Judges consider moving biofuel case back to Banteay Meanchey
Judges at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court said Wednesday they will consider sending the trial of a British businessman and three Cambodians accused of fraud back to Banteay Meanchey province, where the alleged crimes occurred. ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/judges-consider-moving-biofuel-case-back-to-banteay-meanchey-80741/
Judges consider moving biofuel case back to Banteay Meanchey
Judges at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court said Wednesday they will consider sending the trial of a British businessman and three Cambodians accused of fraud back to Banteay Meanchey province, where the alleged crimes occurred. ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/judges-consider-moving-biofuel-case-back-to-banteay-meanchey-80741/
New NEC members named, with vote to go ahead today
A vote at the National Assembly to officially select the nine members of the new National Election Committee (NEC) was on Wednesday rescheduled for Thursday, hours after the names of the presumptive candidates were leaked. ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/new-nec-members-named-with-vote-to-go-ahead-81695/
CNRP lawmakers visit prisoners on hunger strike
Opposition lawmaker Mu Sochua said a group of 10 convicted anti-eviction activists on hunger strike at Phnom Penh’s Prey Sar prison were in a weak state during her visit to the facility Monday. ...
Mech Dara
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cnrp-lawmakers-visit-prisoners-on-hunger-strike-74732/
Staffers call for closure of Nauru site
The Australian government ignored allegations of physical and sexual abuse of asylum seekers held on the Pacific island of Nauru for more than a year without taking action, staff at the detention centre have alleged. ...
Daniel Pye
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/staffers-call-closure-nauru-site
During Japan’s occupation, artist resisted, died
Seventy years ago Thursday, during what may have been the murkiest period of the French administration in Cambodia, the founder of the National Museum died in an interrogation room at the hands of Japanese authorities. ...
Michelle Vachon
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/during-japans-occupation-french-artist-resisted-died-85793/
Racism on display in immigration raid
Police from the Interior Ministry’s general department of immigration on Thursday detained more than 100 Vietnamese men working at a metal scrapyard in Phnom Penh to assess the legitimacy of their employment in Cambodia. ...
Mech Dara and Matt Blomberg
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/racism-on-display-in-scrapyard-immigration-raid-86591/
Opposition leader threatens to play American card
Meach Sovannara, lead spokesman for the opposition, threatened to play the American card if the Municipal Court does not drop its investigation of him for his role in violent protests at Freedom Park last year. ...
Chea Takihiro and Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/13505/opposition-leader-threatens-to-play-american-card/
Microfinance loans up 47 percent in first 6 months
Cambodia’s microfinance sector is continuing to grow at a rapid pace, with loan disbursements in the first six months of this year increasing almost 50 percent on last year, according to an industry association. ...
Kang Sothear and Tsz-kwan Ho
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/microfinance-loans-up-47-percent-in-first-6-months-90039/
Massage parlor owner gets 5 years for prostituting
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Tuesday sentenced the owner of a massage parlor to five years in prison for prostituting a 16-year-old girl and four women at his establishment earlier this year. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/massage-parlor-owner-gets-5-years-for-prostituting-93163/
China brides rescued; alleged brokers busted
Anti-human trafficking police arrested a man and a woman at Phnom Penh International Airport on Tuesday night, as they attempted to send two Cambodian women to be sold as brides in China. ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/china-brides-rescued-alleged-brokers-busted
As gov’t hunts for oil, students want answers
Youths raised concerns about the potential environmental impact of petroleum discovery and use at a roundtable discuss on Saturday during which they debated with officials eager to continue searching and tapping into new energy resources. ...
Chea Takihiro
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/15419/as-gov---t-hunts-for-oil--students-want-answers/
eKYB system launched to streamline verification of enterprises
The soft launch of the electronic Know Your Business (e-KYB) system was recently held at the Techo Startup Center in Phnom Penh. ...
Jigme Palden Pazo
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501555825/ekyb-system-launched-to-streamline-verification-of-enterprises/
Deutsche Bank, IFC Rubber Investments Questioned
Deutsche Bank and the World Bank’s International Finance Corporation (IFC) have poured millions of dollars into Vietnamese rubber companies operating in Cambodia that have engaged in illegal logging and forced evictions of local farmers, the environmental rights group Global Witness says in a new report ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/deutsche-bank-ifc-rubber-investments-questioned-23598/
11 Cambodian Loggers Killed In Two Months
The deaths of four more Cambodian over the past two weeks brings to 11 the number of people killed by Thai soldiers so far this year while illegally logging across the border. The death toll is fast approaching the 15 Cambodians killed in the entirety ...
Japanese Ambassador Airs Concerns Over SEZ Shooting
Japanese Ambassador Masafumi Kuroki yesterday said he hoped the government arrests the gunman behind the Feb. 20 triple shooting of protesting workers in Svay Rieng province, and that safety must be ensured for investors in the special economic zone (SEZ) where the incident took place. ...
Villagers ask for Government’s Help in Koh Kong Land Dispute
Koh Kong villagers facing the loss of their land to a Chinese mega-tourism project held a news conference in Phnom Penh yesterday to appeal to the government for the right to remain on their property. Kith Ten, 54, from Kiri Sakor district’s Prek Khsach commune, ...
River Dolphin Conservation Gets Go-Ahead
A government committee yesterday approved a draft sub-decree aimed at protecting the endangered Mekong River dolphin and will send it to the Council of Ministers within a few weeks. Among the provisions contained in the sub-decree is the creation of a 180-km-long conservation area stretching ...
Mystery Surrounds SEZ Triple Shooting Case
Confusion continued to swirl around the fate of Bavet city Governor Chhuk Bundith yesterday after the Interior Ministry last week identified him as the sole suspect in the Feb. 20 triple shooting of protesters at a special economic zone (SEZ). While human rights groups claimed yesterday ...
Myanmar’s economic promise no threat to investment here: experts
Myanmar’s moves toward economic and political reform would not subtract from Cambodia’s regular stream of foreign investment, experts and insiders said – at least not in the short run. Word of an investor-friendly Myanmar has spread quickly with the US’s partial waiver on trade sanctions in ...