Australian gaming company probed for Cambodia payment
Australian gaming firm Tabcorp on Tuesday confirmed that it was under investigation by Australian police over a possible bribe it paid in 2009 to a Cambodian consultancy connected to a sister of Prime Minister Hun Sen. ...
Zsombor Peter and Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/australian-gaming-company-probed-for-cambodia-payment-109949/
Calls flow for dam to be canned
Ahead of a national consultation meeting about Laos’s Don Sahong hydropower dam later this week, communities that will be affected by the project have made their opinion clear: suspend the dam. ...
Phak Seangly and Laignee Barron
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/calls-flow-dam-be-canned
Groups have their say on access to information law
A United Nations agency will soon begin holding public meetings nationwide to consult the public on a long-awaited law that would give Cambodians access to important information held by the government. ...
Phorn Bopha
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/groups-have-their-say-on-access-to-information-law/2909158.html
Sectoral consultation workshop on the enhancement of dataset and the profile page on Foreign Investment in Cambodia
On 01 August 2022, Open Development Cambodia (ODC) conducted a Sectoral Consultation Workshop on the Enhancement of Dataset and the Profile Page on Foreign Investment in Cambodia at Sunway Hotel Phnom Penh. Thirty-two participants (11 females), including civil societies, researchers, indigenous NGOs, and university students ...
Government discusses new draft law aimed at construction safety
Minister of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction Chea Sophara on Thursday met for talks with members of the Supreme Council of Consultation and Recommendations over a draft law aimed at ensuring quality and safety in construction. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/government-discusses-new-draft-law-aimed-construction-safety
‘Advice’ for judiciary questioned
A transparency advocate yesterday cautiously greeted a plan for consultation between judges, prosecutors and Justice Ministry officials handling land dispute and other controversial cases, though an international lawyer said it could compromise judicial independence. ...
Bun Sengkong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/advice-judiciary-questioned
Finance Ministry Denies Sovereign Bond Reports
The Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) has denied media reports the government will issue dollar-denominated sovereign bonds using Bangkok-based Twin Pine Consulting as advisers to raise more money and reduce reliance on foreign loans. ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/23913/finance-ministry-denies-sovereign-bond-reports/
New dam on Mekong looms
Representatives from Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam gathered in Vientiane on Thursday to launch a six-month consultation process on what would be the third mainstream hydropower dam in Laos’s Lower Mekong River. ...
Cristina Maza
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-dam-mekong-looms
Joint statement on CCHR and ICJ reiterate call to Senate to delay debate on judicial ‘reform’ draft laws
The Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR) and International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) today urge the CambodianSenate to delay their decision to review three judicial reform draft laws, and to seek consultation with the public and civil society. ...
Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR)
Gov’t says debate is open, but NGOs boycott LANGO workshop
The human rights non-governmental organizations (NGOs) Licado and Adhoc both say they will not attend Wednesday’s consultation workshop on the controversial draft Law on Associations and Non-Governmental Organizations (LANGO) hosted by the National Assembly. ...
Muny Sithyna and Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/12920/gov---t-says-debate-is-open--but-ngos-boycott-lango-workshop/
Cuban deputy foreign minister to visit Cambodia, Vietnam and Laos
Cuban First Deputy Foreign Minister Gerardo Peñalver will visit Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos to hold political consultations with his peers, MINREX sources announced. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501139984/cuban-deputy-foreign-minister-to-visit-cambodia-vietnam-and-laos/
New Lao dam does not breach Mekong agreement: official
Developing the Don Sahong dam on the Hou Sahong channel of the Mekong River in Champassak province does not breach the 1995 Mekong Agreement, a senior government official has told local media. Deputy Minister of Energy and Mines, Mr Viraphonh Viravong, made the comment on Thursday, ...
Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=13&token=ZWRmZDI3MWU5ODE
Ministry asked about Mekong plan
A member of the Supreme Consultation Forum told The Post on Thursday that he had questioned the Ministry of Mines and Energy over its position regarding a proposed project to develop a sizeable stretch of the Mekong River. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-asked-about-mekong-plan
Knight Frank releases report on commercial, residential sector
Knight Frank Cambodia, a leading independent real estate consultancy in Cambodia, released its latest half yearly commercial and residential report for 2017. The report highlights four main sectors: the office sector, retail sector, serviced apartment sector and condominium sector. ...
Khmer Times
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5079314/knight-frank-releases-report-commercial-residential-sector/
MEF holds agricultural workshop
The Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) organised a consultation workshop yesterday to gather information and comments from agriculture sector stakeholders to assist in the preparation of a 2018 national budget that would better support to the sector. ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/mef-holds-agricultural-workshop
Dam promises are ‘a facade’
With regional consultations on Laos’s Don Sahong dam expected to commence soon, the developers are violating pledges to postpone construction, which is being undertaken by a Chinese company associated with several controversial hydropower projects, the Post has learned ...
Daniel Pye and Laignee Barron
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/dam-promises-are-%E2%80%98-facade%E2%80%99
Regional concerns over dam project in Laos remain unaddressed: green group
An intergovernmental body that supervises development along the Mekong River must address regional concerns over the controversial Don Sahong dam project in Laos at its annual consultation meeting next week, an environmental watchdog said Thursday. ...
Joshua Lipes
http://bit.ly/1Fqzm4k
Mondulkiri governor denies lying to prime minister
Mondulkiri provincial governor Svay Sam Eang on Monday rejected an allegation made by a prominent Supreme Council for Consultation member that he had lied to Prime Minister Hun Sen in his report about encroachment on the protected Phnom Dos Kromom mountain. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/mondulkiri-governor-denies-lying-prime-minister
Senior official accused of land grab
A member of the Supreme Consultation Forum is set to forward to Prime Minister Hun Sen, the complaints of more than 1,000 families against a military lieutenant general over alleged land grabbing in Kampong Thom province’s Stoung district. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/senior-official-accused-land-grab