United Nations envoy to probe children’s rights
The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Cambodia will pay her fourth visit to the country from August 8 to 18 to examine children’s rights, among other issues. ...
Mom Sophon
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5076543/united-nations-envoy-probe-childrens-rights/
District governor gets Interior Ministry job
Phnom Penh’s Sen Sok district governor Pil Kosal has been transferred to work at the Interior Ministry after the ruling CPP lost all of its commune seats in the district to the opposition CNRP in June’s polls. ...
Khy Sovuthy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5084018/district-governor-gets-interior-ministry-job/
Sweden worried over CNRP’s dissolution
A Swedish diplomat yesterday warned that the potential dissolution of the Cambodia National Rescue Party could lead the Scandinavian country to rethink its relationship with the Kingdom, though she didn’t detail which actions were on the table. ...
Ananth Baliga
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sweden-worried-over-cnrps-dissolution
Scandals and problems are mounting in land sale deals
Scandals are beginning to brew now that the real estate market is expanding with more affordable housing and cheaper land prices. The situation has been exacerbated by the lack of laws governing the sector and managing stakeholder disputes. ...
Siv Meng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/post-property/scandals-and-problems-are-mounting-land-sale-deals
Timber trader arrested, again
A prominent Vietnamese timber trader was arrested and put in pre-trial detention for the second time this year after some two tonnes of rosewood allegedly connected to her were discovered in Oddar Meanchey province, authorities said yesterday. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/timber-trader-arrested-again
PM lays out national plan for the elderly
A new shelter for the indigent elderly – plus hundreds of new community-based associations for older people – is in the works under a national plan on ageing launched by Prime Minister Hun Sen at the Peace Palace yesterday. ...
Yon Sineat
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-lays-out-national-plan-elderly
Villagers want land dispute resolution
Representatives of more than 1,000 families from Prek Sleng commune in Kandal province’s Kandal Steung district went to the commune and district hall yesterday to request that authorities resolve their land dispute with the Heng Development Company. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50106697/villagers-want-land-dispute-resolution/
Luxury wood found near border
A mixed group of nearly 40 officials based at the Cambodian-Thai border in Pailin province seized first-class timber on Wednesday, but failed to catch the suspects who illegally entered Thailand to log it, according to police yesterday. ...
Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/31671/luxury-wood-found-near-border/
Love affair with Thai products
Products from neighboring Thailand are still considered the best for many Cambodian consumers, and this is an incentive for Thai companies to set up branches in the country – taking advantage of the positive investment climate prevailing in the kingdom. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/36064/love-affair-with-thai-products/
Make RCEP a success, says Hun Sen
Cambodia is committed to join hands with other Asean member states to make the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) a success after the cancellation of the US-backed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), said Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday. ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/36681/make-rcep-a-success--says-hun-sen/
Rare timber seized in sanctuary
A truck full of high-grade timber was seized in Kampong Speu’s Oral district on Monday afternoon by District Military Police forces and the NGO WildAid’s crime interception team, but the driver remains at large. .. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rare-timber-seized-sanctuary
Election boom hits print shops
This week marked the official kickoff of campaigning for the June 4 commune elections, with Cambodians taking to the streets to show support for their favourite party decked out in T-shirts, hats and stickers emblazoned with party logos. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/election-boom-hits-print-shops
Apsara Authority starts razing illegal Angkor park homes
The government body charged with managing the Angkor Archaeological Park on Monday started tearing down the first of more than 500 homes and shophouses illegally built within the park in the weeks before the June 4 commune elections. ...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/apsara-authority-starts-razing-illegal-angkor-park-homes-131533/
Officials file complaint over beating by general
Two village officials from Oddar Meanchey province filed complaints on Friday against one-star General Duong Sina, accusing him of using violence against them and two other villagers, though Military Police yesterday said the general appeared to have fled. ...
Soth Koemsoeun
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/officials-file-complaint-over-beating-general
Chinese encouraged to invest more
More than 50 business leaders and investors from Dezhou city, Shandong province in China, are seeking investment opportunities and Cambodian partners in the fields of agriculture, construction, machinery, food processing, technology and cars, renewable energy and sports equipment. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/39927/chinese-encouraged-to-invest-more/
International groups slam NGO and media closures
International condemnation for the government’s continued clampdown on NGOs and independent media organisations continued to flow in over the weekend, with Human Rights Watch (HRW) calling it an “escalating campaign of politically-motivated harassment, intimidation, and legal action”. ...
Ananth Baliga
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/international-groups-slam-ngo-and-media-closures
New firm takes over for Cintri to tackle trash in Sihanoukville
Move over, Cintri – there’s a new garbage collector in town. For the first time in a dozen years, Sihanoukville has a new waste management company, and it has already started collecting trash ahead of the Pchum Ben holiday. ...
Kong Meta
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-firm-takes-over-cintri-tackle-trash-sihanoukville
Australian firm expects licence soon for Mondulkiri gold mine
Australian mining firm Emerald Resources announced yesterday that it was making positive progress towards full licensing and funding of its Okvau gold mine project in Mondulkiri province, with the licence expected as early as the next few weeks. ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/australian-firm-expects-licence-soon-mondulkiri-gold-mine
CMAC steps up mines clearance for 2018
Heng Ratana said yesterday that CMAC would also carry out minefield information research and education programmes this year, as well as strengthen volunteer networks in 700 villages and provide job training to people disabled as a result of landmines. ...
Mom Sophon
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5099630/cmac-steps-mines-clearance-2018/
Evictions sweep away Sihanoukville beach businesses
The New Year brought a new wave of evictions and development to more than 5 square kilometres on Preah Sihanouk province’s Ochheuteal Beach, though local authorities remain in the dark about what company is behind the development. ...
Cheng Sokhorng and Robin Spiess
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/evictions-sweep-away-sihanoukville-beach-businesses