Two Arrested, Three Detained For Maid’s Death in Malaysia
Two Malaysian employers of a Cambodian maid were arrested and three others detained this week in Malaysia in connection with the woman’s death, Malaysian police officers said yesterday. Assistant police superintendent Suriman bin Shahrim, said Mey Sichan, 24, was discovered dead on Sunday, and her Malaysian ...
Endangered banteng dies in trap in Kampong Speu
An endangered banteng died of wounds inflicted by a hunter’s snare on Saturday as an attempt to rescue it was mounted weeks after it was first spotted injured in a Kampong Speu community forest. A patrol team in the Bram Beymom Community forest in Thpong ...
Phak Seangly
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/endangered-banteng-dies-trap-kampong-speu
NGO to pay farmer $3,000 for cutting down trees
A farming family has agreed to receive $3,000 in compensation from the Wildlife Alliance after it cleared the family’s fruit trees in Koh Kong province’s Koh Kong district. Yorng Tay, the wife of farmer Seng Thet, said by phone yesterday that Wildlife Alliance agreed to ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50549485/ngo-to-pay-farmer-3000-for-cutting-down-trees-2/
Cambodia to host first ‘IT Camp’ in Kingdom
Cambodia’s first ever computing camp is due to be held in Siem Reap this month to promote literacy on cyber security, open-source software, social innovation and the benefits of open data, according to its organizers.The five-day ICT Camp 2018, organized by Open Development Cambodia (ODC), ...
Sok Sopheakpanha
https://www.voacambodia.com/a/cambodia-to-host-first-it-camp-in-kingdom/4691502.html
Luxury logs seized in Mondulkiri province
A total of 30 logs harvested from high-quality wood were seized by Mondulkiri provincial Military Police and National Military Police on Saturday and Sunday. Provincial Military Police investigation department head Phok Chanthy told The Post on Monday that the logs were found in Pech Chreada ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/luxury-logs-seized-mondulkiri-province
Preah Vihear villagers petition interior ministry over eight-year land dispute
Some 40 people representing 180 families from Kantuot commune in Preah Vihear province’s Choam Ksan district on Wednesday gathered at the Ministry of Interior to submit their complaint seeking intervention in a long-standing land dispute. The 180 families have been locked in an eight-year dispute ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/preah-vihear-villagers-petition-interior-ministry-over-eight-year-land-dispute
Hun Sen reviews Supreme Council’s year-long work
Prime Minister Hun Sen and representatives from more than 10 political parties on Wednesday met with the Supreme Council for Consultation and Recommendations to review the body’s work after one-year of operation. Writing on his official Facebook page, Hun Sen said he criticised laziness and ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/hun-sen-reviews-supreme-councils-year-long-work
Koh Kong authorities probe land sale in Botum Sakor National Park
The Koh Kong Provincial Administration is probing a news report that a private company had colluded with the local authorities to buy 40ha in the Botum Sakor National Park. Provincial hall spokesman Sok Sothy said on Sunday that the administration was only aware of one ...
Families in Kampong Chhnang lose fish in mass die-off
About 70 families who live in floating houses along the Tonle Sap river in Kampong Chhnang province say excessive heat and low water levels have resulted in large-scale die-offs on their fish farms. Van Srey Em, a fishery community representative in both Phsar Chhnang and ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/families-kampong-chhnang-lose-fish-mass-die
Government to form on Sept 6, says PM
After paying a courtesy call on the King and visiting the chairman of the Constitutional Council, caretaker prime minister Hun Sen on Wednesday rescheduled the date on which a new National Assembly will be formed. The Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) president also directed his ire ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/government-form-sept-6-says-pm
Court delays activists’ hearing
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Thursday postponed the hearing against three Borei Keila community activists who are being sued by a prominent tycoon in a decade-long land dispute. The dispute started in 2004 when residents in the capital’s Borei Keila neighbourhood were asked to ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/court-delays-activists-hearing
Cambodia to benefit substantially from China’s BRI: Moody’s
Moody’s Investors Service Inc sees Cambodia, which has a B2 stable rating, as one of the countries that stand to benefit the most from China’s Belt and Road Initiative. In its latest report, Moody’s analyses the potential long-run economic gains and near-to-medium term macro-stability risks ...
Poovenraj Kanagaraj
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50600312/cambodia-to-benefit-substantially-from-chinas-bri-moodys/
Koh Rong Sanloem casino ‘is flouting’ closure order
A Preah Sihanouk provincial official said on Thursday that the owner of Jinding Hotel and Casino on Koh Rong Sanloem is flouting the authorities’ order to close the business by March 22. Preah Sihanouk Provincial Hall spokesman Kheang Phearum told The Post that the provincial ...
Khorn Savi
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/koh-rong-sanloem-casino-flouting-closure-order
Ho Chi Minh seeks to be twin city with Phnom Penh
A delegation from Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh city yesterday requested support from National Assembly President Heng Samrin to set up a twin city arrangement between it and Phnom Penh. Kim San, deputy chief of Mr Samrin’s cabinet, told reporters after the meeting that the delegation led ...
Taing Vida
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50628524/ho-chi-minh-seeks-to-be-twin-city-with-phnom-penh/
NGOs slammed over retraction refusal
The government yesterday slammed rights group Licadho and Sahmakum Teang Tnaut for refusing to attend a scheduled meeting and make a public statement retracting a critical report on the negative impacts of microloans. Last week, the two NGOs defended their research during a meeting with the ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50642142/ngos-slammed-over-retraction-refusal/
What’s missing from Cambodia’s democracy?
In a nationally televised speech after the dissolution of the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen declared that “the government will commit to protecting the multiparty democracy process.” Indeed, 20 parties have submitted applications to compete in this year’s national ...
Andrew Nachemson
https://thediplomat.com/2018/05/whats-missing-from-cambodias-democracy/
Property sector strong despite election: CBRE
Growth in the local property sector remained robust in the second quarter of 2018, with the condominium, office and industrial sectors all contributing significantly to its expansion, according to CBRE’s latest report. However, uncertainty regarding the upcoming general election has chipped away at investors’ confidence ...
Sum Manet
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50514823/property-sector-strong-despite-election-cbre/
Clearing along Koh Kong beach raises eyebrows
Concerns have been raised over the clearing of mangrove forests along Bak Khlong beach in Koh Kong province’s Mondul Seima district as land prices in the area increase. Bak Khlong commune chief Eav Kosorl told The Post on Monday that land titles existed for areas ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/clearing-along-koh-kong-beach-raises-eyebrows
NEC to start party, candidate registrations for elections
The National Election Committee (NEC) is to start accepting regist-rations for political parties and candidates from March 7-11 in preparation for the upcoming municipal, provincial, town, district and commune council elections on Sunday, May 26. NEC spokesman Hang Puthea told The Post on Wednesday that ...
Khorn Savi
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/nec-start-party-candidate-registrations-elections
Illegal Vietnamese fisherman shot during crackdown
Prey Veng provincial police on Friday fired shots at a group of illegal Vietnamese fishermen who tried to ram their patrol boat, wounding one man in Peam Chor district’s Svay Phluos commune. Colonel Kim Salouth, provincial anti-economic crime police chief, yesterday said that six suspects ...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50619549/illegal-vietnamese-fisherman-shot-during-crackdown/