Two trapped gaurs die in sanctuary
Two rare gaurs, a mother and calf, have died after being found trapped in a snare in the Cardamom Mountains’ Samlot Protected Area, according to the sanctuary’s chief and an official from the Maddox Jolie-Pitt (MJP) Foundation, a wildlife NGO founded by Angelina Jolie. ...
Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/26899/two-trapped-gaurs-die-in-sanctuary/
Bavet SEZ unequipped to treat its wastewater: ministry
The Ministry of Environment said yesterday that a recently constructed water-treatment facility at the Manhattan Special Economic Zone in Svay Rieng is unable to deal with most of the polluted water generated by factories at the site, and that 70 per cent was being dumped ...
Kong Meta
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/bavet-sez-unequipped-treat-its-wastewater-ministry
Jarai say no to Ratanakiri gold mine
An insurrection led by ethnic Jarai villagers against the Kingdom’s first commercial underground gold mine, to be operated by Indian-owned Mesco Gold (Cambodia), looms over the green, serene remote hamlet of Plung, a few kilometers from the Vietnamese border, in Ratanakiri’s O’Yadaw district. ...
Sonny Inbaraj Krishnan and May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/30569/jarai-say-no-to-ratanakiri-gold-mine/
Messy sand depots suspended
The Mines and Energy Ministry yesterday shut down six sand depots in Kandal province’s Sa’ang district for allegedly failing to “respect” a ministry directive concerning the proper transportation of sand, but they will be allowed to reopen on Wednesday if they agree to comply. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/31486/messy-sand-depots-suspended/
Power line project threatens highly endangered bird: org
A proposed power transmission line to be constructed at the edge of the Tonle Sap Floodplain Protected Landscape as early as next year will pose a new threat to a critically endangered bird species known as the bengal Florican, according to the Wildlife Conservation Society ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/power-line-project-threatens-highly-endangered-bird-org
PM affirms ‘One-China’ stance
Prime Minister Hun Sen has told a solidarity dinner with the Cambodian-Chinese Association that Cambodia backs the “One-China policy” and will not allow the Taiwanese flag to be raised in the kingdom. This stance would avoid affecting the good relationship between the two countries. ...
May Titthara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/35123/pm-affirms----one-china----stance/
Villagers affected by dam meet with government officials
Villagers from Stung Treng whose homes stand to be flooded by the Lower Sesan II dam met with representatives of the Ministry of Mines and Energy at an NGO Forum-sponsored meeting in Phnom Penh yesterday, in hopes of establishing a dialogue towards a long-awaited compromise. ...
Touch Sokha
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/villagers-affected-dam-meet-government-officials
Transporters released with warning: activist
At least 70 timber smugglers transporting some 200 cubic metres of illegal first- and second-grade wood were stopped by authorities in the Phnom O’ral Wildlife Sanctuary over the weekend, before being allowed to leave without charges and still in possession of the illegal timber. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/transporters-released-warning-activist
Coolest holiday for 10 years coming, expert says
If you’re planning to get away next week for Khmer New Year, it might be wise to keep an umbrella on hand. According to the government’s weather authority, the country can expect the lowest holiday temperatures for the past decade amid unseasonal lashings of rain. ...
Chhorn Phearun
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/coolest-holiday-for-10-years-coming-expert-says-127714/
Cambodian opposition expected to play on anti-vietnamese sentiment ahead of elections
Cambodia’s long-standing fear of Vietnam can sometimes appear to be borderline irrational and allegations of land grabbing, war-mongering, even contaminated food exports — alongside abusive insults — are often leveled at the eastern neighbors. That will only intensify as the commune elections get closer this ...
‘No protest, no change’ for CNRP, deputy says, placing CPP in bind
The Cambodia National Rescue Party will refuse to appoint a new president following the arrest of current leader Kem Sokha on Sunday, Deputy President Mu Sochua said yesterday, a decision she acknowledged may lead to the dissolution of the party should Sokha be convicted of ...
Andrew Nachemson and Leonie Kijewski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/no-protest-no-change-cnrp-deputy-says-placing-cpp-bind
‘Completely forsaken’: Sokha and NGOs ask France and Indonesia to help save Paris Peace Accords
Jailed opposition leader Kem Sokha, exiled former opposition leader Sam Rainsy and more than 50 human rights NGOs called on France and Indonesia to reconvene the signatories to the Paris Peace Accords yesterday amid fears that the historic treaty is in danger of being “completely ...
Leonie Kijewski, Ben Sokhean and Daphne Chen
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/completely-forsaken-sokha-and-ngos-ask-france-and-indonesia-help-save-paris-peace-accords
Former party of Kem Ley to run nationwide in 2018
The Grassroots Democracy Party, co-founded by slain political analyst Kem Ley, has announced it will compete in the national elections next year in all provinces, though analysts yesterday doubted that it would be able to mount a serious challenge to the ruling Cambodian People’s Party. ...
Ben Sokhean and Leonie Kijewski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/former-party-kem-ley-run-nationwide-2018
US says more sanctions on table in response to political crackdown
Visiting US State Department official W Patrick Murphy yesterday warned that further punitive action could be forthcoming in response to the government’s recent crackdown on the main opposition, while repeatedly pointing to the US’s warm relationship with the people of Cambodia – if not their ...
Andrew Nachemson
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/us-says-more-sanctions-table-response-political-crackdown
Hun Sen vows to launch new bank for SMEs
Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday pledged to start a new bank with an initial capital of $100 million to provide financing for small and medium enterprises (SMEs), with industry players saying its success hinged on whether concessional or low interest rates could be provided to ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/hun-sen-vows-launch-new-bank-smes
CNRP visited by Thai officials after protester extradited
Cambodian opposition figures seeking asylum in Thailand have been visited by Thai police in recent days, fuelling fears they may be deported back to the Kingdom. Scores fled Cambodia after the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party was forcibly dissolved following the arrest of its president, ...
Ben Sokhean and Erin Handley
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cnrp-visited-thai-officials-after-protester-extradited
170 Vietnamese asylum seekers given two weeks to leave
Almost two years since the latest wave of Montagnard asylum seekers began crossing into Ratanakkiri province claiming to be fleeing persecution in Vietnam, an immigration official said on Wednesday that the 170 remaining in Phnom Penh had two weeks to return home or face forcible ...
Aun Pheap and George Wright
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/170-vietnamese-asylum-seekers-given-two-weeks-leave-119215/
Security high ahead of Xi’s two-day visit
A total of 7,000 police officers, military police and soldiers will be deployed on the streets of Phnom Penh today and Friday to provide security for Chinese President Xi Jinping’s two-day visit to the country, his first since becoming head of state, officials said. ...
Vong Sokheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/security-high-ahead-xis-two-day-visit
City to airport rail link
A railway linking Phnom Penh to its international airport is being planned, with passengers getting the chance to check in baggage and get boarding passes before they get on the train. The line would join the Phnom Penh to Preah Sihanouk track which runs past the ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/32780/city-to-airport-rail-link/
Custodian could spur fund interest
The government is working on legislation that would create a framework for the establishment of a custodian bank in Cambodia, according to securities firms, which claim the absence of this institution could be deterring foreign investors from participating in share offerings on the local stock ...
Brian Ng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/custodian-could-spur-fund-interest