Cambodia takes measures to detect Ebola virus in travelers
As the deadly Ebola virus continues to plague parts of western Africa, Cambodia has since August put in place detection measures at its international airports and border crossings to screen for several diseases. ...
Kong Sothanarith
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/cambodia-takes-measures-to-detect-ebola-virus-in-travelers/2442400.html
Taxi drivers, market sellers protest in Poipet
About 300 workers, including taxi drivers and market vendors, protested in front of the Poipet International Border Checkpoint on Thursday to voice their anger at authorities on both sides of the Thai-Cambodian border. ...
Saing Soenthrith
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/taxi-drivers-market-sellers-protest-in-poipet-68240/
Commune chief behind a grenade attack
Police arrested a commune official for being mastermind behind a grenade attack in October, which left one person dead, and five others injured when two unidentified men threw a grenade at a group of family members who were having lunch in front of their house. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/commune-chief-behind-a-grenade-attack-7894
Pen Sovann plans ICC complaint against Vietnam
Former Cambodian Prime Minister Pen Sovann, who was installed by the Vietnamese after they toppled the Khmer Rouge, but was later removed and imprisoned in Vietnam, has announced a plan to file a complaint against Cambodia’s eastern neighbor at the International Criminal Court. ...
Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/pen-sovann-plans-icc-complaint-against-vietnam-75802/
Handcart-pullers block border checkpoint over bribes
More than 100 handcart-pullers who transport goods across the Cambodian-Thai border protested at the Poipet International Checkpoint in Banteay Meanchey province on Thursday, accusing the Poipet City governor of breaking his promise to stop customs officials from demanding exorbitant bribes of them. ...
Saing Soenthrith
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/handcart-pullers-block-border-checkpoint-over-bribes-76575/
Military police officer, retired soldier detained over beating
A military police officer and a retired Royal Cambodian Armed Forces soldier are being detained at the Battambang provincial military police headquarters after beating a crowd of 11 scavengers for allegedly stealing a bra and pants from one of their wives, officials said on Sunday. ...
Mech Dara
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/military-police-officer-retired-soldier-detained-over-beating-78014/
UN due to announce new human rights envoy
The U.N. was due to appoint its new human rights envoy to Cambodia on Friday night at the 28th session of the Human Rights Council (HRC) in Geneva, with British academic Rhona Smith expected to be selected from a three-person shortlist. ...
Simon Henderson
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/un-due-to-announce-new-human-rights-envoy-80916/
Hun Sen praises Cambodia’s new era of political cooperation
Prime Minister Hun Sen said Tuesday that Cambodia is at a new political stage in its history and called for the continuation of the “culture of dialogue” and putting “an end to the culture of revenge” between politicians from the ruling and opposition parties. ...
RFA Khmer News Staff
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/hun-sen-praises-new-era-of-political-cooperation-04142015145104.html
Police officer arrested, later released after shooting in air
A police officer was arrested on Tuesday night for firing his state-issued K-59 pistol into the air after getting into a fight at a Khmer New Year party in Phnom Penh, but he was released without charge the same night, police said. ...
Ouch Sony
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/police-officer-arrested-later-released-after-shooting-in-air-82050/
Man charged over smuggling Cocaine in keyboard
The Siem Reap Provincial Court on Saturday charged a Vietnamese man with possessing and transporting illegal drugs after he was arrested on Thursday at the Siem Reap International Airport with 5.25 kg of cocaine hidden inside a musical keyboard, a court official said Sunday. ...
Ouch Sony
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/man-charged-over-smuggling-cocaine-in-keyboard-82126/
Ten Indonesians return home after ambassador’s intervention
Following the intervention of Indonesia’s ambassador to Cambodia last week, 10 Indonesian nationals left the country Sunday after being released by police in Kandal province, where they were being held over a $161,000 theft at a local casino, an embassy official said. ...
Chris Mueller and Mech Dara
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ten-indonesians-return-home-after-ambassadors-intervention-84673/
Controversial NGO law goes to National Assembly for debate
Despite widespread concern it could curtail pro-democracy and rights work in the country, a bill to regulate NGOs in Cambodia arrived at the National Assembly Tuesday, where it must be debated before its likely passage into law. ...
Neou Vannarin
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/controversial-ngo-law-goes-to-national-assembly-for-debate/2824628.html
Thailand placed under nationwide MERS alert
The Public Health Ministry has put Thailand on a nationwide alert for MERS after one foreigner tested positive for the virus at a Bangkok hospital on Thursday, with various measures being implemented to ensure it does not spread. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/thailand-placed-under-nationwide-mers-alert-8698
Thailand, Asean neighbours agree to boost coordination
The leaders of Myanmar and four Southeast Asian neighbours — Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam — vowed at a summit Tuesday to strengthen subregional cooperation in the eight areas of trade and investment, agriculture, industry and energy, transportation, tourism, human resources development, public health, and ...
Bangkok Post News Staff
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/general/601260/thailand-asean-neighbours-agree-to-boost-coordination
Gov’t relies on thermal scans to prevent spread of MERS
In an effort to demonstrate government measures to prevent the potentially fatal Middle East respiratory syndrome from entering Cambodia—days after the disease was found in Thailand—the health minister showcased machines that detect people’s body temperature at Phnom Penh International Airport on Tuesday. ...
Sek Odom
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/govt-relies-on-thermal-scans-to-prevent-spread-of-mers-86331/
Court denies appeal for rights worker in death threat case
The Appeal Court on Friday upheld a Phnom Penh Municipal Court decision to throw out the case of an NGO staffer who claims his life was threatened by security guards working for property magnate Khun Sear at a disputed site in Tuol Kok district. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/court-denies-appeal-for-rights-worker-in-death-threat-case-87330/
Ex-commune chief admits to planning murder
During his trial at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Monday, a former commune chief in Prek Pnov district admitted to organizing the murder of a political rival, who survived the subsequent grenade attack that claimed the life of his 11-year-old son. ...
Ouch Sony
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ex-commune-chief-admits-to-planning-murder-88991/
ELCs tied to destruction of forests in new report
Cambodis’s most crucial forests are disappearing at a rate of more than 2,000 kilometres a year, as agricultural firms continue to harvest timber by illegal means in protected areas and national parks, according to a study from Washington-based Forest Trends. ...
Ethan Harfenist
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/elcs-tied-destruction-forests-new-report
Lawyer asks municipal court to consider tycoon’s son’s obesity
The lawyer for Duong Udomchorvin, who slapped the son of logging tycoon Try Pheap in a Phnom Penh tattoo parlor in April, told a hearing at the municipal court Thursday that his obese client’s poor health should be taken into account in sentencing. ...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/lawyer-asks-municipal-court-to-consider-tycoons-sons-obesity-91097/
Startups discuss reduction in registration fees
Local tech startups discussed a possible reduction in the Ministry of Commerce’s business registration fees at a meeting on Saturday, to ease the initial financial burden on their businesses, given the difficulty in raising funds in Cambodia’s nascent tech market. ...
Hang Sokunthea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/startups-discuss-reduction-registration-fees