Kampot to remove illegal waterfront structures
Owners of illegal structures built on Kampot province’s seafront and riverbanks were ordered by the provincial governor to remove them immediately or be taken to court. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Tith Kongnov
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501095007/kampot-to-remove-illegal-waterfront-structures/
80 families at lake development protest delayed land titles
Representatives of about 80 families living around southern Phnom Penh’s major lake development say they fear eviction as sandfilling is nearing their houses and they have yet to receive the land titles promised to them by authorities. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khut Sokun
https://vodenglish.news/80-families-at-lake-development-protest-delayed-land-titles/
Lakeside villagers give their support
More than 200 residents of Phnom Penh’s Boeung Kak lake gathered outside Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday as four villagers who filed complaints after their homes were demolished by real estate developer shukaku Inc last month responded to summonses for questioning ss='cambodia-color'>...
Evictees’ plea: New petition chugging along to ADB
Families evicted from their homes by the rehabilitation of Phnom Penh’s stretch of the national railway said they had filed their second petition in two weeks to the Asia Development Bank yesterday, seeking help to improve living conditions at their resettlement site. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Endangered animals found dead in Pailin
An endangered gaur was one of “many” wild animals found dead in “dozens” of illegal traps in Pailin province’s Phnom Khieu Wildlife sanctuary, said Chit Thy, a military officer working with rangers to protect the conservation area, on Wednesday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/endangered-animals-found-dead-pailin
Sesan villagers request facilities
Over 50 families affected by the Lower sesan II dam in stung Treng province’s sesan district have sent a letter to the provincial governor and prominent tycoon Kith Meng requesting a number of public service facilities for the community. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sesan-villagers-request-facilities
Teachers in Preah Sihanouk call out ceding of land
More than 50 teachers at samdech Av secondary school in Preah sihanouk province have filed a complaint against the provincial authority’s decision to cede land behind the school to community members living nearby for the purpose of widening the road. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/teachers-preah-sihanouk-call-out-ceding-land
Families protest Srepok forest grab
Some 100 familieS from Pichreada diStrict&rSquo;S Pu Chrey commune in Mondulkiri province Said a private company continueS to clear foreSt in the Srepok Wildlife Sanctuary even after the authority made the firm Sign a contract promiSing to Stop itS activitieS. SS='cambodia-color'>...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/families-protest-srepok-forest-grab
A dozen Kratie farms demolished
Authorities in Kratie province yesterday demolished a dozen family farms deemed illegal in snuol district’s Khsoem commune. A villager who requested anonymity said that the demolition was conducted by provincial and district authorities along with police and military police officers. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50538880/a-dozen-kratie-farms-demolished/
Land Minister addresses corruption
Land Management Minister Chea sophara on Thursday instructed cadastral officials throughout the country to ensure accurate measurements and avoid corruption when demarcating people’s land. The instruction came after the ministry obtained sophisticated equipment using Global Navigation satellite system (GNss) technology. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/land-minister-addresses-corruption
Smugglers move timber from Cambodia's Mondulkiri, defying government warnings
SmugglerS working in colluSion with corrupt officialS on both SideS of the border are continuing to move illegally harveSted timber from Cambodia&rSquo;S Mondulkiri province into neighboring Vietnam in Spite of government warningS to halt the trade, SourceS in Cambodia Say. SS='cambodia-color'>...
Richard Finney
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/logging-10312018161613.html
Joint forces confiscate illegally logged timber
The Pursat provincial Military Police, in cooperation with provincial environmental officers, on saturday confiscated a total of 150 Reach Kol timber logs, which had been hidden near the Cardamom Mountains in Rovieng village in Phnom Kravanh district’s samrong commune. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khorn Savi
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/joint-forces-confiscate-illegally-logged-timber
Eight arrested for crossing border
Voek Pisei, O’Khla Khmum village chief in samrong district’s O’smach commune, told The Post on Thursday that early last month, one villager identified as Roeun sela was detained by Thai border guards for smuggling luxury wood from Thailand. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/eight-arrested-crossing-border
Authorities accused of ignoring logging
Bunong indigenous residents in Dak Dam commune in Mondulkiri province’s O’Raing district have accused the authorities of ignoring the clearing of community forest land at Chrey Thom waterfall resort and a local cemetery despite repeated complaints since 2017. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khorn Savi
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/authorities-accused-ignoring-logging
Five detained in illegal timber hauling
Another five people were arrested and five tractors seized in Preah Vihear province’s Prey Preah Roka Wildlife sanctuary late last week, but all were subsequently released after being educated and ordered to pay fines, an environmental ranger said on sunday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/five-detained-illegal-timber-hauling
Indigenous people push for official recognition
Nearly 20 people representing more than 100 families in Koh Kong province’s Thma Baing district yesterday gathered in Phnom Penh to submit petitions at various institutions requesting intervention to gain official recognition of the Chong indigenous people in Areng Valley. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50299578/indigenous-people-push-for-official-recognition/
Land protesters vow capital return
Representatives of about 400 families locked in a 670-hectare land dispute with NK Venture in svay Rieng province’s Romeas Haek district have warned that protestors will return to Phnom Penh if negotiations with local authorities fail to yield results. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50549892/land-protesters-vow-capital-return/
Phone app to report road damage launched
The Ministry of Public Works and Transport launched a phone app on Thursday which allows the people to report problems with the country’s roads directly to the ministry in a big leap forward for road safety in the Kingdom. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/phone-app-report-road-damage-launched
Government group to support local officials
The government has issued guidelines on the roles and duties of national-level officials who undertake municipal and provincial missions to promote the implementation of Prime Minister Hun sen’s Rectangular strategy for Growth, Employment, Equity and Efficiency Phase IV. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khorn Savi
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/government-group-support-local-officials
AIIB provides CFOCN $75M loan for fibre optic network
The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), which is a Chinese initiative, has provided its first loan of $75 million to Cambodia Fiber Optic Communication Network Co Ltd (CFOCN) to improve the Kingdom’s internet speed and quality, an AIIB statement said. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/aiib-provides-cfocn-75m-loan-fibre-optic-network