NGO’s democracy training session shut down
A team of security officials led by a commune chief descended on a private home in rural Koh Kong province on Friday morning to prevent a group of students and activists from holding a democracy training session, an activist and officials said. ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ngos-democracy-training-session-shut-down-98181/
Vanful of luxury wood confiscated in Ratanakkiri after crash
Authorities in Ratanakkiri province said they confiscated a vanful of illegal luxury-grade timber on Wednesday after a van driver crashed into a motorbike on his way to the Vietnamese border with the wood, but let the driver go because he was injured. ...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/vanful-of-luxury-wood-confiscated-in-ratanakkiri-after-crash-98796/
Cambodia's Angkor Wat earns over $47 mn in 10 months
Revenue from ticket sales to foreign tourists visiting Cambodia’s famed Angkor Wat temple reached $47.68 million in the first 10 months of 2015 — up 0.62 percent year-on-year, according to an official statement on Tuesday. ...
Business Standard News Staff
http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/cambodia-s-angkor-wat-earns-over-47-mn-in-10-months-115110300882_1.html
Kratie bans rice wine production after 17 die
Authorities in Kratie province have ordered an emergency ban on the production of rice wine as the death toll from methanol poisoning in the province over the past five days rose to 17 with the deaths on Sunday of five people in Chet Borei district. ...
Ouch Sony
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/kratie-bans-rice-wine-production-after-17-die-102892/
Lawyer questioned in CNRP lawmaker attack investigation
A lawyer for two opposition lawmakers brutally beaten in front of the National Assembly two months ago appeared at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Monday on behalf of his clients, who earlier this month filed an attempted murder complaint against their attackers. ...
Sek Odom
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/lawyer-questioned-in-cnrp-lawmaker-attack-investigation-104086/
Interior ministry takes aim at illegal guns
Following a nationwide spate of violent gun crime over the past few months, the government has called on City Hall for help in its crackdown on illegal firearms, a problem one Ministry of Interior official laid at the feet of authorities themselves. ...
Mech Dara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/interior-ministry-takes-aim-illegal-guns
Thai princess helicopters to Ratanakkiri, inspects bathroom
Thai Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn flew from Phnom Penh to Ratanakkiri province and back again on Monday, alighting for a lakeside lunch and the opening of a health center on the first day of her three-day visit to the country. ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/thai-princess-helicopters-to-ratanakkiri-inspects-bathroom-108843/
US museum returns stolen Rama statue
A 10th century stone carving of the Hindu deity Rama, the last remaining statue from the Koh Ker temple complex that had been on public display outside Cambodia, was returned to Phnom Penh last week, officials confirmed on Sunday. ...
Peter Ford and Ouch Sony
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/us-museum-returns-stolen-rama-statue-109134/
Unions, NGOs ask for time to review draft union law
With the draft union law due to be debated during a public forum on Wednesday, a group of 21 unions and NGOs released a statement yesterday calling on the National Assembly to allow more time to discuss the legislation before it is passed. ...
Lay Samean
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/unions-ngos-ask-time-review-draft-union-law
UN statement slammed for ‘stunning’ timidity
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon expressed concern over the fractious political situation in Cambodia on Sunday, in a two-sentence statement issued through his press office that rights activists on Monday blasted for its timidity and brevity. ...
Taylor O'connell
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/un-statement-slammed-for-stunning-timidity-113249/
Driver error leading cause of road traffic accidents in Cambodia
Human error is the leading cause of road traffic accidents in Cambodia and young people on motorcycles make up the largest number of deaths on the nation’s roads, where 1,108 fatalities were recorded in the first six months of 2016. ...
Dy Khamboly
http://www.voacambodia.com/a/driver-error-leading-cause-of-road-traffic-accidents-in-cambodia/3395621.html
Police chief abuses power, commune chief says
More than 200 villagers living on the fringe of a giant hydropower project in Stung Treng province are lobbying for their commune’s police chief to be removed, alleging that he habitually confiscates illegally logged wood from villagers on behalf of powerful business interests. ...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/police-chief-abuses-power-commune-chief-says-100217/
Police reinvestigating case of local journalist killed by mob
Prosecutors in Kompong Speu province have ordered police to reinvestigate the demise of a newspaper reporter who was reportedly bludgeoned to death by an angry mob on Sunday, while the victim’s family and employer cast doubt on the official version of events. ...
Niem Chheng
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/police-reinvestigating-case-of-local-journalist-killed-by-mob-107540/
Anti-dam activist denies illegal logging charge at trial
On trial at the Koh KOng Provincial Court On Wednesday, anti-dam activist Ven Vorn denied the illegal logging charge laid against him last year over his involvement in the cOnstructiOn of a wooden community center, his lawyer said. ...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/anti-dam-activist-denies-illegal-logging-charge-at-trial-108652/
CPP touts Hun Sen’s attendance at US summit
Sitting in a meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama and fellow Asean leaders in California on Tuesday, Prime Minister Hun Sen seemed to have his mind on what Cambodians would think of his participation in this week’s U.S.-Asean Summit. ...
Anthony Jensen and Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cpp-touts-hun-sens-attendance-at-us-summit-108697/
New centre for mentally ill planned in wake of Prey Speu mass escape
After a mass escape of 70 inmates from the notorious Prey Speu centre on Sunday, the government said they would take mentally ill people rounded up off the streets and house them on the same site as a Kandal orphanage. ...
Kong Meta and Erin Handley
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-centre-mentally-ill-planned-wake-prey-speu-mass-escape
Justice ministry praises UN rapporteur
Justice Ministry spokesman Chin Malin sang the praises of UN Special Rapporteur Rhona Smith on Saturday, following a report in the Post on Friday that she had lost the confidence of many in the human rights community. ...
Rainsy cancels return to Phnom Penh
Turning his back on a public promise, opposition leader Sam Rainsy canceled his scheduled return to Cambodia on Monday night and said he would instead return “in the next few days,” refusing to guarantee that his time abroad would not stretch into weeks or months. ...
Alex Willemyns and Mech Dara
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/rainsy-cancels-return-to-phnom-penh-100503/
Sokha warns youth against provocative use of Facebook
Deputy opposition leader Kem Sokha on Thursday told a conference of the CNRP’s provincial youth leaders to be careful with what they post on Facebook, asking them to remain polite in political arguments to prevent provoking any trouble with the ruling CPP. ...
Mech Dara and Alex Willemyns
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/sokha-warns-youth-against-provocative-use-of-facebook-102004/
Government starts preparing confiscated ELCs for poor
Land Management Minister Im Chhun Lim said on Monday his staff were already at work studying land that the government has confiscated from economic land concession (ELC) owners for redistribution to poor families, though details on the location of the sites remained elusive. ...
Kang Sothear
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/government-starts-preparing-confiscated-elcs-for-poor-109220/