A village chief in Preah Vihear’s Choam Ksan district has been accused by 40 villagers of threatening to evict members of Yeang commune who voted for the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party. “He threatened to dismiss us from the village, because he found the names of ss='cambodia-color'>...

A court administrator and creditors who have filed complaints against bankrupt mobile operator Mfone are at loggerheads over whether or not to overturn two injunctions filed against the firm to stop it selling off its assets. “The judges are now considering to drop the injunctions because ss='cambodia-color'>...

Former Bavet town governor Chhouk Bandith has appealed — from hiding — his conviction for shooting three women at a protest earlier last year, his lawyer said. His attorney, sun Bunnarith, said that he had filed the appeal about two weeks ago, and that Bandith’s ss='cambodia-color'>...

If a joint committee investigates the irregularities and results from sunday’s election, it will discover the opposition has won between 80 and 90 seats in the 123-seat National Assembly, Cambodia National Rescue Party president sam Rainsy said today. Rainsy told the Post that his party’s final ss='cambodia-color'>...

Opposition party leader sam Rainsy has announced that his Cambodian National Rescue Party (CNRP) will not participate in the first session of parliament unless the poll results are reversed. The NEC’s preliminary results showed that the ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) won 68 seats out ss='cambodia-color'>...

Evictees of Phnom Penh’s Borei Keila community appealed yet again to municipal authorities for alternative housing yesterday, saying garbage and waste has inundated their current settlement and is making it increasingly difficult to enter and exit the area. Borei Keila residents were evicted from their land ss='cambodia-color'>...

A new program launched yesterday has its sights set on ending the endemic problem of sexual harassment against women in the workplace. A ceremony at the Hotel Cambodiana marked the start of safe Workplaces, safer Communities, a project run by CARE Cambodia. The three-year program, which will ss='cambodia-color'>...

Prisons in Banteay Meanchey and Battambang province have been seriously affected by flooding but have not yet been evacuated, according to local rights groups and prison officials. A clogged sewage system has plagued Battambang’s provincial prison, according to Bun sorn, but extra pumps have alleviated ss='cambodia-color'>...

Vietnam Dairy Product Joint-Stock Co, better-known to milk loverS aS Vinamilk, waS granted a licence on Monday to open a $23 million proceSSing facility in Phnom Penh&rSquo;S Special Economic Zone. A Statement to the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange releaSed by the dairy giant on Monday SS='cambodia-color'>...

The father of a 16-year-old boy who went missing during last month’s labor protest crackdowns says he now presumes his son dead. The boy, Khim sophat, was caught up in demonstrations at the Canadia Industrial Zone in early January. He was not listed among the four ss='cambodia-color'>...

Opposition lawmaker-elect Mu sochua and five CNRP youth supporters were ejected Tuesday from Phnom Penh’s Freedom Park after they gathered to film a video for a foundation named after Free Trade Union founder Chea Vichea, who was assassinated in 2004. “We did not come to ss='cambodia-color'>...

Mu Sochua, a lawmaker-elect for the oppoSition CNRP, announced ThurSday that She will on Sunday morning reSume her campaign to enter Phnom Penh&rSquo;S Freedom Park. LaSt month, MS. Sochua appeared at the park alone for four Straight dayS&mdaSh;each day being phySically barred by authoritieS&mdaSh;in an effort SS='cambodia-color'>...

Officials from the opposition CNRP announced Tuesday that they will file lawsuits against deputy Daun Penh district governor sok Penhvuth, who on Monday ordered district security guards to attack a small and peaceful group of CNRP supporters near Phnom Penh’s Freedom Park. speaking at a press ss='cambodia-color'>...

The U.N.’s deputy high commissioner for human rights, Flavia Pansieri—who is on a week­long mission in Cambodia —has been asked to address an arbitrarily enforced ban on public assemblies, which has been in place since January. In a letter dated Monday, Muth Chantha, secretary-general of the ss='cambodia-color'>...

Government spending increased 32 per cent last year, while increases in both domestic revenue and foreign aid helped stabilise Cambodia’s budget deficit, according to budget statements from the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF). The consolidated financial records, which were released on May 8, show Cambodia’s ss='cambodia-color'>...

After blocking a river for months, a construction project’s recently installed water pipes are delivering relief to only some of Battambang’s drought-stricken fields. More than 400 farmers in Bavel district blamed the Asian Development Bank-funded bridge for choking the river since construction began in December, leaving ss='cambodia-color'>...

The United Nations special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Cambodia, surya subedi, will visit the country next week to assess the government’s progress in improving human rights and democratic and land reforms, his office said Wednesday. During the 10-day fact-finding mission, beginning June ss='cambodia-color'>...

The U.N.’s special rapporteur on freedom of assembly and association, Maina Kiai, on Friday wrapped up a three-day unofficial visit to Cambodia by paying a visit to the Boeng Kak community, the site of the country’s longest-running land dispute. Inside the home of high-profile Boeng ss='cambodia-color'>...

A senior ruling party lawmaker has rejected allegations that the group of 21 activists, unionists and workers arrested during protests last month and denied bail for a second time yesterday are being used as a political tool by the government to force the opposition party ss='cambodia-color'>...

About a year after offering the country’s sole agriculture policy, Forte Insurance is struggling to sell coverage. “We still need time to get farmers to understand the benefits of agricultural insurance,” said Youk Chamroenrith, director and general manager of Forte. “We have four clients signed up ss='cambodia-color'>...