TRC gives up revenue collection to ministry
The Kingdom’s telecom regulator announced this week that it would transfer telco operator revenues it traditionally receives to the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications as part of government reforms on revenue collection. ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/trc-gives-revenue-collection-ministry
Cambodia revokes land licenses from 8 companies
Cambodian Environment Minister Say Samal said Monday that the government has canceled licenses of economic land concessions (ELCs) for eight companies after they have not undertaken development on the lands for years. ...
Global Post News Staff
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/xinhua-news-agency/140929/cambodia-revokes-land-licenses-8-companies
Med students accuse uni of graft, gouging
The University of Health Sciences (UHS) rejected allegations from staff and students yesterday that their management is embezzling funds from the national medical exit examinations. On Tuesday, UHS staff and students accused the university of pocketing funds from the $125 exams that were held between February ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya and Sarah Taguiam
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/med-students-accuse-uni-graft-gouging
Thai law firm says IP the main focus
A Bangkok-based regional law firm says it will expand to Cambodia in the coming weeks, despite the local bar association’s renewed drive to clamp down on foreign lawyers practising “illegally” in the country. Law firm Tilleke & Gibbins said it expected to enter the legal scene ...
Charles Rollet
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/thai-law-firm-says-ip-main-focus
Slow rubber market puts law on back burner
The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has postponed the finalisation of a draft rubber law amid declining rubber prices, according to a senior official. Under the draft law, producers must be more selective in choosing the type of rubber for plantation and only processed ...
Chan Muyhong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/slow-rubber-market-puts-law-back-burner
Adhoc tells bar request for case files ordinary
Rights group Adhoc has hit back at accusations from the Bar Association of the Kingdom of Cambodia that it interferes in judicial proceedings involving its lawyers, saying that the group had merely requested that a backlog of case files be moved from the home of ...
Matt Blomberg and Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/adhoc-tells-bar-request-for-case-files-ordinary-90384/
Factory sequestering unionists from others
Eight union representatives at a Chinese-owned window factory in Svay Rieng’s Bavet town say they are being illegally detained by security guards in a separate room at work each day after leading recent protests. ...
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/factory-sequestering-unionists-others
Cambodia, Thailand to reduce border violence
As Cambodian and Thai authorities agreed to ease up on the use of violence against illegal border crossers into both countries, Thailand stopped short of pledging to refrain from shooting trespassers into the neighbouring kingdom. ...
Vong Sokheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cambodia-thailand-reduce-border-violence
Workers told to complain if indemnity is not paid
Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training officials have appealed to workers in the textile sector to file complaints to the ministry immediately, if factory owners failed to make last year’s seniority indemnity payments. Meanwhile, some unions claimed that factories had failed to pay the second ...
Khorn Savi
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/workers-told-complain-if-indemnity-not-paid
Chinese leave Sihanoukville en masse following bust
Hotel and casino owners in Sihanoukville claim they have suffered immense losses and risk bankruptcy after Chinese investors, workers and tourists left the coastal city en masse following last month’s police arrest and extradition of 168 Chinese nationals accused of operating a transnational telecom extortion ...
Sor Chandara and Ayanna Runcie
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/chinese-leave-sihanoukville-en-masse-following-bust
Cambodia supports sustainable agriculture production
Cambodia has voiced support for regional efforts towards more effective and competitive agriculture production while sustaining the environment as discussed at a regional conference yesterday. ...
Yin Soeum
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50897347/cambodia-supports-sustainable-agriculture-production/
New Bar Association policy to provide pro bono legal aid
The Bar Association has introduced a new policy by calling on its members to defend the poor and to provide advice, counselling and legal services voluntarily to the public at each lawyer’s office free of charge. ...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50808340/new-bar-association-policy-to-provide-pro-bono-legal-aid/
Over 2,000 receive free legal aid
The Bar Association of the Kingdom of Cambodia (BAKC) announced that over a period of 100 days they had provided free legal representation in 2,167 cases on behalf of poor people. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/over-2000-receive-free-legal-aid
BAKC vows to expand pro bono legal services
The Bar Association of the Kingdom of Cambodia (BAKC) has vowed to expand the scope of pro bono defence consultations for the poor and called on lawyers around the country to participate in serving social justice and contribute to reducing the effects of poverty. ...
Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/bakc-vows-expand-pro-bono-legal-services
Call for all lawyers to provide free services to the poor
The Bar Association of the Kingdom of Cambodia (BAKC) has issued a letter calling on all lawyers to volunteer free legal services to the poor. ...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50811786/call-for-all-lawyers-to-provide-free-services-to-the-poor/
BAKC defends more than 4,000 court cases
Bar Association of the Kingdom of Cambodia (BAKC) president Ly Chantola on Saturday said that the association’s lawyers have defended 4,038 cases representing 6,692 people so far this year. ...
Tin Sokhavuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50953416/bakc-defends-more-than-4000-court-cases/
Tax policy touch-ups for projects of financing deals
The General Department of Taxation (GDT) on January 31 instructed relevant ministries, institutions and taxpayers to sort out tax obligations concerning projects under memorandums of understanding (MoU) as well as grant and loan agreements, as per applicable laws, and submit records of potential tax implications ...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/tax-policy-touch-ups-projects-financing-deals
Projects to improve sub-national mediation, judicial services
The Ministry of Justice is set to sign memorandums of understanding (MoU) with Oxfam Cambodia and the Women Peace Makers on projects that would strengthen its mechanisms and implement sub-national mediation to reduce a backlog of court cases and improve access to judicial services. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/projects-improve-sub-national-mediation-judicial-services
Cambodia, Vietnam strengthen banking cooperation
The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) and the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) have agreed to strengthen bilateral cooperation through exchange of experience on economy and banking system. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501207675/cambodia-vietnam-strengthen-banking-cooperation/
Tax revenue of $2.3b meets nearly 65% of GDT target
The continuous reform of tax procedures and understanding taxpayers have helped the tax revenue increase steadily, industry observers say. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/tax-revenue-23b-meets-nearly-65-gdt-target