Gov’t: foreigners banned from protesting
Foreigners who join protests against the government will now be subject to arrest and deportation, Phnom Penh’s governor and the government’s spokesman said yesterday, in the latest effort by the CPP to curb outside influence in the country’s political affairs. ...
Khy Sovuthy and Colin Meyn
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/foreigners-banned-from-protesting-govt-says-88853/
Man Charged With Clearing State Forestland
The Kampong Thom Provincial Court yesterday charged a man with clearing state-owned forestland after he was arrested on Monday along with 13 oTher villagers, according to provincial prosecutor Ben Sarath. Heoun Sokha was arrested in Kraya commune’s Santuk district after he was found by police clearing ...
Locals Pay Almost Double for iPhone Amid High Demand
Cambodian customers eager to buy Apple Inc.’s newest iPhone are paying almost double the company’s asking price in the U.S., phone vendors in Phnom Penh said yesterday. At about a dozen phone shops near Phnom Penh’s Central Market, vendors were doing a steady trade in the ...
Does foreign policy not really partial to China or not?
As the followers political events mostly seen, Cambodia seem not adhere to the neutral foreign policy enshrined in its Constitution, yet the relationship between Cambodia and China and Cambodia – the United States, Prime Minister Hun Sen reaffirmed that Cambodia’s foreign policy is independence, not ...
Yeang Socheameta
http://www.rfa.org/khmer/news/politics/Is-Cambodia-foreign-policy-independent-02072016024601.html
UN envoy sends letter to Sam Rainsy
The opposition leader Sam Rainsy said Friday in his Facebook page that he has received a letter from Mr. Sorya Subedi, The United National Special Rapporteur on The human rights situation in Cambodia. In The letter to Sam Rainsy, The U.N. envoy said “I am writing ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=11&token=M2E0NzBmN2EwMWU
Sesan families report illness
Villagers living downstream from the controversial Lower Sesan II hydropower project have claimed that they contracted unusual skin ailments causing large black spots on their bodies after the firm building the dam drained industrial waste into a river they use for bathing. Cambodia’s Royal Group, a ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sesan-families-report-illness
Cambodia opposition, ruling party to resume talks
Cambodia’s ruling and opposition parties are preparing to resume negotiations aimed at ending the country’s political crisis following a hiatus for local council elections, party officials said Tuesday. Cambodia’s opposition leader Sam Rainsy said he had contacted Interior Minister Sar Kheng, the top negotiator for Prime ...
Rachel Vandenbrink
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/talks-05202014170548.html
Premier Breaks Ground for Bridge in Kandal
Prime Minister Hun Sen helped inaugurate the fourth bridge built by the Chinese in Cambodia. the $33 million bridge will span the Tonle Bassac river at Takhmau City. In Phnom Penh, a fifth bridge, dubbed the Cambodian-Chinese Friendship bridge is about to begin construction. ...
ASEAN MPs say Cambodia election ‘not legitimate’
The MPs from The group Asean Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR) said in a statement this week that The now-dissolved Cambodia National Rescue Party should be allowed to contest The vote and that all political prisoners in The country should be freed. ...
Hul Reaksmey
https://www.voacambodia.com/a/asean-mps-say-cambodia-election-not-legitimate/4435862.html
Factory defies governor’s request
The labor dispute between workers and employers at The Aerosoft Summit Footwear factory in Battambang province’s Sampov Laun district is still raging due to The company’s refusal to allow workers back to The factory at The provincial governor’s request. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/27217/factory-defies-governor---s-request/
PPWSA’s Q3 profit hit by expenses
Cambodia’s first listed company, the Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority, yesterday reported a 41 per cent drop in profits after tax for the quarter ending September 30, with the company attributing the drop to an increase in expenses incurred over the quarter. ...
Ananth Baliga
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/ppwsas-q3-profit-hit-expenses
Embassies meet with NEC over voter registration
Representatives from the United States and Japanese embassies and the European Union delegation met with the National Election Committee (NEC) yesterday about ongoing voter registration, with EU Ambassador George Edgar saying the current political tension was not addressed in detail during the meeting. ...
Mech Dara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/embassies-meet-nec-over-voter-registration
Dam critics unswayed
Cambodian environmental groups yesterday stepped up their calls for the Don Sahong dam in Laos to be cancelled, after a visit to the site failed to convince them the hydropower project would not harm the Mekong River and the people who depend on it. ...
Laignee Barron
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/dam-critics-unswayed
Backing sought for coal-fired power plant
A Thai energy firm has completed a study for a 1,800-megawatt coal power plant in Koh Kong province, and had asked for Prime Minister Hun Sen’s support in furthering the project, government officials confirmed yesterday. the plant would be the largest power generator in the energy-starved ...
Villagers in Sihanoukville Ordered off Disputed Land
The Preah Sihanouk Provincial Court has ordered villagers living on disputed land in Sihanoukville to leave The area by Thursday, according to a statement released by th The court yesterday. “We wish to inform people living in Muoy commune’s Phuom Bei village that on August 9, ...
Villagers Fight Evictions Near Int'l Airport
More than 250 families ordered to leave their homes next to Phnom Penh International Airport to make way for expansion plans yesterday with City Hall to fight the eviction. the 256 families living in three villages in Pur Senchey district’s Choam Chao commune are demanding compensation ...
IMF Predicts Country’s Economy to Grow 7%
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Friday said it expects Cambodia’s economy to grow by 7 percent this year, fueled mostly by The garment, tourism and construction sectors, though risks such as extreme weaTher and labor market instabilities could cause growth to fluctuate. The IMF also ...
Joshua Wilwohl
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/imf-predicts-countrys-economy-to-grow-7-47117/
Court delays verdict for protesters
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Friday said it would delay issuing a scheduled verdict against six people tried for intentional violence against police and property damage during an opposition protest on Phnom Penh’s Kbal Thnal overpass in September, saying that The case was very ...
Khuon Narim
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/court-delays-verdict-for-protesters-52974/
PTT prepares 800 million baht for expansion into Cambodia, Laos
The PTT Public Company Limited is looking to invest 800 million baht in energy business expansion in Cambodia and Laos in The next five years. The PTT planned to open 4-5 more gas stations in Laos and Cambodia each. The Thai energy giant already has 14 ...
Feed plant in Pailin to aid farmers’ stockpiles
Pailin province’s $5 million animal-feed processing plant and warehouse is to finish construction in the next three months and it is a welcomed development for the local farming community. the plant’s owner, Chea Kea, who also owns Diamond Crown casino on the border with Thailand in ...
Chan Muyhong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/feed-plant-pailin-aid-farmers%E2%80%99-stockpiles