Another toll road contract canceled by prime minister
For the third time in as many months, the government has canceled a contract with a private company operating a toll road in response to complaints from motorists. ...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/another-toll-road-contract-canceled-by-prime-minister-107691/
City Hall plans penalty for pet poop in parks
Beginning Tuesday, dog owners who let their pooches relieve themselves in Phnom Penh’s most popular parks will be discouraged by signs, with fines to follow for those who fail to heed the warnings, according to City Hall. ...
ប៊ុត គីមសាយ and Taylor O'connell
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/city-hall-plans-penalty-for-pet-poop-in-parks-113260/
Court officials’ lawsuit against election official pushed back
A judge postponed the start of a defamation trial against National Election Committee official Ny Chakrya on Monday after the two Siem Reap court officials who brought the case against him failed to show up at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court. ...
Ouch Sony
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/court-officials-lawsuit-against-election-official-pushed-back-115607/
Cops handcuffed by seizure rules, sentencing: chief
Police officials yesterday called for tougher sentencing of drug dealers and for the government to make it “easier and faster [for police] to seize their property”, as the Interior Ministry’s annual drugs conference wrapped in the capital. ...
Mech Dara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cops-handcuffed-seizure-rules-sentencing-chief
Kampong Speu villagers block road they say companies damaged
A hundred people from 10 villages in Kampong Speu on Monday blocked a road to a mountain where construction supply companies operate rock quarries. ...
Kong Meta
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kampong-speu-villagers-block-road-they-say-companies-damaged
Sam Rainsy summoned to court over Facebook lawsuit
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court has summoned opposition leader Sam Rainsy to appear for questioning in yet another court case, the third lawsuit he has been hit with since a warrant was issued for his arrest in November, according to a copy of the new ...
Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/110119-110119/
Graft Unit grills rights workers; UN stays away
The Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) questioned officers of local human rights group Adhoc late into the evening for a second straight day on Thursday over claims that they had instructed the alleged mistress of deputy opposition leader Kem Sokha to deny their affair. ...
Ben Sokhean and Zsombor Peter
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/graft-unit-grills-rights-workers-un-stays-away-111887/
HRW slams government over lawmaker attack case
The investigation and trial following the brutal attack on two opposition lawmakers by members of Prime Minister Hun Sen’s personal bodyguard unit last year has all the hallmarks of a “blatant cover-up,” according to a report released by Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday. ...
Khy Sovuthy and George Wright
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/topstory/hrw-slams-govt-over-lawmaker-attack-case-113110/
Lèse majesté law in works for Cambodia
The Ministry of Justice today confirmed that a proposed lèse majesté law would be among a series of legal amendments considered by the Constitutional Council on Friday. ...
Mech Dara and Andrew Nachemson
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/lese-majeste-law-works-cambodia
CNRP official Meach Sovannara arrested
Meach Sovannara, an official from the opposition CNRP, was arrested while driving down Monivong Boulevard in Phnom Penh on Tuesday morning, according to police and another CNRP official. Mr. Sovannara, who is also the director of the opposition Khmer Post Radio, was arrested in accordance with ...
Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cnrp-official-meach-sovannara-arrested-72082/
Passport pickiness: Nine nations screened at airport: CIA
Travellers from nine South Asian, African and Middle Eastern nations are likely to face increased scrutiny at Phnom Penh’s airport security, according to a new release from Wikileaks. ...
Laignee Barron
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/passport-pickiness-nine-nations-screened-airport-cia
Two Russians arrested after fight over Kazantip profits
Police arrested two Russian men at a rented villa in Sihanoukville on Saturday after a Moldovan man was injured in a fight that began when one side allegedly demanded a portion of the profits from the upcoming Kazantip music festival, officials said on Sunday. ...
Ouch Sony and Chris Mueller
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/two-russians-arrested-after-fight-over-kazantip-profits-78001/
Group of 20 monks repatriated
Following a number of separate arrests made in Thailand, a bus shepherded 20 Cambodian monks back home through the international checkpoint at Poipet on Saturday afternoon, local officials said yesterday. ...
Taing Vida
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/group-20-monks-repatriated
Extradition pact sees next steps
The Ministry of Justice has established a working group to examine a draft extradition treaty with Russia, the latest step in a process that could ultimately see prominent fugitives deported, a ministry spokesman said yesterday. ...
Taing Vida
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/extradition-pact-sees-next-steps
VN monks chased off of island
Authorities yesterday forced out 10 Vietnamese citizens and burned down several shrines illegally built on a Navy-controlled island off of Koh Kong province, an official said. ...
Sarah Taguiam
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/vn-monks-chased-island
19 Cambodian monks arrested, defrocked in Phuket
Nineteen Cambodian monks were defrocked and arrested yesterday (December 2) after police found them to be in Thailand illegally and soliciting donations in Wichit. Police search three tents and found foreign and Thai cash inside each monk’s bag. Some had around B1,000, others more than ...
Suthicha Sirirat
http://www.thephuketnews.com/19-cambodian-monks-arrested-defrocked-in-phuket-49949.php
Commune chief behind a grenade attack
Police arrested a commune official for being mastermind behind a grenade attack in October, which left one person dead, and five others injured when two unidentified men threw a grenade at a group of family members who were having lunch in front of their house. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/commune-chief-behind-a-grenade-attack-7894
Woman claimed family ties with PM, police say
A woman who allegedly presented herself as both a relative of Prime Minister Hun Sen and the sister of logging magnate Try Pheap was arrested by military police in Poipet town on Monday on suspicion of fraud, provincial military police commander Or Borith said yesterday. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/woman-claimed-family-ties-pm-police-say
Appeal of UN murder charges
The convicted man sentenced to just 13 years in prison for murdering a Dutch UN worker and her baby daughter last year in Phnom Penh could face a lengthier sentence if a pending appeal is successful, according to court documents. ...
Sean Teehan and Cheang Sokha
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/appeal-un-murder-charges
Gov’t journo arrested over alleged extortion
A journalist from state news agency Agence Kampuchea-Presse (AKP) was arrested on Tuesday evening in Preah Vihear town after the owners of several local shops that make and sell wooden furniture and handicrafts accused him of extortion, provincial police officials said. Khat Hun, the director of ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/govt-journo-arrested-over-alleged-extortion