The auditor who submitted a report used to convict a husband and wife of embezzling tens of millions of dollars from a company owned by the wife of a tycoon senator admitted yesterday that the quality of his audit was “poor”. The report was used ss='cambodia-color'>...

Just days ahead of sunday’s commune elections, Prime Minister Hun sen again broke his pledge to remain silent during his party’s campaign period and sought to ease the concerns of communities whose livelihoods have been threatened by land disputes. speaking to villagers through a mobile telephone, ss='cambodia-color'>...

As questions linger over the fate of the independent Beehive Radio station in the wake of its owner’s arrest, a government official yesterday insisted there were no plans to stop it from broadcasting, despite its often critical stance toward the ruling party. “No plan to shut ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s nine mobile phone operators on Friday agreed to refrain from engaging in unfair competition by offering generous top-up bonuses aimed at increasing their market share, officials said. Mao Chakrya, director of the Telecommunication Regulator of Cambodia (TRC), said that all of the country’s operators agreed ss='cambodia-color'>...

Phnom Penh’s new governor used his swearing in ceremony to Friday to boldly vow to solve some of the municipality’s longest-running and most high-emotive land disputes. Pa socheatvong officially took over on Friday from outgoing governor Kep Chuktema, who served as the city’s chief for 10 ss='cambodia-color'>...

WASHINGTON &mdaSh; With Cambodia&rSquo;S national parliamentary electionS juSt dayS away, Senior officialS of the ruling Cambodian People&rSquo;S Party Say they are confident in an election victory, deSpite the return of oppoSition leader Sam RainSy. The ruling party haS campaigned on a number of platformS, eSpecially the SS='cambodia-color'>...

CNRP leaders sam Rainsy and Kem sokha said Tuesday that the opposition party will no longer negotiate over the political deadlock with the CPP until the ruling party agrees to a transparent election investigation. The CNRP’s 55 lawmakers-elect have been boycotting the National Assembly since it ss='cambodia-color'>...

The government of China on Monday delivered four units of container scanning machines to Cambodia for using at international border checkpoints. speaking after the signing ceremony, Keat Chhon said the four container scanning machines, totally costing 13.8 million U.s. dollars, are China’s grant aid to ss='cambodia-color'>...

Ruling party lawmakers yesterday unanimously voted to fill each of the National Assembly’s nine commissions with their own members. The vote was made without the presence of the opposition, which has been boycotting parliament since its opening late last month. Among the five Cambodian People’s Party members ss='cambodia-color'>...

Anti-human trafficking NGO SISHA announced the reSultS of itS internal audit yeSterday, attempting to clear financial miSconduct allegationS made earlier thiS year. Retired police detective and founder of the NGO Steve MorriSh came under fire in AuguSt after two of the charity&rSquo;S former employeeS leaked information SS='cambodia-color'>...

The opposition CNRP on Monday threatened to sue the National Election Committee (NEC) over alleged election irregularities during the July 28 ballot—which both the ruling CPP and CNRP claim to have won, though the NEC’s results support a CPP victory. CNRP vice president Kem sokha promised ss='cambodia-color'>...

The case of a Battambang provincial government official ac­cused of embezzling some $200,000 in state funds has been referred to the Anti-Corruption Unit in Phnom Penh, provincial officials said Thursday. Battambang Provincial Court deputy prosecutor Long Hokmeng said a two-week investigation into the case brought against ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Washington-based National Democratic Institute (NDI) on Tuesday shared initial findings from a survey carried out across the country in the wake of July’s national election, which found that one-third of the country’s eligible voters could not vote on election day. Laura Thornton, the NDI’s country ss='cambodia-color'>...

The National Assembly will vote this month to decide whether the ruling CPP’s recently removed Minister of Industry, Mines and Energy, suy sem, will be appointed as the new Minister of Mines and Energy, CPP lawmaker Chheang Vun said Friday. Mr. sem’s return to his old, ss='cambodia-color'>...

Finding out why women’s voices are not being listened to is imperative to increasing the proportion of female political representation in Cambodia, a meeting heard yesterday. The Committee to Promote Women in Politics (CPWP) – which is made up of 12 organisations – hosted discussions in ss='cambodia-color'>...

More than one thousand military police officers on saturday participated in simulated exercises designed to prepare them should demonstrations over the contested results of last month’s national election break out, officials said sunday. The officers, clad in bulletproof vests, were trained in crowd control and riot ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Free Trade Union (FTU) requested that the Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC) permit workers nationwide to take a weeklong holiday in order to participate in the opposition’s planned demonstrations, according to a letter sent by the FTU this week. signed by union president Chea ss='cambodia-color'>...

Resembling a giant Rubik’s cube under construction, the solar-powered factory in Phnom Penh’s Por sen Chey district will be completely off the grid. some 1,350 solar panels, each one capable of generating 100 watts per hour of sunlight, cover the three-story building. In a few months, ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s 38 microfinance institutions reported a 44 percent increase in loan disbursements in 2013, according to a report of the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC), the regulator of banking and finance institutions in the country. The microfinance institutions had lent a total 1.17 billion U.s. dollars ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia has provided examples of “best practices” in the fight against human trafficking for a forthcoming Asean convention against the trafficking of people, experts said Friday at the close of a two-day conference in Phnom Penh on irregular migration and human trafficking. The Asean region is ss='cambodia-color'>...