Rainsy summoned for 'treason' over alleged Montagnard deal
Former opposition leader Sam Rainsy has been summoned from exile to answer a charge of “treason” over an alleged agreement he made with a pro-Montagnard activist. Phnom Penh Municipal Court deputy prosecutor Sieng Sok issued a letter on Thursday to summon Rainsy as a “suspect” ...
Chhay Channyda
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rainsy-summoned-treason-over-alleged-montagnard-deal
Trial shows promise of new PTSD treatment
A new treatment designed to stabilize those with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has proven highly effective and could be used to help the roughly quarter of Cambodians who have the mental illness, according to a new study. ...
Ben Paviour
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/trial-shows-promise-of-new-ptsd-treatment-114876/
Divide over union law
Ten pro-government unions on Friday released statements in support of Cambodia’s recently passed Trade Union Law, just days after two independent unions held a meeting to discuss hoped-for changes to the contentious legislation. The independent unions met last week to compile a list of amendments to ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/divide-over-union-law
Cambodia not a claimant state in South China Sea dispute
Cambodia is not a claimant state to the territorial dispute in the South China Sea and, as such, it can afford to have its own stance toward the issue. Stating this exclusively to Khmer Times during a recent interview, Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said: “Cambodia has to ...
Khmer Times staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50641384/cambodia-not-a-claimant-state-in-south-china-sea-dispute/
At government rally, all proceeds smoothly
While workers and opposition supporters marched to mark Labour Day yesterday, and baton-wielding district security guards enforced a ban on gatherings, a very different, uninterrupted rally took place at the capital’s Koh Pich Exhibition Center. About 2,000 workers from pro-government unions and government officials heard Labour ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/government-rally-all-proceeds-smoothly
Parliamentarian rails against protests against NGO law
A ruling party lawmaker says pro-democracy and rights groups staging protests against a draft law at the National Assembly are trying to “topple the government.” On Wednesday, Chheang Vun, a lawmaker for the Cambodian People’s Party, said three days of protests over the draft are ...
Hul Reaksmey
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/parliamentarian-rails-against-protests-against-ngo-law/2846346.html
CNRP calls for ‘public’ swearing-in
Authorities in Mondulkiri decided to switch a swearing-in ceremony for two newly elected Keo Seima district councillors to a commune hall after the opposition objected to it being held at the home of the district’s pro-ruling party governor, officials said. Khum Kan said he and a ...
Cheang Sokha
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cnrp-calls-%E2%80%98public%E2%80%99-swearing
Lon Nol coup marked
Cambodian government officials and pro-government media yesterday commemorated the seldom-observed anniversary of Marshal Lon Nol’s rise to power, seizing the opportunity to once again re-litigate historical grievances with the United States. In an article on Sunday, Lim Cheavutha, the CEO of government mouthpiece Fresh News, ...
Andrew Nachemson
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/lon-nol-coup-marked
Protesters outside National Assembly demand end to NGO law
Pro-democracy and rights groups in Cambodia have launched a three-day demonstration in an attempt to stop the passage of a law to regulate NGOs. The Protest is expected to continue Tuesday. Organizers said that if they are not satisfied with the Assembly’s actions, they will ...
Hul Reaksmey
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/protesters-outside-national-assembly-demand-end-to-ngo-law/2841530.html
PM condemns attack
Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday condemned the savage beating of two opposition lawmakers outside the National Assembly on Monday, before then insisting the violence was wholly unrelated to the pro-ruling party rally from which its perpetrators emerged.In a rare televised address to the nation, the ...
Chhay Channyda, Meas Sokchea and Vong Sokheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-condemns-attack
CNRP says peace accords not yet fully implemented
Twenty-four years after warring political factions signed the Paris Peace Agreements, a comprehensive pact to end civil strife and restore democracy in Cambodia, deputy opposition leader Kem Sokha said on Friday that many of its promises remain elusive.Marking the anniversary of the accord at an ...
Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cnrp-says-peace-accords-not-yet-fully-implemented-98177/
CNRP calls on UN to join investigation
The opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party has called on the United Nations to join an investigation into the beating of two CNRP parliamentarians last Monday, expressing serious doubts the Cambodian People’s Party-led government could conduct an independent inquiry into an incident it was almost immediately ...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cnrp-calls-un-join-investigation
Sokha still in crosshairs
The National Assembly is preparing to discuss the “people’s proposal” to oust Cambodia National Rescue Party deputy leader Kem Sokha from his position as the assembly’s vice president, a ruling party lawmaker said yesterday.Cambodian People’s Party lawmaker and parliamentary spokesman Chheang Vun said that Monday’s ...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sokha-still-crosshairs
CNRP backers' names taken
Indigenous Jarai people from Ratanakkiri province who attended the opposition’s mass protests in the capital in recent weeks have had their names taken by provincial police, raising concerns that they could face threats and intimidation. The names of 81 pro-Cambodia National Rescue Party Jarai from O’Yadav, ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cnrp-backers-names-taken
Cambodian Public Bank offers loan repayment deals during COVID-19
Cambodian Public Bank is responding to the Coronavirus crisis by taking pro-active action to provide help to its customers in distress by restructuring and rescheduling their loans to eligible individual and business customers. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50710323/cambodian-public-bank-offers-loan-repayment-deals-during-covid-19/
Report Urges Better Factories to do more
Better Factories Cambodia must name and shame garment factories that abuse the labour law if it is to transform Cambodia into an ethical sourcing option, a report on the International Labor Organization initiative says. Better Factories should make monitoring reports public, according to the 10 Years ...
Teenager charged for hacking government site
A 17-year-old high school student was charged Wednesday after he confessed to hacking a government website and creating a Facebook page on which he encouraged people to attack government websites as well as the websites of pro-government groups, officials confirmed, though the exact charges are ...
Eang Mengleng and Joshua Wilwohl
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/teenager-charged-for-hacking-government-site-60512/
US Congressman Says Hun Sen Must Resign
The chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs called on Prime Minister Hun Sen to stand down during an event attended by CNRP Vice President Kem Sokha in California on Saturday night. Speaking at a CNRP fundraising event, Ed Royce, a Republican ...
Alex Willemyns and Phorn Bopha
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/us-congressman-says-hun-sen-must-resign-48243/
Peace marchers dispersed by city security personnel
About 50 Cambodian youths were prevented by city security personnel from performing a peace march in the capital on Tuesday. The youth, from the Working Group for Peace, had hoped to hold a non-violent march near Wat Phnom, a city landmark, to the Royal Palace, ...
Suy Heimkhemra
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/peace-marchers-dispersed-by-city-security-personnel-/1913616.html
MFIs bank returns on rates: report
High returns on investment and healthy interest rates are helping Cambodia’s microfinance sector continue its rapid expansion, according to Cambodia-based investment firm Mekong Strategic Partners. With an average of 22 per cent return on equity and 48 per cent increase in loans across Cambodia’s 27 microfinance ...
Daniel de Carteret
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/mfis-bank-returns-rates-report