Drug rehabs offer more harm than help
When police brought Manly to his room in the Mundoul Orkas Knhom drug rehab center outside Phnom Penh, he saw blood on the wall. ...
Igor Kossov
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/13342//
Turk gets nine years for buying girls’ virginity
A Turkish man was sentenced to nine years in jail Friday for purchasing the virginity of two 14-year-old girls in Phnom Penh last year. ...
Ouch Sony
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/turk-gets-nine-years-for-buying-girls-virginity-80922/
Natural disaster: One dead, several hurt by storms
A 34-year-old man was killed by lightning yesterday while attempting to construct a waterway under his house during a morning storm, local police said. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/natural-disaster-one-dead-several-hurt-storms
One dead after Cambodian, Vietnamese fishermen clash
A Cambodian man was left dead after a group of fishermen from Kampot province clashed with Vietnamese fishermen while at sea on Sunday evening, according to officials. ...
Sek Odom
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/one-dead-after-cambodian-vietnamese-fishermen-clash-89639/
Trial may shed light on Wutty's death
The man accused of shooting the man who shot environmental activist Chut Wutty last April had been summoned to the Koh Kong Provincial Court to stand trial next month on charges of unintentional homicide, a court official said yesterday. According to deputy prosecutor Srey Mak Ny, ...
Sanctuary ‘cleared’ in Kampong Speu
Officials in Kampong Speu province have accused a man of illegally clearing dozens of hectares of land in the Phnom Oral Wildlife Sanctuary to grow sugarcane. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sanctuary-cleared-kampong-speu
Foreign national pleads ignorance in drug case
A Nigerian man charged with drug trafficking told the Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday that he did not know the packet he was handling contained methamphetamine. ...
Kim Sarom
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/foreign-national-pleads-ignorance-drug-case
Suspect accused of instigating squatting
A man was arrested in Kampong Cham’s Batheay district on Tuesday by police who allege that he was the ringleader of an illegal land grab in Mondulkiri. ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/suspect-accused-instigating-squatting
US Calls for Transparent Investigation Into Protester Shooting
The U.S. on Monday called for a full and transparent investigation into the killing of a 29-year-old man by security forces on Sunday night during a heated clash around Monivong Bridge, while the European Union said that the police should show more restraint in the ...
Lauren Crothers
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/us%E2%80%88calls-for-transparent-investigation-into-protester-shooting-42512/
One dead, 1 injured after thwarted gun sale
Police in Tbong Khmum province on Friday shot one man dead and injured another—both suspects in a string of robberies—during a thwarted gun sale, an officer said. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/one-dead-1-injured-after-thwarted-gun-sale-100355/
During trial of eight, Nigerian admits to moving crystal meth
A Nigerian man charged with drug trafficking Wednesday admitted in court to transporting crystal methamphetamine in Phnom Penh last year, but claimed he had merely been a hired hand. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/during-trial-of-eight-nigerian-admits-to-moving-crystal-meth-87658/
Four convicted over attempt to send brides to China
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Monday convicted a Chinese man and three Cambodians of human trafficking over an attempt to send three Cambodian women to China as brides. ...
Ouch Sony
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/four-convicted-over-attempt-to-send-brides-to-china-88170/
Laotian meth smuggler arrested in Stung Treng
A Laotian man was arrested in Stung Treng province on Tuesday after crossing into Cambodia with nearly a kilogram of crystal methamphetamine, a police official said Wednesday. ...
Saing Soenthrith
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/laotian-meth-smuggler-arrested-in-stung-treng-89274/
Laotian arrested for trafficking methamphetamine
Military police in Stung Treng province on Monday arrested a Laotian man with a half-kilogram of crystal methamphetamine he had smuggled into the country, an official said Tuesday. ...
Saing Soenthrith
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/laotian-arrested-for-trafficking-methamphetamine-92013/
Belgian arrested for stealing $48k from Canadia bank
Immigration police arrested a Belgian man in Phnom Penh on Monday for using a forged passport to withdraw nearly $50,000 from Canadia Bank, officials said on Tuesday. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/belgian-arrested-for-stealing-48k-from-canadia-bank-110291/
Logging arrests
A man and woman have been arrested after police and Forestry Department officers were tipped off about a pick-up truck carrying luxury timber across Kampong Thom province. ...
Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/38900/logging-arrests/
Cambodian parliament passes draft law on disaster management
The National Assembly of Cambodia on Monday adopted a draft law on disaster management, aiming to effectively control any natural or man-made disasters through preparedness, mitigation, and timely response. ...
Xinhua team
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/12092/cambodian-parliament-passes-draft-law-on-disaster-management/
Activists charged over Siem Reap tour-boat brawl
Two opposition CNRP activists were arrested Monday and charged with inciting a brawl in Siem Reap province last month during which a man suffered a serious stab wound, police said. ...
Mech Dara and Aun Chhengpor
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/activists-charged-over-siem-reap-tour-boat-brawl-87443/
Police free marijuana grower
Police in Battambang have released a man who grew more than 200 marijuana plants in the jungle for “personal use” after he promised not to do it again. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/police-free-marijuana-grower
Logging arrest in Stung Treng
A man was accused of illegally collecting and transporting timber after Military Police officials arrested him with over 2 tonnes of illicit rosewood in Stung Treng on Sunday morning. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/logging-arrest-stung-treng