Protest in Cambodia leaves one dead
Violent clashes have erupted in Cambodia, leaving a protester dead and several wounded as thousands gathered to challenge strongman premier Hun Sen’s disputed election win. Security forces fired smoke grenades, tear gas and water cannon at rock-throwing opposition supporters in Phnom Penh in an escalation of ...
Sky News Australia News Staff
http://www.skynews.com.au/world/article.aspx?id=906497
Report Says Election Results Not Reflective of People’s Will
Transparency International Cambodia (TIC) on Thursday concluded in a report that official results of the July 28 national election released by the National Election Committee (NEC) do not reflect the will of the people due to widespread irregularities occurring both before and on election day. The ...
Lauren Crothers
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/report-says-election-results-not-reflective-of-peoples-will-42808/
Canadia CEO Sheds Light on $2.3M Embezzlement Scheme
The four people charged with embezzling more than $2 million from Canadia Bank PLC were able to do so by creating fictitious bank accounts and using fraudulent credit cards to withdraw money from those accounts, the bank’s CEO said Monday, the first time Canadia has ...
Joshua Wilwohl
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/canadia-ceo-sheds-light-on-2-3m-embezzlement-scheme-45660/
អង្គការសហប្រជាជាតិចង់ស៊ើបអង្កេតលើអំពើហិង្សានៅកម្ពុជា
ភ្នាក់ងារសិទ្ធិមនុស្សអង្គការសហប្រជាជាតិបានទទូចអោយកម្ពុជាធ្វើការស៊ើបអងេ្កតទៅលើវិសមាត្រនៃការប្រើប្រាស់កំលាំងដោយកងកំលាំងសន្តិសុខកាលពីសប្តាហ៏មុនប្រឆាំងទៅនឹងកម្មករោងចក្រកាត់ដេរដែលធ្វើកូដកម្មលើបញ្ហាប្រាក់ឈ្នួល។ ...
បុគ្គលិកសារព័ត៌មាន Peninsula On-line News
http://thepeninsulaqatar.com/news/asia/267595/un-wants-probe-into-cambodian-violence
China Loans Cash for Irrigation, Power Projects
Finance Minister Keat Chhon has signed a deal with China’s ambassador to Cambodia to secure a concessional loan of $121 million to fund irrigation and power projects. In the latest promise of cash from Cambodia’s biggest donor, China will fund a power transmission line connecting Phnom ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/china-loans-cash-for-irrigation-power-projects-39098/
Feature: Slum dwellers in Cambodian capital want to benefit from development
Phnom Penh, Cambodia’s capital and largest city, has seen rapid development in the last decade — numerous high-rises, large shopping malls and business centres as well as public parks are beautifying this city — in the meantime, slum-dwellers are also on the rise. According to the ...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2013-08/18/c_132641165.htm
Election Observers Call for Recount of Votes in Kandal
Election observers on Wednesday released a joint statement regarding the fallout from the disputed national election, calling for a recount of votes in Kandal province’s Takhmao City, where a particularly large number of irregularities were reported. The Situation Room, a conglomerate of NGO’s and election monitors ...
Neou Vannarin and Matt Blomberg
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/election-observers-call-for-recount-of-votes-in-kandal-40509/
Cambodian Court Acquits Two in Slaying of Journalist
A Cambodian provincial court today dropped charges against a military police officer and his wife accused of murdering a reporter investigating the country’s illegal timber trade, drawing protests from the journalist’s wife and from human rights and environmental advocacy groups. Hang Serei Oudom, a ...
Radio Free Asia News Staff
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/acquits-08282013145944.html
Japanese Investor in Talks to Take Stake in TV3
Japan’s TriAsia Group is in talks to acquire a majority stake in local television station TV3 and plans to broadcast Japanese-language shows, the television channel’s owner confirmed Wednesday. According to TV3’s owner, Khampun Keomony, revenues at the channel have been dropping, which prompted him to look ...
Hul Reaksmey and Joshua Wilwohl
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/japanese-investor-in-talks-to-take-stake-in-tv3-41707/
Activists Blame Short Contracts for Strikes
Labor activists at the bi-annual Buyers Forum in Phnom Penh on Thursday said that short-term contracts in Cambodia’s garment industry were fueling the high number of strikes affecting the industry. “Most of [the disputes] are over dismissals or dismissals of union leaders and the reason why ...
Dene-Hern Chen
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/activists-blame-short-contracts-for-strikes-41832/
Further JICA Support Hinges On Fertilizer Scandal
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has said that its future support of agricultural development in Cambodia depends on the outcome of an investigation into a provincial official accused of embezzling funds from JICA-donated fertilizer. The accused, deputy bureau chief of Battambang’s department of agriculture Seng ...
Matt Blomberg and Eang Mengleng
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/further-jica-support-hinges-on-fertilizer-scandal-42143/
Thousands Affected by Flooding, More Predicted in Coming Days
Thousands of families continue to be affected by relentless flooding caused by heavy rains and the opening of dams in neighboring Thailand and Vietnam, causing a surge in the Mekong River in Cambodia that has inundated communities along its banks. The floods have claimed at least ...
Ben Sokhean and Lindsey Peterson
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/thousands-affected-by-flooding-more-predicted-in-coming-days-43416/
EU Ambassador Meets Sok An, Says CNRP Should Take Seats
Popular online news website CEN (Cambodia Express News) reported Wednesday that European Union (E.U.) Ambassador Jean-Francois Cautain told CPP Deputy Prime Minister Sok An that the E.U. wished to see the opposition CNRP take their seats in the National Assembly. Mr. Cautain’s comments were made during ...
Mech Dara and Alex Willemyns
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/eu-ambassador-meets-sok-an-says-cnrp-should-take-seats-44310/
Bar Association Requests Set Price for Copies of Case Files
The Bar Association of Cambodia has written to Justice Minister Ang Vong Vattana requesting that an official price be set for photocopies of court case files, claiming that court clerks are taking advantage of the current system by charging lawyers extortionate amounts. The letter, dated October ...
Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/bar-association-requests-set-price-for-copies-of-case-files-46689/
Orix Investment in Acleda Seen as Exploratory
Orix, a Japanese financial conglomerate, will acquire about $11 million shares in Acleda Bank PLC, Cambodia’s largest bank, by the year’s end, officials announced Wednesday, although industry executives said the investment appears only exploratory and likely won’t make more than a ripple in the banking ...
Joshua Wilwohl
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/orix-investment-in-acleda-seen-as-exploratory-46968/
Environment Ministry Denies Issuing New ELC to Logging Firm
The Ministry of Environment on Thursday denied that a private agro-industry firm had been issued an “unofficial” land concession inside Ratanakkiri province’s Lumphat Wildlife Sanctuary, as stated on Monday by the provincial governor. In response to claims by local officials that Daun Penh Agrico Co. Ltd. ...
Aun Pheap
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/environment-ministry-denies-issuing-new-elc-to-logging-firm-47675/
ភូមិអណ្តែតទឹកនៅកម្ពុជាមិនមានអនាគតច្បាស់លាស់
ច្រើនជំនាន់មកហើយ ដែលអ្នកភូមិអណ្តែតទឹកបានរស់នៅសម្របទៅតាមបឹងទន្លេសាប ដែលជាបឹងទឹកសាបធំបំផុតនៅអាស៊ីអាគ្នេយ៍ តែរបៀបរស់នៅបែបទំនើប និងបរិមាណត្រីថយចុះបានបង្ខំឲ្យពួកគេកែប្រែរបៀបរស់នៅតាមទម្លាប់នេះ។ ...
បុគ្គលិកសារព័ត៌មាន New Vision
http://www.newvision.co.ug/news/653084-cambodia-s-floating-villages-face-uncertain-future.html
(English) Union representatives file complaint against leaders over pilfering
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(English) Two Killed, 73 Houses Destroyed by Lightning in Northwest
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Ben Sokhean
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/two-killed-73-houses-destroyed-by-lightning-in-northwest-55648/
(English) Villagers say Pailin Governor gave orders to clear land in 1999
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