In China, nowhere to run
In yet another case of CambodIan women facIng abuse In ChIna, a 19-year-old told the Post yesterday that she has taken to lIvIng on the streets after the consulate In ShanghaI refused to pay for her repatrIatIon. KIm Sophea*, who claIms she has been forced Into marrIage In ...
Sen David and Laignee Barron
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/china-nowhere-run
Reports: Nojay sought for questioning in Cambodia
Assemblyman Bill Nojay, R-Pittsford, is wanted for questioning in southern Asia as part of an investigation into a $1 million fraud complaint, theCambodian press reported this week. in a July 7 letter, a local Cambodian prosecutor summoned Nojay and three others to appear for questioning in ...
Jon Campbell
http://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/local/2014/09/04/bill-nojay-cambodia-fraud-investigation/15079479/
Court summons issued to Mother Nature founder
“I have my defence rIght to a court hearIng as stated In an InternatIonal covenant and CambodIan laws. My defence lawyer has trIed for more than two-and-a-half years, sInce March 2016, to push for a hearIng. The court dared not schedule a hearIng untIl several ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/court-summons-issued-mother-nature-founder
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មិនយូរប៉ុន្មានក្រោយការប្រកាសលទ្ធផលបឋម គណបក្សសង្គ្រោះជាតិ បានធ្វើសន្និសីទកាសែតមួយប្រកាសមិនទទួលយកលទ្ធផលបឋមនេះ ហើយស្នើឱ្យមានការបង្កើតគណៈកម្មការចម្រុះមួយ ដើម្បីស៊ើបអង្កេតជុំវិញភាពមិនប្រក្រតីទាំងឡាយ។ ស្ថានទូតអាមេរិក នៅរសៀលថ្ងៃទី៣០ កក្កដា ក៏បានស្នើឱ្យមានការស៊ើបអង្កេតជុំវិញដំណើរការ និងលទ្ធផលបោះឆ្នោតដ៏ចម្រូងចម្រាសនេះដែរ។ បន្ទាប់ពីគណបក្សប្រឆាំងបានចេញសេចក្ដីថ្លែងការណ៍ប្រកាសមិនទទួល ស្គាល់លទ្ធផលបោះឆ្នោតបឋម និងស្នើឱ្យមានការបង្កើតគណៈកម្មការចម្រុះមួយដើម្បីស៊ើបអង្កេតពី ភាពមិនប្រក្រតីរួចមក មន្ត្រីកិច្ចការសាធារណៈនៃស្ថានទូតអាមេរិក ប្រចាំកម្ពុជា លោក សន ម៉ាក់ឃីនថូស (Sean McIntosh) បានបង្ហាញពីទស្សនៈគាំទ្រដល់សំណើនេះផងដែរ។ លោកបានស្នើឱ្យមានការស៊ើបអង្កេតរាល់ករណីមិនប្រក្រតីទាំងឡាយ។ លោកបានឱ្យដឹងតាមសារអេឡិចត្រូនិកថា៖ “សហរដ្ឋអាមេរិក សូមកោតសរសើរប្រជាជនកម្ពុជា ចំពោះការចូលរួមដ៏សកម្ម និងដោយសន្តិភាពក្នុងអំឡុងពេលនៃការបោះឆ្នោតថ្នាក់ជាតិ។ យើងសូមអំពាវនាវដល់គ្រប់គណបក្ស និងអ្នកគាំទ្ររបស់ខ្លួន ឱ្យបន្តធ្វើការតាមលក្ខណៈសន្តិភាព និងមានសណ្ដាប់ធ្នាប់ បន្ទាប់ពីការបោះឆ្នោត។ យើងមានការព្រួយបារម្ភចំពោះភាពមិនប្រក្រតីដ៏ច្រើនដែលត្រូវបាន រាយការណ៍ក្នុងដំណើរការបោះឆ្នោត ហើយយើងបានស្នើឱ្យរាជរដ្ឋាភិបាលកម្ពុជា ដោះស្រាយកំហុសដែលកើតមានជាប្រព័ន្ធ ដូចជាបញ្ហាបញ្ជីឈ្មោះអ្នកបោះឆ្នោត និងការប្រើប្រាស់ប្រព័ន្ធផ្សព្វផ្សាយមិនស្មើភាពគ្នាជាដើម។ ដោយមានភាពមិនប្រក្រតីតាមសេចក្ដីរាយការណ៍របស់អ្នកសង្កេតការណ៍ យើងសូមអំពាវនាវឱ្យមានការស៊ើបអង្កេតដោយពេញលេញ និងមានតម្លាភាពមួយដែលនឹងអាចទុកចិត្តបានសម្រាប់ប្រជាជនកម្ពុជា ទាំងអស់”។ ទាក់ទងនឹងបញ្ហានេះដែរ តំណាងជាន់ខ្ពស់នៃសហគមន៍អឺរ៉ុប អ្នកស្រី ខាតស៊្រីន អាសថុន (CatherIne ...
Starbucks to open its first outlet in Vietnam
Global coffee-chain giant Starbucks will enter its 12th Asian market next month when it opens an outlet in Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City. RMA Cambodia CEO Rami Sharaf said the expansion into Vietnam did not automatically mean Starbucks would enter Cambodia. “i don’t think there is ...
As rail plan delayed, homeless take shelter in Battambang station warehouse
Many Battambang residents see the squatter camp at the train depot’s abandoned warehouse as a den of criminals and drug addicts. Fourty-four-year-old Srey Oun sees it as her home. “Many of the people who live here are unemployed,” she said, “but i am always scavenging ...
Ven Rathavong and Jonathan Cox
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/22935/as-rail-plan-delayed--homeless-take-shelter-in-battambang-station-warehouse/
Siem Reap city governor calls for cleaner streets
Siem Reap city authorities issued a letter on Friday, asking all residents, markets, hotels, and guesthouses to control the disposal of trash and divide it properly.Siem Reap city governor So Platong said residents should not throw trash in the street or burn it, but put ...
Sen David
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50103500/siem-reap-city-governor-calls-for-cleaner-streets/
Hun Sen welcomes international investigation
Prime Minister Hun Sen said this afternoon he would “welcome” an international investigation into the contested results of Sunday’s election. “For the sake of free and fair elections, i welcome the international community, all political parties and the NEC to investigate this,” he told reporters, ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hun-sen-welcomes-international-election-investigation
Hor Namhong hopes map issues will be clear
Deputy prime minister Hor Namhong, minister of foreign affairs expressed his optimistic that the map issues for border demarcation will be clear. “i strongly hoped that the result of the verifying will make all of us clear”, he underlined. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/hor-namhong-hopes-map-issues-will-be-clear-8861
South China Sea Will Not Surface at Asean
Cambodia, in its role as Asean chair, has decided that the thorny issue of the South China Sea will not be on the agenda at next month’s Asean Summit in Phnom Penh, CPP lawmaker Cheam Yeap announced yesterday. “Cambodia is a neutral country, and based on ...
Cambodian Opposition Leader Asks King to Intervene in Election Dispute
Cambodia’s opposition leader Sam Rainsy has called on the country’s king to step in to resolve a political crisis over recent disputed polls as time runs out for legal challenges before officials announce final election results this weekend. The Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) president made ...
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/elections-09042013175946.html
Answers demanded on dam site
A month after a company owned by tycoon Kith Meng was ordered to suspend logging the reservoir area of the controversial Lower Sesan ii dam, the government yesterday threatened legal action against it if its orders aren’t followed. in a letter obtained by the Post yesterday, the Council ...
May Titthara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/answers-demanded-dam-site
Civil servants’ bosses told to halt skimming
Civil servants including police officers in a supervisory role who cut into their subordinates’ salaries will face consequences including criminal charges, interior Minister Sar Kheng announced last week. in an order obtained by the Post yesterday, Kheng urged civil servants who handle payroll to immediately report to the ...
Vong Sokheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/civil-servants%E2%80%99-bosses-told-halt-skimming
Injured to file complaints over crackdown
A monk, an opposition lawmaker-elect and a journalist, all assaulted by Daun Penh district security guards near Freedom Park on Friday, said they are in the process of filing legal complaints against the district forces as they recover from their injuries. “i am planning on filing ...
George Wright
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/injured-to-file-complaints-over-crackdown-58025/
Maid agreement looms
Under an agreement with Malaysia, Cambodian migrant workers will be allowed to hold on to their passports and copies of their contracts but will be banned from any “political activities”, according to a draft version of the document obtained by the Post. The memorandum of understanding ...
Alice Cuddy
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/maid-agreement-looms
Are banteng making a comeback in Cambodia? Researchers find new population
Researchers have discovered a new population of banteng (Bos javanicus), a species of wild cattle, in northwestern Cambodia. The discovery was announced June 4, 2014 by Fauna and Flora international (FFi), and efforts are underway to implement conservation initiatives to protect the area and its newfound banteng, ...
Janaki Lenin
http://news.mongabay.com/2014/0623-gfrn-lenin-banteng.html
Indonesian haze may be choking Cambodia
Fires set by plantation owners in indonesia may be to blame for the smog hanging over Phnom Penh, the Ministry of the Environment said yesterday. “i know there is a serious problem with haze,” Ministry spokesman Sao Sopheap told Khmer Times. “We have noticed haze ...
Jonathan Cox
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/16585/indonesian-haze-may-be-choking-cambodia/
Doing business gets easier in Cambodia: World Bank
Cambodia rose five places in the World Bank’s annual Doing Business study to 133i’d out of 185 countries, largely due to the establishment of a credit bureau, which makes acquiring loans easier. The report, which ranks countries in 10 categories on the ease of doing ...
UN Rights Envoy hails Cambodia's political breakthrough
United Nations human rights expert for Cambodia Surya Subedi has welcomed the political breakthrough reached between the two main political parties in Cambodia. “i welcome the agreement reached between both parties that finally breaks the deadlock that has gripped the country for almost a year,” said ...
Bernama News Staff
http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v7/wn/newsworld.php?id=1055742
Parties on NEC roster for election
Three parties – the Cambodian People’s Party, the Cambodia National Rescue Party and Funcinpec – were registered for the May 18 municipal, district and provincial council election as of Saturday, according to the National Election Committee. “As the deadline will close on March 3rd, i think ...
Vong Sokheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/parties-nec-roster-election