Promnea looks set for constitutional council membership
The National Assembly’s permanent committee yesterday put forward Sam Promnea, a former Tourism Ministry secretary of state, as a new member of Cambodia’s Constitutional Council. ...
Lay Samean
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/promnea-looks-set-constitutional-council-membership
32 Vietnamese arrested in Phnom Penh immigration raids
Thirty-two Vietnamese nationals were arrested during raids by immigration police in Phnom Penh’s Toul Kork district yesterday morning, according to Interior Ministry spokesman Keo Vanthorn. ...
Bun Sengkong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/32-vietnamese-arrested-phnom-penh-immigration-raids
Checkpoint chief leased house to illegal Vietnamese miners
Five Vietnamese nationals who were renting a home from the local immigration department chief were arrested on Friday for conducting illegal mining operations in Ratanakkiri province’s O’Yadav district. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/checkpoint-chief-leased-house-illegal-vietnamese-miners
Surge in new product standards as tariffs fall
A recent surge in the development of national standards for manufactured goods and food products is creating more opportunities for local products in regional markets, a government official said yesterday. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/surge-new-product-standards-tariffs-fall
Residents seek legislative intervention in land dispute
About 65 villagers from Kampong Speu province’s Phnom Srouch district handed out petitions yesterday urging the National Assembly to push the provincial court into releasing two of their leaders. ...
Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/22744/residents-seek-legislative-intervention-in-land-dispute/
Census of foreigners not finished
Interior Minister Sar Kheng called on immigration officials to finish counting and collecting information on all foreign nationals living in the Kingdom by July at the latest. ...
Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/25072/census-of-foreigners-not-finished/
Ministry to be grilled on sand exports
The National Assembly’s anti-corruption commission will summon Minister of Mines and Energy Suy Sem to answer questions about an apparent $700 million discrepancy in sand exports to Singapore. ...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-be-grilled-sand-exports
South Korea set to import mangoes
South Korea wants to host more migrant workers and increase agricultural imports from Cambodia, including mangoes, a meeting between the outgoing ambassador and National Assembly president Heng Samrin revealed yesterday. ...
Khy Sovuthy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5093482/south-korea-set-import-mangoes/
Samrin’s hometown technically in Vietnam
National Assembly President Heng Samrin’s native village is, as map lines go, technically inside of Vietnam, the head of Cambodia’s Royal Academy said at a recent press conference. ...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/samrins-hometown-technically-vietnam
Hun Sen says he is ready to negotiate with Sam Rainsy
Prime Minister Hun Sen said today that he is ready to have a summit with Sam Rainsy, the president of the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party, to break the current political deadlock. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=11&token=NmMyZjJlNzgwMGU
China provides US$145 mln in grand and loan to Cambodia
The Chinese Government provided US$112 million in grand aid, and US$33 million in loan to Cambodia for the country’s social and economic development, National Television of Kampuchea (TVK) reported. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=11&token=YzIzNTIwMTcxNzg
Maybank Cambodia opens 17th branch
Maybank Cambodia Plc has launched its 17th branch at Ta Khmao, Kandal Province to expand its footprint across the nation and to provide the community with convenient access of banking services. ...
The Star Online News Staff
http://www.thestar.com.my/Business/Business-News/2014/07/09/MAYBANK-CAMBODIA-OPENS-17TH-BRANCH-IN-CAMBODIA/
Mercedes fire latest incident in restive Sihanoukville
Police are probing a suspected arson attack on a Mercedes-Benz coupe in Sihanoukville, which caught fire shortly after its driver, a Turkish national, stepped out of the vehicle early Tuesday morning. ...
Khy Sovuthy and Matt Blomberg
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/mercedes-fire-latest-incident-in-restive-sihanoukville-79967/
Hundreds of opponents of NGO bill deliver petition to lawmakers
A group of 300 pro-democracy and rights organizations and their supporters delivered a petition to the National Assembly on Tuesday, calling for lawmakers to reject a draft law to regulate NGOs. ...
Neou Vannarin
http://bit.ly/1Nh3sxF
Lawmaker says NGO law must pass now
Despite government assurances that the controversial NGO draft law was still undergoing review, committees of the National Assembly said yesterday that the only revisions will be minor corrections to spelling and wording. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/lawmaker-says-ngo-law-must-pass-now
NGO law set to pass senate this week
The contentious law on associations and NGOs will likely pass the Senate this week, after it is reviewed tomorrow and Wednesday opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) senator Kong Korm said yesterday. ...
Muny Sithyna and Vincent MacIsaac
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/13459/ngo-law-set-to-pass-senate-this-week/
Acting president of CNRP visits his 11 activists in Jail
Kem Sokha, acting president of the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), visited this morning his 11 activists who were sentenced to jail from 7-20 years . ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/acting-president-of-cnrp-visits-his-11-activists-in-jail-8754
Aquaculture urged as fish yield plummets
Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday encouraged farmers to engage in sustainable aquaculture activities to promote domestic production, and in turn, boost the national economy. ...
Som Kanika
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50744767/aquaculture-urged-as-fish-yield-plummets/
Rainsy says no plan to meet Funcinpec leader
Opposition leader Sam Rainsy denied Wednesday that he had plans to meet Prince Norodom Ranariddh to discuss the CNRP joining with Funcinpec against the CPP ahead of the 2018 national election. ...
Alex Willemyns
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/rainsy-says-no-plan-to-meet-funcinpec-leader-97260/
Police detain five following slaying of Chinese woman
Authorities have detained five Chinese nationals for questioning following the brutal slaying of a Chinese woman at her apartment in Phnom Penh’s Pur Senchey district on Sunday evening, police said on Monday. ...
Buth Kimsay
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/police-detain-five-following-slaying-of-chinese-woman-100506/