Ratanakkiri prison director accused of abuses
Dozens of officials at Ratanakkiri Provincial Prison have called for the director of the facility to be removed, citing a wide range of violations, including having sex with a female inmate, permitting unsanctioned prison labour and pocketing money paid in exchange for benefits. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ratanakkiri-prison-director-accused-abuses
Workers demand outstanding wages
Up to 90 former workers from defunct Korean-owned Keohwea International Garment Factory gathered in front of the vacant factory building in Kampong Speu’s Kaheng commune yesterday morning to demand that the owner of the building sell the machinery left there by the Korean business owner, ...
Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/18952/workers-demand-outstanding-wages/
Rubber association to appeal for suspension of export tax
The Association for Rubber Development in Cambodia will submit a letter to the government asking it to suspend export taxes on rubber due to the sharp decline in its price and to prevent more farmers from going out of business, its secretary general, Men Sopheak, ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/21034/rubber-association-to-appeal-for-suspension-of-export-tax/
Invitation letter from Council of Ministers to civil society groups
Department of Civil Society, NGOs and Human Rights, of the office of the Council of Ministers, invites the executive director of Cooperation Committee for Cambodia (CCC) to meet and discuss about “challenges, coordination mechanisms and strengthening cooperation between civil society organizations and Royal Government of ...
Council of Ministers
Magistracy meet calls for order in the court
Judge and prosecutors were called to a two-day workshop to address the sector’s pervasive ethics challenges, but legal experts said change could not occur until there were concrete rules, instead of vague moral guidelines. ...
Mech Dara and Erin Handley
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/magistracy-meet-calls-order-court
US preps kingdom for nuclear energy
The US Department of Energy (DOE) held a workshop on “Nuclear Safeguards and the Additional Protocol” at Phnom Penh’s Sunway Hotel yesterday, highlighting the need for more technical knowledge and greater information sharing on nuclear power in Cambodia. ...
Jonathan Greig
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/24387/us-preps-kingdom-for-nuclear-energy/
New human rights czar defends government against ‘darkness’
As protesters were being arrested during peaceful demonstrations in Phnom Penh on Monday morning, the new chairman of the government’s human rights committee held a press conference to reassure the public that the country’s human rights situation was stable. ...
Sek Odom
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/new-human-rights-czar-defends-government-against-darkness-112386/
Government taking inventory of fuel stocks
The Ministry of Commerce is visiting the Kingdom’s petroleum importers to check their inventories following the release of new regulations this week that require the companies to maintain and report their stock levels, a ministry official said yesterday. ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/government-taking-inventory-fuel-stocks
Another setback for online business registry
The Ministry of Commerce has extended the deadline for companies to re-register their businesses online for a third – and “final” – time, giving companies until December 31 to complete the online registration before penalties kick in, according to a document posted yesterday on the ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/another-setback-online-business-registry
Chinese dual tax burden relieved
An extensive tax treaty that would shield Chinese businesses operating in the Kingdom from double taxation, and vice versa, has been drafted and is expected to be approved imminently, according to a senior Cambodian tax official. ...
Kali Kotoski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/chinese-dual-tax-burden-relieved
Cambodia to protect European patents
Cambodia is set to become the first country in Southeast Asia to recognise and protect European patents after the Minister of Industry and Handicrafts signed an agreement with the European Patent office (EPO) yesterday. ...
Kali Kotoski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia-protect-european-patents
Mother Nature sentence upheld as activists mull return
The Court of Appeal on Wednesday upheld a $25,000 fine for three environmental activists who fled the country after being convicted of threatening to destroy a sand dredging barge in Koh Kong province in 2015. They are now debating returning home, however, after the court ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/mother-nature-sentence-upheld-as-activists-mull-return-125236/
South Korea-Funded Civil Aviation Training Center Inaugurated
A civil aviation training center was launched in Phnom Penh on Wednesday, three years after an agreement was signed with South Korea to fund the construction of the new facility. ...
Hang Sokunthea
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/s-korea-funded-civil-aviation-training-center-inaugurated-126918/
Regulator pushes for corporate governance
The vast majority of local companies lack corporate governance standards and provide insufficient business information, requiring investors and regulators to do heavy due diligence work that stops businesses from tapping into additional funding sources, officials said yesterday. ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/regulator-pushes-corporate-governance
Steady FDI helps keep economy on course
Total foreign direct investment receipts have remained consistent over the past five years, according to a new government report that incorporates central bank data. ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/steady-fdi-helps-keep-economy-course
TRC: Ensure mobile networks OK
The Telecommunication Regulator of Cambodia yesterday urged all mobile operators to ensure that their services remain uninterrupted throughout the remainder of the commune election campaign period and during this weekend’s polling. ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/38894/trc--ensure-mobile-networks-ok/
Notification on the temporary suspension of the implementation of VAT on nontaxable supplies
On 06 July 2017, the General Department of Taxation has issued a notice to all financial institutions operating in the Kingdom of Cambodia to be aware that the implementation of a May 25 prakas that more clearly defines the government’s laws for nontaxable supplies concerning ...
General Department of Taxation
Cambodia, China Sign Six Cooperation Deals
Cambodia and China reached here yesterday six memorandums of understanding (MoUs) in order to further tighten and expand the cooperation between the two countries. The signing ceremony was witnessed by Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen and visiting H.E. Liu Yunshan, ...
C. Nika
http://www.akp.gov.kh/?p=110177
Cambodia asks for GSP status
Representatives from trade unions and employers associations will put forward a request to the European Union and the United States to consider extending preferential treatment – also known as the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) – for a number of Cambodian products. ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5084793/cambodia-asks-gsp-status/
Government fails to recoup on rubber expenses
Despite a 31 percent increase in Cambodian rubber exports during the first 11 months of this year, the Ministry of Agriculture is failing to recoup on expenses it has spent sending expert technicians into the field in order to help boost production. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/government-fails-recoup-rubber-expenses