Cambodia releases 10 activists after king grants pardon
Cambodia on Saturday freed 10 land activists, who had been imprisoned on protest-related convictions last year, after King Norodom Sihamoni granted them a royal pardon at the request of Prime Minister Hun Sen, an opposition lawmaker said. ...
The Cambodia Herald team
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/cambodia-releases-10-activists-after-king-grants-pardon-8420
Embassy defence: Ministry offers reply to criticism
The government this weekend hit back at criticism of its embassies in China, Malaysia and Thailand, insisting that they are helping migrants in need. ...
Vong Sokheng
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/embassy-defence-ministry-offers-reply-criticism
Protesters clash with security guards in capital
Eighteen land rights protesters from Preah Vihear province were injured during a clash with district security guards in Phnom Penh on Monday after they attempted to deliver a petition at Prime Minister Hun Sen’s house, a rights group said. ...
Sek Odom
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/protesters-clash-with-security-guards-in-phnom-penh-70393/
Suspect in tycoon’s murder questioned
Seang Veasna, the suspected gunman in the murder of Ung Meng Cheu allegedly orchestrated by fugitive tycoon Thong Sarath, was questioned again at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday regarding his whereabouts on the night of the November 2014 shooting. ...
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/suspect-tycoons-murder-questioned
Turkish target arrested after S’ville shooting
Police in Sihanoukville arrested a Turkish businessman Friday afternoon, less than 24 hours after gunmen fired up to 10 shots at his car from a passing vehicle, leaving a Cambodian man wounded outside Kampongsom City Casino on Thursday night, officials said. ...
Kang Sothear and Sek Odom
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/turkish-target-arrested-after-sville-shooting-78846/
Montagnard minder tells of ordeal in Vietnam
As police closed in on Montagnard asylum seekers hiding in the forests of Ratanakkiri province last week, Klan Hoeun, 42, said Wednesday that he knew he had to at least try to get the group to Phnom Penh, to safety. ...
Aun Pheap and Chris Mueller
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/montagnard-minder-tells-of-ordeal-in-vietnam-79137/
Cambodian FM meets U.S. official on bilateral, regional issues
Cambodian Foreign Minister Hor Namhong met with David McKean, director of Policy Planning Office at the U.S. State Department here on Wednesday and the two sides discussed a number of issues ranging from bilateral ties to regional matters. ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2015-03/18/c_134078493.htm
In the dock: CNRP case to finally see court
After several stops and starts, the Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Friday will finally hear the case against 11 opposition officials and activists arrested last July on charges of insurrection following a political protest at Freedom Park that turned violent. ...
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/dock-cnrp-case-finally-see-court
Cambodia won’t renew dredging licenses amid industry study: ministry official
Authorities will not renew operating licenses for sand-dredging companies in Cambodia if impact studies on the industry are not completed by the time the licenses expire at year-end, a ministry official said Friday. ...
RFA Khmer News Staff
http://bit.ly/1Fvo7ux
Kem Sokha to honor Phnom Penh court summons
CNRP Vice President Kem Sokha announced on his Facebook page on Tuesday that he would honor his summons to appear at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court this morning to answer questions about the opposition party’s protests in 2013 and 2014. ...
Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/kem-sokha-to-honor-phnom-penh-court-summons-81613/
Finance ministry sets forth rough plans for 2016 budget
The Ministry of Finance unveiled its strategic plan for next year’s budget during a forum Tuesday at the ministry in Phnom Penh, placing a focus on increasing state revenue, ramping up industrial productivity and spreading the benefits of economic expansion. ...
Kang Sothear
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/finance-ministry-sets-forth-rough-plans-for-2016-budget-81622/
Gov’t misses deadline for new price list
Nearly three weeks after releasing an official price list for basic public services such as the production of passports and ID cards aimed at combating corruption, Interior Ministry officials Monday admitted that the new prices were not yet being applied. ...
Kang Sothear
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/govt-misses-deadline-for-new-price-list-82223/
Prison refuses to release woman despite order from court
Despite an order from the Supreme Court, officials at Prey Sar prison Thursday refused to release a woman on bail who has been jailed since November as part of a bitter land dispute with tycoon Khun Sear, her lawyer said. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/prison-refuses-to-release-woman-despite-order-from-court-82544/
Prison officials ‘ignoring’ bail order
Officials at Phnom Penh’s Prey Sar prison have ignored a Supreme Court order permitting the bail of activist Ly Seav Minh, whose family is embroiled in a long-running land dispute with a politically connected company, her lawyer said yesterday. ...
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/prison-officials-ignoring-bail-order
Garment association re-elects chairman, approves term limit
The Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia re-elected Van Sou Ieng as chairman—a position he has held for nearly two decades—at its annual general meeting on Saturday but approved a new two-term limit on the two-year post. ...
Cambodia gets its first LGBT magazine
The land of Cambodia is so far removed from our world, that the southeast Asian nation’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community is only now getting its first publication aimed at LGBT readers: Q Cambodia. ...
Thom Senzee
http://bit.ly/1KPZ7Tx
Students protest over inability to sit exams
Nearly 200 midwives and nursing students at the International University in Phnom Penh’s Sen Sok district protested yesterday after reportedly being denied the necessary documents required to sit the Ministry of Health’s state civil servant exam this summer. ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/students-protest-over-inability-sit-exams
CNRP to try to cancel VN border pact
Opposition lawmakers will propose the cancellation of a 2005 amendment to a border treaty with Vietnam in the National Assembly. Speaking yesterday, Sam An said the CNRP is calling for the border map deposited at the United Nations to be enforced. ...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cnrp-try-cancel-vn-border-pact
Cambodian, Japanese financial bodies sign cooperation deal on bank supervision
The National Bank of Cambodia ( NBC), or the Central Bank, and the Japan Financial Services Agency (JFSA) signed a cooperation agreement on Wednesday, aiming at exchanging experience and expertise in the area of bank supervision, according to a news statement. ...
Three injured in clash between rival Labor Unions
Three members of the Free Trade Union were hospitalized after being beaten by members of a rival union during a protest Wednesday morning at the SH International garment factory in Phnom Penh’s Pur Senchey district, union and police officials said. ...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/three-injured-in-clash-between-rival-labor-unions-85350/