First meeting for union law working group set
The National Assembly has announced the formation of a bipartisan working group, first promised earlier this month, to examine the controversial draft trade union law.The working group, which was established on Wednesday, is composed of five opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party members and five members ...
Mech Dara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/first-meeting-union-law-working-group-set
Launching on Data Protection in the Context of Indigenous Peoples in Cambodia
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On 04 April 2023, Open Development Cambodia (ODC) officially launched the report on Data Protection in the Context of Indigenous Peoples in Cambodia. The event brought together 20 participants (06 females), including representatives from civil society organizations (CSOs) working on indigenous peoples (IPs), data protection ...
Press release on the implementation of the Law on Consumer Protection and Prakas on unfair contract clause in the banking and financial sector
On 24 March 2023, the Ministry of Commerce and the National Bank of Cambodia posted a press release regarding the Press release on the implementation of the Law on Consumer Protection and Prakas on unfair contract clauses in the banking and financial sector on their ...
National Bank of Cambodia
New government looks to more FDI investment
Cambodia is optimistic that it will continue to attract more foreign direct investments following the formation of a new government after the July 23 election, a top official said. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501329609/new-government-looks-to-more-fdi-investment/
Promotion of Cambodia-Hong Kong trade and investment relations discussed
Cambodia and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) will promote their relationship, particularly in terms of trade and investment. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501459806/promotion-of-cambodia-hong-kong-trade-and-investment-relations-discussed/
Vendors given a week to remove alcohol ads in Takeo
The governor of Takeo province has granted one week’s grace to sellers and vendors of alcoholic drinks and wines to remove all billboards and signage that advertises alcoholic products, or face legal consequences. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501522989/vendors-given-a-week-to-remove-alcohol-ads-in-takeo/
Khun Sear land dispute to be settled: lawyer
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court again delayed the trial of a woman whose family is locked in a land dispute with tycoon Khun Sear on Wednesday, this time at the request of her lawyer, who is advising the family to give up their five-year battle ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/khun-sear-land-dispute-to-be-settled-lawyer-80753/
Students compete in counseling competition
About 30 law students on Friday participated in the seventh Client Counseling Competition to put their newly acquired professional skills into practice and compete for a trip to the international competition in Puerto Rico in April. “We created the case based on this year’s theme, ...
Denise Hruby
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/students-compete-in-counseling-competition-52970/
Journalists in CPP firing line over ‘1-party’ tag
The single-party National Assembly sat for the third day of its third plenary session Thursday, with a senior ruling party lawmaker calling on Information Minister Khieu Kanharith to examine whether journalists who call the Assembly “single party” can be punished under law. Sixty-four of the 68 ...
Hul Reaksmey
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/journalists-in-cpp-firing-line-over-1-party-tag-59430/
Mfone’s Licence Revoked; Staff Terminated
The Ministry of Post and Telecommunications has revoked the operating licence of bankrupt phone operator Mfone, which went out of business two months ago, while more than 1,000 employees had their jobs officially terminated yesterday. The revocation of the licence and the mass dismissal of the ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/mfones-license-revoked-staff-terminated-16474/
Fraud Case Highlights Bribery Around Requests for Citizenship
The Court of Appeal on Monday acquitted a South Korean businessman who allegedly stole $50,000 that was supposed to be used to acquire Cambodian citizenship for his boss in 2007. Koo Bonkwang, the former president of Commerce Central Finance, a microlender, said he paid the money ...
Real Wages in Garment Sector Fell Over 10 Years
Wages for Cambodian garment workers decreased by more than 20 percent in real terms between 2001 and 2011 despite the industry’s exponential increase in exports, which in 2012 were valued at more than $4 billion, according to a recent report by a U.S.-based workers advocacy ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/wages-in-garment-sector-fell-22-over-10-years-34788/
King OKs judiciary laws
Three widely condemned laws concerning the operation of the Kingdom’s judiciary were officially signed into effect by King Norodom Sihamoni last month, according to recent copies of the Royal Book. ...
Stuart White
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/king-oks-judiciary-laws
Government Decree Regulates Internet Cafe Use
The Ministry of Post and Telecommunications has ordered that Internet cafes be prohibited from operating within 500 meters of a school and imposing restrictions on patrons under the age of 18. A notice sent to government offices from Telecommunications Minister So Khun, dated November 12, outlines ...
Schools take funding plan to the bank
Like mob deals and black market trades, the Cambodian school budget is dealt in suitcases of cash. Four times a year, the school operating budget is dispersed in stacks of cash transferred from the central bank to the Ministry of Education, eventually ending up with the ...
Laignee Barron and Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/schools-take-funding-plan-bank
UK Pedophile Came to Cambodia to Teach in Schools
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Wednesday charged convicted British pedophile Richard Fruin, 36, with sexually abusing two brothers, aged 8 and 11, at a guesthouse in Phnom Penh, court officials said. While the court has yet to decide Fruin’s fate, his case—and many similar ...
Kuch Naren and Ben Woods
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/uk-pedophile-came-to-cambodia-to-teach-in-schools-46353/
Biofuel case stalls again; British defendant claims extortion
The trial of a British entrepreneur accused of fraud was delayed again at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Wednesday, while the defendant alleged he received an offer to buy his freedom for $1 million. ...
Matt Blomberg and Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/biofuel-case-stalls-again-british-defendant-claims-extortion-100808/
Kompong Chhnang court investigates police chief over rape claims
The Kompong Chhnang Provincial Court has opened an investigation into the alleged rape of a high-school student by a district police chief and summoned the 19-year-old to appear for questioning over the case, officials said Sunday. ...
Huot Chanpav
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/kompong-chhnang-court-investigates-police-chief-over-rape-claims-90427/
NGO director arrested by Vietnamese authorities
A Cambodian NGO director who on Saturday took about 40 of his primary- and high-school students on a trip to a disputed border area in Svay Rieng province was beaten by Vietnamese civilians and imprisoned overnight, officials said Sunday. ...
Mech Dara
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ngo-director-arrested-by-vietnamese-authorities-87341/
Boycott of Virak Buntham bus company launched
In the face of growing criticism and calls for a boycott of their services, Virak Buntham bus company has offered compensation to a customer who says he was robbed on a Siem Reap to Sihanoukville sleeper bus. ...
Jack Laurenson
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/14989/boycott-of-virak-buntham-bus-company-launched/