Rainsy vows to return amid threats of arrest
Opposition leader Sam Rainsy is scheduled to return to Phnom Penh tonight where he could face arrest and a two-year prison sentence over a defamation case dating back to 2008, his party said yesterday.Eng Chhay Eang, a spokesman of the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party, ...
Meas Sokchea and Alice Cuddy
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rainsy-vows-return-amid-threats-arrest
Men rescued from fishing boat slavery
Two Cambodians were repatriated yesterday after being rescued from a fishing vessel at a port in Senegal on Friday, thanks to collaborative intervention by the International Organization for Migration and Senegalese authorities. Toy Koeun, 29, from Pursat province, and Som Pich, 20, from Kampot province, said ...
Cambodia ready to exit LDC status
Cambodia is well-prepared to minimise economic risks when it graduates from its Least Developed Countries status, according to a senior official at the Ministry of Commerce on May 7. Four LDCs – Cambodia, Laos, Bangladesh and Nepal – met at a virtual workshop last week ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia-ready-exit-ldc-status
Launching of the Cambodian national identity card and passport service for Saturday and Sunday
On 10 January 2022, the General Department of Identification of the Ministry of Interior issued a notification on the launch of the Cambodian national identity card and passport service for Saturday and Sunday.The General Department of Identification has decided to launch an additional service of ...
General Department of Identification of the Ministry of Interior
The progress of the commune/sangkat and the direction of the work of the Kampong Thom Provincial Administration
On 18 January 2022, the Office of the Council of Ministers issued a press release on the progress of the commune/sangkat and the direction of the work of the Kampong Thom Provincial Administration.The Royal Government Spokesperson Unit will hold a press conference on “The progress ...
Office of the Council of Ministers
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. ...
Bank and AusAid criticized for treatment of railway evictees
Bridges Across Borders Cambodia yesterday accused the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAid) of white-washing conditions at relocation sites for families being evicted by a $142 million railway rehabilitation project being funded largely with their money ...
Investigation Into Dam Beatings Ceases, Police Say
Police in Kampot province say they cannot pursue a criminal case against 10 Chinese supervisors at the Kamchay dam worksite for severely beating four Cambodian workers, because the Cambodian men are not cooperating with the investigation after receiving monetary compensation from the Sinohydro company. ...
Ranger arrested for shooting in Jolie-Pitt Foundation area
An environmental ranger and a community forest member on Tuesday were released from prison under court supervision following their brief detention after allegedly firing at a suspect hauling timber within a protected area supported by the Maddox Jolie-Pitt Foundation in Battambang province. ...
Phak Seangly
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ranger-arrested-shooting-jolie-pitt-foundation-area
Land activists seek solutions
More than 700 land activists from the capital, Preah Sihanouk, Svay Rieng, Tbong Khmum, Preah Vihear and Kandal provinces gathered on Tuesday at Freedom Park in Phnom Penh’s Russey Keo district to deliver petitions seeking solutions to their longstanding land disputes. ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/land-activists-seek-solutions
Authorities bust illegal fishing
At least 1,843 cases of illegal fishing were busted by the authorities in the last eight months and 19 out of 89 perpetrAtors were imprisoned by the court, said a report on the overall result of fisheries crimes cracked down nAtionwide. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/authorities-bust-illegal-fishing
Government aims to reduce TB cases
The Health Ministry and the National Centre for Tuberculosis and Leprosy Control (CENat) will investigate to find cases of tuberculosis at locations where many people live and in high-risk groups to reduce the rate of sickness and deaths from TB by 2030. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50483343/government-aims-to-reduce-tb-cases/
Officials seize 400kg of wildlife in Kratie
Phnom Penh Forestry Administration (FA) on Tuesday morning stopped a passenger bus that was carrying snakes, water monitor lizards, turtles and tortoises, weighing a total of 400kg, said Kom Seyha, office chief at the Phnom Penh FA, who led the operation. ...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/officials-seize-400kg-wildlife-kratie
Report: Sihanoukville crimes increase 25%
Crimes in Preah Sihanouk province rose by 21 cases to 105 last year compared to 84 in 2017 – a 25% increase – said a report revealed at the closing ceremony of the annual achievement and goal setting by Preah Sihanouk provincial police on Wednesday. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/report-sihanoukville-crimes-increase-25
‘Freeze human traffickers’ assets’
Minister of Interior Sar Kheng ordered relevant authorities to freeze the assets of those found to be involved in human trafficking and illegal logging. Sar Kheng was speaking at the annual Interfaith Forum on Combating Human Trafficking in the capital on Wednesday. ...
Mech Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/freeze-human-traffickers-assets
PM welcomes GDP to forum
After hosting 16 of the Kingdom’s 20 registered parties at the inaugural meeting of the Consultation Forum, two additional parties earlier this week announced their intention to join the group but pushed back against the idea of opposition leaders receiving salaries. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-welcomes-gdp-forum
PM calls for reshuffle of ministry
Prime minister-designate Hun Sen on Friday sent a letter to King Norodom Sihamoni, requesting a reshuffle among top brass at the Ministry of Interior. Seen by The Post on Saturday, the letter indicates that 10 senior officials have reached retirement age. ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-calls-reshuffle-ministry
Activists come together for Prey Lang tree ceremony
The Ministry of Environment and 300 villagers from natural protection communities across four provinces gathered at Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary this weekend for a tree ceremony calling for the protection of natural resources, ministry spokesman Neth Pheaktra told The Post on Sunday. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/activists-come-together-prey-lang-tree-ceremony
‘Mondulkiri forestry crime seized evidence should be moved’
Hundreds of cars, thousands of motorbikes and chainsaws and a haul of timber impounded as evidence at Mondulkiri province’s Keo Seima Wildlife Sanctuary are falling into disrepair and should be moved for proper care, said provincial environment department director Keo Sopheak. ...
Khorn Savi
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/mondulkiri-forestry-crime-seized-evidence-should-be-moved
Licence deadline extended
The deadline for tuk-tuk drivers and riders of motorbikes with engine capacity above 125cc to hold valid licences or face fines has been pushed to August, a senior official at the Ministry of Public Works and Transport said on Thursday. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/licence-deadline-extended