Bunong accuse police chief of clearing trees
Representatives from an ethnic Bunong community in Mondolkiri province filed a complaint with a district governor against a commune police chief on Thursday after he allegedly cleared trees belonging to villagers in Pech Chreada district’s Krang Tes commune, officials said Friday.
Mech Dara
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/bunong-accuse-police-chief-of-clearing-trees-71590/
OCIC pitch ‘disappoints’ Chroy Changvar disputants
Residents on Phnom Penh’s Chroy Changvar peninsula embroiled in a land dispute with tycoon Pung Khieu Se’s Overseas Cambodia Investment Corporation were to submit a petition to City Hall today following a new compensation offer from the authorities last week.
Khouth Sophak Chakrya and Daniel Pye
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/ocic-pitch-%E2%80%98disappoints%E2%80%99-chroy-changvar-disputants
Government approves pact to send maids to Malaysia
Cambodia has signed off on a draft agreement that would lift a moratorium on sending maids to Malaysia, imposed four years ago amid widespread reports of abuse, and is waiting for the Malaysian government’s approval, a Labor Ministry official said Tuesday.
Simon Henderson
htt://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/villagers-police-face-off-in-dispute-over-road-expansion-79974/
New $2.9m mosque inaugurated in Phnom Penh
At the edge of a sand-filled Boeng Kak lake in Phnom Penh on Friday, Prime Minister Hun Sen inaugurated the country’s newest—and largest—mosque, which was privately funded by a Dubai-based businessman at a cost of $2.9 million.
Khuon Narim and Mech Dara
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/new-2-9m-mosque-inaugurated-in-phnom-penh-80904/
Union asks embassy to investigate factory
The Free Trade Union on Thursday submitted a letter to the Japanese Embassy in Phnom Penh requesting that embassy officials investigate a Japanese-owned garment factory in Kompong Speu province that it claims tried to intimidate a union representative late last year.
Sek Odom
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/union-asks-embassy-to-investigate-factory-82542/
Doroshenko’s son sued over $250k bribery claim
A lawyer for Russian developer Sergei Polonsky has filed a complaint with the Preah Sihanouk Provincial Court accusing the son of his former business partner of defamation for disseminating a letter that claims Mr. Polonsky paid officials $250,000 to imprison his father.
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/doroshenkos-son-sued-over-250k-bribery-claim-82700/
CPP lays out plan to woo Cambodians overseas
In a recent letter to its overseas party branches, the ruling CPP lays out a plan to counter the bad press it gets abroad and beef up its support among the Cambodian diaspora, currently a key source of funds for the opposition.
Mech Dara and Van Roeun
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cpp-lays-out-plan-to-woo-cambodians-overseas-84786/
‘School of Good Governance’ aims to foster integrity in officials
The Interior Ministry is developing the curriculum for a “School of Good Governance,” which from 2016 will bring officials from the provinces to Phnom Penh for a crash course in acting with integrity, a ministry official and an NGO partner said Monday.
Matt Blomberg and Sek Odom
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/school-of-good-governance-aims-to-foster-integrity-in-officials-85226/
Financial firms defend validity of investment scheme
A Cambodian company that encouraged clients to pour money into a Hong Kong-based investment firm, which is linked to an alleged ponzi scheme here, on Wednesday held a conference in Phnom Penh to reassure its investors that the scheme is legitimate.
Kang Sothear
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/financial-firms-defend-validity-of-investment-scheme-86498/
Cambodia accuses opposition activists of creating insecurity along border with Vietnam
Cambodia’s Svay Rieng Provincial Administration has accused a group of opposition party led by a lawmaker of creating insecurity along border with Vietnam after the group scuffled with Vietnamese villagers over a disputed border area on Sunday.
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://bit.ly/1CGerdR
Lawmakers spar over right to speak
CPP lawmaker Chheang Vun and CNRP lawmaker Un Sam An got into a heated back-and-forth following a meeting at the National Assembly on Wednesday, with Mr. Vun refusing to allow Mr. Sam An to speak to a reporter while inside parliament.
Mech Dara
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/lawmakers-spar-over-right-to-speak-87102/
Gaming tax revenue up 20% in first 6 months
Gaming tax revenue reached $12 million in the first six months of the year, a 20 percent increase over the first half of 2014, due to a greater number of Thai nationals crossing into Cambodia to gamble, a Finance Ministry official said Wednesday.
Kang Sothear and Tsz-kwan Ho
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/gaming-tax-revenue-up-20-in-first-6-months-88562/
Workers threaten to burn banner of brand
About 200 workers from a factory that supplies sportswear giant Puma delivered a petition to Prime Minister Hun Sen’s cabinet on Friday calling attention to their demands that five-year employment contracts be replaced by one-year contracts, a union leader said.
Buth Kimsay
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/workers-threaten-to-burn-banner-of-brand-88862/
Pheap’s pledge sought
A forest peoples’ network has appealed to tycoon Try Pheap to issue a written commitment to put a halt to his companies’ deforestation activities after he told the Post last week that his logging days are over.
May Titthara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pheaps-pledge-sought
Soldiers, civilians charged over illegal forest clearing operation
A soldier and two civilians were charged on Wednesday with illegally clearing forest land by the Kompong Thom Provincial Court, while a second soldier who allegedly guarded the illicit operation has been charged with illegal weapons possession, a court official said Thursday.
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/soldiers-civilians-charged-over-illegal-forest-clearing-operation-90215/
CNRP tells donors to retrieve their funds
A district official with the Cambodia National Rescue Party has offered a group of disgruntled donors in Kandal their money back after they lodged a complaint with local police over the opposition’s fundraising efforts for its Sun TV station.
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cnrp-tells-donors-retrieve-their-funds
Chaotic Scene as Gun Seized During Teachers’ Rally
A small gathering to mark World Teachers’ Day at Phnom Penh’s Freedom Park briefly descended into chaos Sunday when a crowd of rally-goers wrested a concealed gun from a man working for the Ministry of Information after he forced his way to the front of
Mech Dara and Alex Willemyns
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/chaotic-scene-as-gun%E2%80%88seized-during-teachers-rally-44997/
Girl freed from T&P training centre
The Association of Cambodian Recruitment Agencies will consider kicking its most notorious member, T&P Co Ltd, out of the association if the company is found to have falsified documents to conceal the age of a 15-year-old girl rescued from its training centre last week. ACRA
Hey, waiter!
While tourism numbers in Cambodia are growing rapidly, visitors might increasingly have a hard time finding a restaurant to their liking since the country is experiencing a shortage of qualified personnel, especially waiters and chefs, accordingly to the Cambodia Restaurant Association.
“The tourism industry needs at
Bank Collapse Sees Property Up for Grabs
A prime piece of Phnom Penh real estate was put up for auction last week by a South Koran government agency attempting to recoup taxpayers’ money lost during a bank collapse last year.
Bids have been made that could see a new development on the site,
