Kratie protesters file petition for intervention in land dispute
About 100 villagers from Kratie province came to the capital yesterday to submit a petition to the prime minister’s cabinet and the Interior Ministry requesting government intervention in a land dispute case that has seen three of their fellow residents arrested, according to village representatives. ...
Indian company plans to invest $1 billion in Cambodia
An India-based company is exploring investment opportunities in Cambodia’s real estate and hotel market and says it will invest $1 billion over five years. ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/22859/indian-company-plans-to-invest--1-billion-in-cambodia/
Farmers in northwest struggle as cassava prices remain low
Yon Kob’s cassava fields in Sala Krao district have usually been harvested by now, but this year the thicket of thin, knobby cassava plants is still standing. Mr. Kob has delayed his harvest in the hope that the price of the tuber would rise, but ...
Jonathan Cox
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/22982/farmers-in-northwest-struggle-as-cassava-prices-remain-low/
Little promise in union law debate, says SRP senator
Following the National Assembly’s passage of the draft trade union law last week, the Senate is set to take up the law today, with the permanent committee scheduled to discuss it followed by a vote on Tuesday, said the Senate’s secretary-general Oum Sarith. ...
Vong Sokheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/little-promise-union-law-debate-says-srp-senator
Government says Kep water safe; tourists pour back in
After issuing a public health warning earlier this month for Kep province due to an algal bloom in the coastal water, the government on Friday lifted its precautionary ban on swimming, fishing and eating seafood in the province, according to a statement. ...
Kang Sothear and Hannah Hawkins
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/government-says-kep-water-safe-tourists-pour-back-in-111115/
Car chase results in capture of notorious timber trafficker
Police in Mondolkiri province yesterday arrested a former military police officer with two outstanding warrants after chasing down his SUV and finding a cache of illegally sourced luxury wood inside. ...
Buth Kimsay
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/car-chase-results-in-capture-of-notorious-timber-trafficker-111568/
Police probe death of border guard in Koh Kong
A team of Interior Ministry officials traveled to Koh Kong province on Thursday to help local authorities investigate the death of a border police official who investigators suspect may have been murdered, according to officials. ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/police-probe-death-of-border-guard-in-koh-kong-111906/
City Hall plans penalty for pet poop in parks
Beginning Tuesday, dog owners who let their pooches relieve themselves in Phnom Penh’s most popular parks will be discouraged by signs, with fines to follow for those who fail to heed the warnings, according to City Hall. ...
ប៊ុត គីមសាយ and Taylor O'connell
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/city-hall-plans-penalty-for-pet-poop-in-parks-113260/
Traffic accidents are leading cause of death in Cambodia
Traffic accidents are the leading cause of death in Cambodia, destroying not only lives but national morale, dignity, property and development efforts, a road safety expert told the Hello VOA call-in program on Wednesday. ...
Khamboly Dy
http://www.voanews.com/content/traffic-accidents-are-leading-cause-of-death-in-cambodia/3403777.html
Illegal timber found by police goes missing in Ratanakkiri
A pile of illegally logged wood discovered by police in Ratanakkiri province earlier this month along a road built by a local rubber plantation often accused of illegal logging has since gone missing, a Forestry Administration official said on Sunday. ...
Mother and baby Irrawaddy dolphins found dead in Kratie
A female Irrawaddy dolphin and its baby were found dead yesterday morning in Kratie province’s Chet Borei district, though the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) said the cause of death is still unknown. ...
Niem Chheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/mother-and-baby-irrawaddy-dolphins-found-dead-kratie
Local factories pump out $5.3B in products
Cambodian factories manufactured industrial products worth $5.3 billion during the first seven months of 2016, according to data released yesterday by the Ministry of Industry and Handicraft. ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/local-factories-pump-out-53b-products
Activist gets 2 more years in prison over protest
Jailed opposition activist Ouk Pich Samnang called on the international community to condemn Cambodia’s court system on Thursday after he was handed a further two years in prison for intentional violence and obstructing authorities, despite a dearth of evidence against him. ...
Ouch Sony
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/activist-gets-2-more-years-in-prison-over-protest-93939/
Senator’s son-in-law rejects land grab claim
The son-in-law of Senator Kok An has rejected accusations the tycoon is attempting to grab six hectares of land from a plot he sold to a South Korean development company 10 years ago. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya and Charles Parkinson
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/senators-son-law-rejects-land-grab-claim
Three men jailed for swindling hundreds in land scheme
Three men were charged with fraud in Kratie province on Wednesday after they were arrested for convincing more than 400 people from four provinces to give them money to secure pieces of land, police said Thursday. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/three-men-jailed-for-swindling-hundreds-in-land-scheme-94694/
Kampot villagers say politician not involved in land dispute
Two villagers released on bail by the Kampot Provincial Court on Wednesday on charges of illegally clearing part of a social land concession for retired soldiers said Thursday they would not stop clearing the plot. ...
Unlicensed doctor flees after patient dies in Kompong Thom
A doctor is on the run following the death of a young woman in Kompong Thom province, who died on Friday after receiving an injection from the doctor at an unlicensed clinic, police said Sunday. ...
Kang Sothear
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/unlicensed-doctor-flees-after-patient-dies-in-kompong-thom-95616/
PPAP seeks to generate $6.4M in IPO
The state enterprise that operates Cambodia’s second-largest port is looking to raise up to $6.4 million in its initial public offering (IPO) and float 20 per cent of its shares on the stock market in December, according to a company draft prospectus released yesterday. ...
Cam McGrath
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/ppap-seeks-generate-64m-ipo
Slight dip in rice yields ‘won’t affect exports’
As the harvest of wet-season rice ends this month, a report from the Ministry of Agriculture says the yield will fall slightly below the target but this will not affect exports. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/17674/slight-dip-in-rice-yields----won---t-affect-exports---/
Latest draft of union law leans in unions’ favor
Trade unions appear to have prevailed over employers in their yearslong tug-of-war over a controversial draft Trade Union Law that reached the National Assembly last week. ...
Mech Dara
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/latest-draft-of-union-law-leans-in-unions-favor-101199/