Sen Sok land dispute families butt heads in Municipal court
A representative of 163 families who were awarded a hectare of land four years ago after a lengthy legal battle accused one of the awardees in the Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Tuesday of inventing a different group of 163 families with claims to the ...
Japan provides $25 million to upgrade city water in Kampot
The Japanese government will extend $25 million in aid to rehabilitate the dilapidated water system in Kampot, an old French colonial river port which is attracting more and more tourists. ...
Donald Lee and Nov Sivutha
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/11925/japan-provides--25-million-to-upgrade-city-water-in-kampot/
Police free garment workers locked in at night by factory
Police in Phnom Penh were called up Friday night to order a Chinese-owned garment factory to release a group of employees it had locked inside in a failed attempt to make them work late into the night, officials said Sunday. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/police-free-garment-workers-locked-in-at-night-by-factory-85157/
Cambodian activists square off with Vietnamese soldiers in border row
Around 200 activists from northeastern Cambodia’s Ratanakiri province led by opposition lawmakers confronted dozens of soldiers and villagers from Vietnam Monday in a standoff over the digging of irrigation ponds in a non-demarcated area along the border shared by the two nations. ...
Ratha Visal
http://bit.ly/1drRRzd
Court date postponed for seven suspects in Ponzi scheme case
Police in Siem Reap province delayed sending seven suspects accused of running a ponzi scheme to court Monday on the order of a prosecutor, who said the director of the company behind the scheme would be appearing today to “guarantee them.” ...
Kang Sothear
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/court-date-postponed-for-seven-suspects-in-ponzi-scheme-case-85220/
‘School of Good Governance’ aims to foster integrity in officials
The Interior Ministry is developing the curriculum for a “School of Good Governance,” which from 2016 will bring officials from the provinces to Phnom Penh for a crash course in acting with integrity, a ministry official and an NGO partner said Monday. ...
Matt Blomberg and Sek Odom
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/school-of-good-governance-aims-to-foster-integrity-in-officials-85226/
Firm says it may turn taps off in Poipet homes
Residents of Banteay Meanchey province’s Poipet City have been warned to brace themselves for a major water shortage over the next two weeks as the company contracted to supply the border town’s clean water scrambles to build a new reservoir amid a localized drought. ...
Sek Odom
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/firm-says-it-may-turn-taps-off-in-poipet-homes-85285/
Police make seven more arrests in ponzi ‘empire’ scheme case
Seven more people believed to be involved in a large-scale Ponzi scheme have been arrested and were questioned by a prosecutor in Takeo province Sunday, bringing to 14 the total number of suspects apprehended in connection with the racket. ...
Kang Sothear
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/police-make-seven-more-arrests-in-ponzi-empire-scheme-case-85540/
Vietnamese river dwellers in Cambodia ask for hold on eviction
Dozens of Vietnamese families illegally residing in floating homes on the Mekong River in southeastern Cambodia’s Kandal province have urged local authorities to postpone their eviction by eight months so they can sell the fish they are raising and avoid financial ruin. ...
Sirey Muny
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/eviction-06152015175601.html
Thai companies vow to address human trafficking in fishing industry
The Board of Trade of Thailand and the Thai Chamber of Commerce, along with four fishing-industry associations and leading players in the sector, vowed Tuesday to continue strenuous efforts to solve the problem of human trafficking and other labour issues, in compliance with the government’s ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://bit.ly/1etqiGJ
RCAF soldier detained in thailand over deadly hit-and run
A Royal Cambodian Armed Forces soldier was arrested by Thai authorities Wednesday on suspicion of a hit-and-run that killed a man across the border and was being detained Friday at a courthouse in Thailand’s Chonburi province, officials said. ...
Sek Odom
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/rcaf-soldier-detained-in-thailand-over-deadly-hit-and-run-86045/
Indian warships in Cambodia, Thailand on South China Sea deployment
Indian warships today entered Cambodia and Thailand as part of a two-month-long operational deployment in South China Sea in pursuant of India’s ‘Act East’ Policy. On departure from Sihanoukville, INS Ranvir and INS Kamorta will exercise with the Cambodian Navy for enhancing inter-operability in maritime ...
The Economic Times News Staff
http://bit.ly/1SIxcXh
Gov’t gets plaudits for drop in underage sex workers
The International Justice Mission (IJM) yesterday lauded Cambodia’s progress in tackling the child sex trade but stressed more needed to be done, including authorising police to use undercover investigation techniques. ...
Shaun Turton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/post-weekend/govt-gets-plaudits-drop-underage-sex-workers
Scavengers cut solid waste in country’s lone recycling progam
The day ends late for Cambodian waste pickers. Darkness does not stop them. They walk through the night wearing small miners’ lights announcing their presence by shouting “et chay,” which means “scavenger.” ...
Marina Shafik
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/12915/scavengers-cut-solid-waste-in-country---s-lone-recycling-progam/
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/
Dozens arrested in separate drug busts at arcade, internet cafe
In separate cases over the weekend, police and military police arrested dozens of people caught smoking crystal methamphetamine at a video arcade in Phnom Penh and an Internet cafe in Siem Reap City, according to officials, who said the venues had been converted into drug ...
Saing Soenthrith
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/dozens-arrested-in-separate-drug-busts-at-arcade-internet-cafe-87984/
In the rush to open more rubber plantations, nobody wins
Land conversions for rubber plantations in continental South-East Asia have expanded to areas where rubber is not historically grown, posing risks to both farmers’ livelihoods and environment conservation. The study defines continental South-East Asia as comprising Cambodia, China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam. ...
SciDevNet News Staff
http://www.scidev.net/asia-pacific/environment/news/in-the-rush-to-open-more-rubber-plantations-nobody-wins.html
In year since political accord, an awkward and uneasy truce
Emerging from a five-hour meeting in the Senate on this day last year, Prime Minister Hun Sen and opposition leader Sam Rainsy struck a pose remarkable for its warmth after a year of growing protests demanding that the long-serving premier step down. ...
Alex Willemyns
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/in-year-since-political-accord-an-awkward-and-uneasy-truce-89107/
18 map sections delivered to Cambodian mission in New York
UN officials have delivered 18 sections of map to Cambodia, which is in the midst of a border row with Vietnam. ...
Sok Khemara
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/eighteen-map-sections-delivered-to-cambodian-mission-in-new-york/2877062.html
Cambodian PM encourages China company to continue investing in Cambodia
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Friday encouraged the China Road and Bridge Corporation to continue investing in Cambodia in order to help the country develop infrastructures. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/cambodian-pm-encourages-china-company-to-continue-investing-in-cambodia-8749