Strikes could resume, says union official
A sacked union official at the Tropicana Casino and Resort in Beanteay Meanchey province’s Poipet town said yesterday hundreds of workers would strike again if he and a colleague were not reinstated after negotiations on Sunday. ...
Ministry of Interior orders authorities to take legal measures against violent acts
Interior Minister Sar Kheng ordered cities and provincial authorities to take action to prevent rallies, following a violent clash at the Freedom Park, injuring dozens of security guards and protesters. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=15&token=OTkxOTI4NGMyYzc
Cambodian FM presents ASEAN's latest development to foreign diplomats
Cambodian Foreign Minister Hor Namhong on Wednesday presented the result of the 25th ASEAN Summit in Myanmar to foreign diplomats to Cambodia, aiming at disseminating the ASEAN’s latest news to Cambodia’s friendly countries, a spokesman said. ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2014-11/26/c_133815787.htm
Talking timelines: To Laos, dam is foregone conclusion
Just before the regional consultation period for Laos’ Don Sahong dam comes to a head at a final meeting in Vietnam on Sunday, Laos government officials are already espousing plans and timelines for the project’s completion. ...
Laignee Barron
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/talking-timelines-laos-dam-foregone-conclusion
Electricity price to be down from here on: Hun Sen confirms
During a meeting with Lord James Sasson, Executive Director of Jardine Matheson Holdings, at Phnom Penh’s Peace Palace, on Thursday, Prime Minister Hun Sen confirmed that the electricity price in Cambodia will be down from now on. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/electricity-price-to-be-down-from-here-on:-hun-sen-confirms-8184
Sorya Shopping Mall shuts amid vendor protest
After negotiations between vendors and management at Phnom Penh’s Sorya Mall ended without a solution on Wednesday, hundreds of disgruntled shopkeepers shut their shops on Thursday, effectively closing one of the city’s biggest shopping centers. ...
Kang Sothear and Taisa Sganzerla
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/sorya-shopping-mall-shuts-amid-vendor-protest-77926/
Strikers accuse management of using shock weapon
Hundreds of workers at a new factory in Kampong Speu province continued yesterday to strike for better working conditions after one of their colleagues was allegedly struck with an electroshock weapon on Friday by their Chinese boss. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/strikers-accuse-management-using-shock-weapon
Reporters banned from covering meeting between Hor Namhong and US Ambassador
On Thursday, at Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, while Cambodia’s Foreign Minister Hor Namhong met with US Ambassador to Cambodia, William E. Todd, reporters and photographers were banned from covering the meeting without any explanation. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/reporters-banned-from-covering-meeting-between-hor-namhong-and-us-ambassador-8214
Unjust firings, pay cuts lead workers to strike
Some 170 workers at a rubber company in Mondulkiri began striking yesterday for the right to unionise, the reversal of a recent pay cut and the reinstatement of two staffers who were allegedly fired unjustly, workers said. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/unjust-firings-pay-cuts-lead-workers-strike
Gasoline price should be down to 4,500 Riel per liter: Sam Rainsy
Opposition leader Sam Rainsy on Tuesday said that price of gasoline in Cambodia should be decreased to 4,500 Riel per liter as price of crude oil at international market has been sharply dropping since early 2014. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/gasoline-price-should-be-down-to-4500-riel-per-liter:-sam-rainsy-7565
Ousted judge given position in Justice Ministry
Former Phnom Penh Municipal Court director Ang Mealaktei, who was ousted Tuesday amid claims of corruption at the court, was granted a new position in the Ministry of Justice during the ceremony to replace him on Wednesday. ...
Khy Sovuthy and Alex Willemyns
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ousted-judge-given-position-in-justice-ministry-78262/
Arun Rasmey ends run with Fncinpec party
Princess Norodom Arun Rasmey has resigned from her position as a deputy president of the royalist Funcinpec party, prompting analysts to question the viability of the party’s attempts at revitalisation under returned leader Prince Norodom Ranariddh. ...
Meas Sokchea and Daniel Pye
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/arun-rasmey-ends-run-funcinpec-party
Activist demands plaintiffs show up in court
A judge at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court suspended the trial of an opposition activist Monday after the defendant demanded that his alleged victims face him in court and declared that his trial was a politicized sham. ...
Ouch Sony
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/activist-demands-plaintiffs-show-up-in-court-81078/
Judge questions 10 dissident group members
Ten jailed members of the Khmer National Liberation Front (KNLF), an advocacy group that vocally opposes the ruling CPP, were questioned at the Court of Appeal in Phnom Penh on Tuesday over their bid to secure bail. ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/judge-questions-10-dissident-group-members-82329/
Police ‘educate’ 80 after weekend Shisha Raids
In their latest crackdown on shisha, Phnom Penh police detained, “educated” and informed the parents of 80 people found smoking the flavored tobacco out of water pipes at two separate establishments over the weekend, officials said Sunday. ...
Mech Dara
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/police-educate-80-after-weekend-shisha-raids-84666/
Russian charged over man’s shooting during casino clash
A Russian expatriate accused of shooting a man during a fight between two groups of foreigners at a Sihanoukville casino in February was charged with intentional violence Tuesday and sent to prison to await trial, officials said. ...
Kang Sothear
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/russian-charged-over-mans-shooting-during-casino-clash-86339/
Plenty of paychecks for ghosts haunting Cambodia’s lax bureaucracy
Borith has been on the payroll of Cambodia’s parliament for 15 years but rarely shows up for work. He is busy with his other job at a non-governmental organization, and no one notices his absence. ...
Reuters team
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/13721/cnrp-lawmaker-capitulates--apologizes-to-assembly-president/
Gov’t revises trade union law
Several of the more contentious points from Cambodia’s draft trade union law have been dropped, a pro-government union leader said yesterday, although at least one major union remains unsatisfied with the pending legislation. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/govt-revises-trade-union-law
Arbitration body orders capitol tours bus drivers back to work
The Arbitration Council on Wednesday ordered 40 Capitol Tours bus drivers to end a strike that began on July 22 over claims that five other drivers were fired for attempting to organize a union at the company. ...
Huot Chanpav
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/arbitration-body-orders-capitol-tours-bus-drivers-back-to-work-90014/
Fifty-five young judges and prosecutors sworn in
Justice Minister Ang Vong Vathana on Monday presided over the swearing-in of 55 recent graduates of the Royal Academy for Judicial Professions as judges and prosecutors at the Royal Palace’s throne hall in Phnom Penh. ...
Aun Chhengpor
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/fifty-five-young-judges-and-prosecutors-sworn-in-91359/