Garment association re-elects chairman, approves term limit
The Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia re-elected Van Sou Ieng as chairman—a position he has held for nearly two decades—at its annual general meeting on Saturday but approved a new two-term limit on the two-year post. ...
Union Law ‘close to finished’
Ministry of Labour officials said this week that a controversial draft trade union law is “90 per cent” complete and they are now waiting for inter-ministerial review of the language before they submit it for approval. ...
Sean Teehan
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/union-law-close-finished
Government lacks will to amend LANGO: NGOs
A senior Interior Ministry official has dismissed a statement by the civil society groups saying the government is unwilling to have the Law on Association and Non-governmental organisations amended. ...
Taing Vida
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50689914/government-lacks-will-to-amend-lango-ngos
Senate greenlights draft law before submission to the CCC
The Constitutional Council of Cambodia is expected to review the “State of Emergency” draft law soon after it was unanimously adopted by legislative bodies, passing it to the final phase of becoming legislation. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50714778/senate-greenlights-draft-law-before-submission-to-the-ccc/
Public order draft law in danger of worsening blame culture, say CCHR
The Executive Director of the Cambodian Center for Human Rights Chak Sopheap has said that victim-blame culture encourages violence against women and the public order new draft law is in danger of exacerbating this issue. ...
Sok Srey Lux
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50760102/public-order-draft-law-in-danger-of-worsening-blame-culture-say-cchr/
New immigration bill targets illegal foreigners in Kingdom
General Department of Immigration (GDI) officials are discussing revisions to the new draft law on immigration to prevent foreigners from entering Cambodia illegally and to supervise those living in the Kingdom more effectively. The revisions draw wide support among civil society organisations. ...
Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-immigration-bill-targets-illegal-foreigners-kingdom
Fresh focus on fisheries enforcement
On the orders of Prime Minister Hun Sen, provincial authorities in the provinces around the Tonle Sap Lake have made more than 10 arrests during an operation focused on enforcing fishing laws. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/fresh-focus-fisheries-enforcement
Security issues may destabilise ASEAN: PM
Prime Minister Hun Sen has warned that rising regional and global security challenges could destabilise the ASEAN region if not properly managed. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/security-issues-may-destabilise-asean-pm
NA approves draft laws on clean water, public financial system
The National Assembly (NA) yesterday approved one law on clean water management and another one on public financial management in the extraordinary session of its sixth mandate with 107 lawmakers in response to the growing economy and challenges in the country after they had been ...
Kang Sothear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501235258/na-approves-draft-laws-on-clean-water-public-financial-system/
King promulgates 2024 budget law
King Norodom Sihamoni has issued a Royal Kram promulgating the 2024 Law on Financial Management after the National Assembly (NA) approved it on November 16 and the Senate reviewed it on November 24. ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/king-promulgates-2024-budget-law
Cambodia welcomes more investment from Japan
Prime Minister of Cambodia, Hun Manet, has expressed welcome and support from more investment from Japan in Cambodia. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501396100/cambodia-welcomes-more-investment-from-japan/
Police investigate murder of Vietnamese girl in Svay Rieng
Cambodian and Vietnamese police are investigating the suspected murder and kidnapping of an 8-year-old Vietnamese schoolgirl who was found dead in Svay Rieng province last week after going missing on her way to school in Ho Chi Minh City in January, a Cambodian official said ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/police-investigate-murder-of-vietnamese-girl-in-svay-rieng-80531/
Cebuano musicians play in Cambodia
Twelve students of the Classic Orchestra Music School (COMS) wowed Cambodian royalty, making them forces to be reckoned with in the international music scene. ...
Jenara Regis Newman
http://www.sunstar.com.ph/cebu/entertainment/2016/07/24/cebuano-musicians-play-cambodia-487174
Cambodian School Educates New Generation of Social Workers
Cambodia has some 3,000 registered non-profit groups. Some work on highly sensitive issues such as violence against women and human trafficking. But there are few Cambodians formally trained for such work. That is now changing with the country’s first university-level degree program for social workers. When ...
Teachers group urges ministry to open access to exam
Cambodia’s Independent Civil Servants Association (CICA) has written to the minister of education to request teachers and education officials be given equal access to an exam allowing them to move up the ministry’s pay scale. The association claims the ministry has made recent changes to a ...
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/teachers-group-urges-ministry-open-access-exam
Police, soldiers, military complete good men march
Capping a week in which footage emerged of a tycoon viciously beating a female entertainer and a man entering a Phnom Penh school to slap a teenage girl, some 160 security personnel marched down the riverside here on Friday chanting slogans to conclude the “Good ...
Matt Blomberg and Sek Odom
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/police-soldiers-military-complete-good-men-march-87963/
Investigation Into Man Shot Dead During Protest Yields Nothing
A week after one man was shot dead and several others injured during a standoff between the armed forces and protesters, an investigation into who was responsible is no closer to conclusion, an Interior Ministry spokesman said Sunday. Security experts last week said the armed ...
Kuch Naren and Dene-Hern Chen
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/investigation-into-man-shot-dead-during-protest-yields-nothing-42911/
New job for principal accused of embezzlement
A high school director in Prey Veng province accused of embezzling thousands of dollars was transferred to a new position with the provincial government on Wednesday following a protest by students and teachers. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/110400-110400/
Two Months After Sentencing, Chhouk Bundith Still at Large
Former Bavet City governor Chhouk Bundith, who was convicted in June of shooting into a crowd of protesters and injuring three garment workers, is still at large avoiding an 18-month prison sentence, the national police spokesman said yesterday. “We have ordered all of our authorities to ...
Fainting factory dispute
The Kampong Chhnang provincial labour department has agreed to mediate an ongoing dispute between workers at a garment factory in the province and their employer over alleged violations of the Labour Law. Pov Sitha, director of the provincial labour department, said workers at the M&V International ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2011120553140/National-news/fainting-factory-dispute.html