illegally enter Thailand to work. They were “educated” and sent home on Tuesday. ...
Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/24030/illegal-laborers-caught-by-thai-authorities/
ACU rejects complaints against Sokha, NEC
The Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) has decided it will not take action over two complaints accusing acting Cambodian National Rescue Party (CNRP) president Kem Sokha of financial fraud along with corruption allegations against four National Election Committee members. ...
Taing Vida
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/25827/acu-rejects-complaints-against-sokha--nec/
Gas One aims to pipe into demand for LPG
A new Japanese company, Gas One (Cambodia) Co Ltd, aims to tap into the surge of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) usage in the Kingdom by providing engineering and supply solutions to large-scale developments, its chief executive said yesterday. ...
Kali Kotoski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/gas-one-aims-pipe-demand-lpg
Accounting standards miss mark
The first-ever study to measure compliance with Cambodia’s new Law on Accounting and Auditing found few companies willing to talk about their accounting practices, and a low rate of compliance among those that did. ...
Matthieu de Gaudemar
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/accounting-standards-miss-mark
Call to revise rubber tax
As the price of natural rubber tumbles due to a slowdown in the global economy and falling demand for the commodity, the Kingdom’s hard hit rubber industry investors are now calling on the government to revise export taxes. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/28028/call-to-revise-rubber-tax/
Cambodian forest caretakers confess to illegal logging
Members of a community-based organization in Cambodia responsible for protecting local forest resources have confessed to illegally cutting down trees to sell to local businessmen, prompting the group’s leader to threaten to resign. ...
Ratha Visal
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/logging-09172015144036.html
Hundreds evacuated in northwest amid further flooding
Hundreds of families were evacuated from their homes in Pailin province over the weekend as tropical storm Vamco brought torrential rain to the country’s northwest after causing serious flooding in Kampot and Battambang provinces last week, officials said Sunday. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hundreds-evacuated-in-northwest-amid-further-flooding-94851/
Provincial officials to investigate burned CNRP sign
Oddar Meanchey provincial police chief Men Ly said yesterday he will launch an investigation into the burning of an opposition CNRP sign during a protest in Samraong City on Friday led by a defector to the ruling CPP. ...
Mech Dara
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/provincial-officials-to-investigate-burned-cnrp-sign-97498/
Protesters want government to revitalize dilapidated beach
A representative of 18 vendors in Sihanoukville asked the government for help in reviving the area where they used to live and work, claiming that the half-finished construction sites destroyed the area and any businesses operating there. ...
Chea Takihiro
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/16930/protesters-want-government-to-revitalize-dilapidated-beach/
Chinese auto group plans factory here
Guangzhou Automobile Group it awaiting approval from the Cambodian government to set up a manufacturing facility in Cambodia that could be a springboard for exports to ASEAN, a senior executive of the group told Cambodian journalists visiting the province last week. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/17372/chinese-auto-group-plans-factory-here/
Disabled khmers struggle for voting rights
Despite having enough members to make a significant difference in the next elections, disability rights groups are struggling to get the National Election Committee (NEC) to take their needs seriously ahead of the 2017 commune elections and the 2018 national elections. ...
Tin Sokhavuth
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/17877/disabled-khmers-struggle-for-voting-rights/
Kamchay dam claims not behind Kampot flood
The Chinese company that operates the hydroelectric power plant on the Kamchay River in Kampot province yesterday denied that a decision to open the dam’s gates during a recent storm was the cause of severe flooding in the area. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/17998/kamchay-dam-claims-not-behind-kampot-flood/
Experts say gov’t all talk, no action on support for disabled
Marking the Cambodian Day of Persons with Disabilities on Monday, Deputy Prime Minister Men Sam An encouraged all government ministries to make an effort to employ more people with disabilities, though experts say the government should be more proactive. ...
Khy Sovuthy and Taylor O'Connell
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/xperts-say-govt-all-talk-no-action-on-support-for-disabled-102332/
Dengue cases triple this year
Cambodia has reported 15,015 dengue fever cases in the first 50 weeks of this year, a more than 300 percent rise from the 3,611 cases over the same period last year, according to figures released yesterday. ...
Xinhua team
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/19257/dengue-cases-triple-this-year/
Lacklustre prices, competition dampen cassava exports
Cambodian cassava farmers are facing dropping prices in the agro commodity this season, as the lack of a domestic market and dependence on exports, which faces competition from neighbouring countries, has led them to call for government intervention. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/lacklustre-prices-competition-dampen-cassava-exports
PM says Facebook good for governance
Responding yesterday to criticism calling the Cambodian government a “Government of Facebook,” in which its officials are paid to play on the popular social media site, Prime Minister Hun Sen said that his was in fact an E-government. ...
Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/21315/pm-says-facebook-good-for-governance/
Government cancels contract with Phnom Penh Security company
The Cambodian government decided to cancel all of its contracts with the Roth Sen Sopheap Company, a private security company owned by Roth Sen Sopheap, according to a letter dated last Friday and obtained by Khmer Times yesterday. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/21427/government-cancels-contract-with-phnom-penh-security-company/
Water utility posts profit, but shares stagnant
The capital’s listed water utility reported strong growth of earnings and profit in 2015, yet failed once again to impress investors, with its share price refusing to budge during yesterday’s low-volume trading session. ...
Cam McGrath and Sor Chandara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/water-utility-posts-profit-shares-stagnant
Swifter footwear sales help push garment growth
Cambodia’s garment sector – a key driver of the economy – exhibited modest growth last year, with total exports topping $6.3 billion in 2015, up from $5.8 billion one year earlier, according to an industry report released yesterday. ...
Ananth Baliga
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/swifter-footwear-sales-help-push-garment-growth