Illegal oil leads to arrests
Two farmers were arrested and charged yesterday after police found more than 100 liters of safrole oil in their Sala Kumrou village residence in Pursat City’s Phteash Prey commune, according to police chief Lieutenant Colonel Chhorn Rith. ...
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/24716/illegal-oil-leads-to-arrests/
PM: vote near your work
Prime Minister Hun Sen said yesterday that citizens working far from their homes can register to vote near their places of employment, a change that could save many citizens from a lengthy and costly trip to their home province. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/28218/pm--vote-near-your-work/
Evictees, sugar company reach deal at last
Representatives of evicted families and a sugarcane plantation owned by a prominent CPP senator announced an agreement on Thursday that provides compensation ranging from $500 to $5,000 to eligible villagers after a five-year battle over land. ...
Sek Odom
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/evictees-sugar-company-reach-deal-last-116579/
France signs off on $115m in loans and extradition treaty
About $115 million worth of concessional loans to Cambodia and a mutual extradition treaty were approved during a meeting between Prime Minister Hun Sen and French President Francois Hollande in Paris on Monday, according to Mr. Hun Sen’s Facebook page. ...
Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/france-signs-off-on-115m-in-loans-and-extradition-treaty-98523/
Workers join Korea day
More than 1,000 Cambodian workers working for eight South Korean companies here gathered yesterday at National Olympic Stadium for “Korea Day for Cambodian Friends,” a celebration of Korean culture and a chance to thank employees for their hard work. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/18907/workers-join-korea-day/
Thai timber found with Khmer script
More than 100 pieces of luxury rosewood bearing Cambodian names and a phone number were found by Thai police and forest conservation officers in a national park in Thailand’s Sa Kaeo province on Tuesday. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/thai-timber-found-khmer-script
Productive outcome to bilateral talks
Cambodia and Vietnam yesterday agreed in principle to work together in a range of commercial activities following two-hour talks at Peace Palace between Prime Minister Hun Sen and Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phu. ...
Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/37775/productive-outcome-to-bilateral-talks/
Oknha linked to timber bust
Police officers, gendarmes and Forestry Administration officials yesterday discovered a large cache of valuable, illegally felled wood – which locals say was destined for Vietnam – after raiding a house in Stung Treng province linked to a prominent timber trader. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/oknha-linked-timber-bust
Loggers busted in Phnom Samkos Wildlife Sanctuary
More than 400 pieces of luxury thnong wood suspected to be felled by a local community were seized by authorities in Pursat province’s Phnom Samkos Wildlife Sanctuary on Thursday following a tip-off from a local reporter. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/loggers-busted-phnom-samkos-wildlife-sanctuary
CMAC steps up mines clearance for 2018
Heng Ratana said yesterday that CMAC would also carry out minefield information research and education programmes this year, as well as strengthen volunteer networks in 700 villages and provide job training to people disabled as a result of landmines. ...
Mom Sophon
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5099630/cmac-steps-mines-clearance-2018/
Women in construction weighed down
Female construction workers earn on average about $2.50 less per day than their male counterparts, are given fewer opportunities to learn new skills and are victims of outdated gender stereotypes, a new report says. ...
Hannah Hawkins
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/women-in-construction-weighed-down-126313/
Tanker filled with timber
A petrol tanker truck was found with more than 2,000 pieces of luxury rosewood stashed inside its tank when it was intercepted by authorities in Phnom Penh last week, National Military Police spokesman Eng Hy said yesterday. ...
Soth Koemsoeun and Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/tanker-filled-timber
Anti-eviction activists band together at City Hall
More than 30 activists from two communities impacted by land-grabbing demonstrated together in front of Phnom Penh City Hall on Monday to demand that authorities intervene in their cases. ...
Sek Odom
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/anti-eviction-activists-band-together-at-city-hall-67412/
NGO director arrested by Vietnamese authorities
A Cambodian NGO director who on Saturday took about 40 of his primary- and high-school students on a trip to a disputed border area in Svay Rieng province was beaten by Vietnamese civilians and imprisoned overnight, officials said Sunday. ...
Mech Dara
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ngo-director-arrested-by-vietnamese-authorities-87341/
Families split on offer from Vietnamese firm
Seventy families in Ratanakkiri province have agreed to accept a 100-hectare plot of land, bringing an end to their four-year dispute with a Vietnamese rubber company, but 156 other families refused to settle, officials said Thursday. ...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/families-split-on-offer-from-vietnamese-firm-88709/
Pedophile Molodyakov guilty in Russia
Russian serial pedophile Stanislav Molodyakov—who preyed on Cambodian street children for years before he was deported to his home country in 2012—has been sentenced to 11 years in prison for raping dozens of schoolgirls, according to Russian media. ...
Ben Woods
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/notorious-pedophile-molodyakov-guilty-in-russia-90577/
Illegal fishing nets, traps seized
Fisheries administration officials cracked down on illegal fishing activities in Kampong Cham province’s Boeung Thom lake on Saturday, seizing and destroying illegal fish traps and more than a kilometre of illegal extra-fine netting, officials said yesterday. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/illegal-fishing-nets-traps-seized
At least 88 Covid-19 cases logged in Svay Rieng
Svay Rieng provincial administration has detected at least 88 Covid-19 patients, all of them are garment workers from six districts and two cities. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50865364/at-least-88-covid-19-cases-logged-in-svay-rieng/
“Zero-snaring” campaign to protect animals launched in Cambodia
Cambodia’s Ministry of Environment and partner groups on Thursday launched a “zero-snaring” campaign in protected areas to protect animals from being trapped and killed, officials said. ...
Cambodia to focus more on growth in exports
Prime Minister Hun Sen said that Cambodia has been boosting exports of manufacturing products – both garment and non-garment – and domestic tourism to support strong economic growth. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501080718/cambodia-to-focus-more-on-growth-in-exports/