National assembly votes in two new measures; CNRP absent
Lawmakers at a CPP-only session of the National Assembly voted yesterday to approve a new Law on commune elections and an updated set of internal rules for the Assembly. ...
Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/national-assembly-votes-in-two-new-measures-cnrp-absent-98917/
Lèse majesté law now in effect
A set of controversial laws and constitutional amendments was quietly signed by Senate President Say Chhum in place of the King last week, going into effect immediately despite the Justice Ministry previously claiming there would be a promulgation period. ...
Niem Chheng and Andrew Nachemson
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/lese-majeste-law-now-effect
King again in Beijing for contested Party Law’s signing
King Norodom Sihamoni will once again be out of Cambodia on the day that widely condemned new laws are due to be signed into force, prompting some observers to suggest he is abstaining from affixing his signature to politically questionable legislation. ...
Meas Sokchea and Erin Handley
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/king-again-beijing-contested-party-laws-signing
KPP asked to submit reports to government
A meeting yesterday between Interior Ministry officials and the acting leader of jailed government critic Sourn Serey Ratha’s Khmer Power Party ended with the party being asked to file missing annual reports to bring it in line with the Political Parties Law. ...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kpp-asked-submit-reports-government
Focus shifts to oversight of health care providers
After a yearlong campaign to register health providers, the Ministry of Health and medical councils now say they must turn their focus to training and oversight of nurses and doctors in the field. ...
Danielle Keeton-Olsen
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/focus-shifts-oversight-health-care-providers
Senate passes amendments to 10 articles of trade union law
The Senate on Monday approved draft amendments to 10 articles of the Law on Trade Unions at the fourth session of the fourth legislature. It did so without modification, following its approval by the National Assembly last month. The 10 articles comprise Articles 3, 17, ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/senate-passes-amendments-10-articles-trade-union-law
City Hall brings in security guards to collect trash
District security guards, often used to break up demonstrations and beat protesters, were mobilized Tuesday to help clean up the city as hundreds of Phnom Penh’s trash collectors continued their strike over pay and working conditions. City Hall spokesman Long Dimanche said 60 Cintri trucks returned ...
Ben Sokhean and Holly Robertson
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/city-hall-brings-in-security-guards-to-collect-trash-63583/
Law on NGOs to be discussed in May: Hun Sen
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Sunday said that draft Law on Non-Government Organizations will be discussed and adopted at Cabinet in May 2015, and the Law will be adopted by 50 percent plus one majority vote at the National Assembly. According to the figures of ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://bit.ly/1IBJQBf
Minister of Information: the draft Law on Access to Information is for all
Information minister Khieu Kanharith said the law on Access to Information has been drafted to serve not only the journalists, but it’s for all Cambodians as well as foreigners working and doing business in Cambodia. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/minister-of-information:-the-draft-law-on-access-to-information-is-for-all-8856
Senate begins discussing State of Emergency draft law
The Senate’s permanent committee today is handing over the draft law on “State of Emergency” to its expert commission for study before its upcoming plenary session. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50712641/senate-begins-discussing-state-of-emergency-draft-law/
Traffic fine increase gets green light
Nearly a year after being signed into law, Cambodia’s new traffic code is just weeks from finally being enforced.National Police chief Neth Savoeun yesterday said that drivers have had plenty of notice, and the time for implementation has come. As of January 1, fines for ...
Taing Vida and Igor Kossov
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/traffic-fine-increase-gets-green-light
PM slams US take on Party Law
Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday launched a not-so-thinly-veiled attack on the US over its recent public airing of concerns over the newly amended Law on Political Parties, arguing that its past bombing of Cambodia left it no moral high ground from which to criticise the ...
Touch Sokha
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-slams-us-take-party-law
Senate passes draft law on Gov’t Securities
The Senate on December 21 approved on the Draft Law on Government Securities which allows the government to prepare bonds to issue in the capital market to collect funds from the public for the country’s development. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/senate-passes-draft-law-govt-securities
Draft Law on SMEs finished, en route to industry minister
The Ministry of Industry, Science, Technology and Innovation plans to submit a Draft Law on Small and Medium Enterprises to the Ministry of Economy and Finance soon for further review and input, after a technical working group completed the document. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/draft-law-smes-finished-en-route-industry-minister
Consumer protection norms to ensure post-Covid business harmony: minister
Minister of Commerce Pan Sorasak reiterated a called for businesspeople to fulfil their obligations to protect consumers in accordance with the laws and regulations in force and contribute to the shared overarching objectives of harmonisation and sustainable development. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/consumer-protection-norms-ensure-post-covid-business-harmony-minister
Draft investment law approved
The government has approved the draft investment law, following a plenary session of the Council of Ministers chaired by Prime Minister Hun Sen via a Zoom call on July 9. “The law is aimed at increasing Cambodia’s potential at attracting more domestic and foreign investors,” Hun ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/draft-investment-law-approved
Kingdom’s new investments rise on Covid-19 handling law
A high percentage of the Covid-19 vaccinated population, and the new investment law put into force last year have helped increase the number of new investment projects in Cambodia. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501060981/kingdoms-new-investments-rise-on-covid-19-handling-law/
CPP pledges to strengthen law governing immigrants
In a bid to win the support of the people for the upcoming National Election, the ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) has committed itself to strengthening the Law on Immigration on managing foreign immigrants, promising to strongly prevent and suppress illegal crossings, residing and activities ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501230300/cpp-pledges-to-strengthen-law-governing-immigrants/
Cambodia’s New Investment Law does not discriminate between domestic and foreign investors
An International Monetary Fund (IMF) team led by Alasdair Scott said “The Cambodian economy has been recovering, but faces new challenges. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501155851/cambodias-new-investment-law-does-not-discriminate-between-domestic-and-foreign-investors/