Timber trader arrested, again
A prominent Vietnamese timber trader was arrested and put in pre-trial detention for the second time this year after some two tonnes of rosewood allegedly connected to her were discovered in Oddar Meanchey province, authorities said yesterday. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/timber-trader-arrested-again
Prey Long network ends four-day patrol to monitor logging
A network of about 400 activists completed a five-day patrol of the unprotected 650,000-hectare Prey Long forest in the country’s north Sunday, seizing and burning illegally logged wood and confiscating chainsaws from those they discovered felling trees. ...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/prey-long-network-ends-four-day-patrol-to-monitor-logging-81439/
Trilateral agreement signed to combat human trafficking
Cambodia signed an agreement with Vietnam and Laos during a meeting on Thursday to enhance efforts to fight human trafficking—with Vietnam reporting at the meeting that police discovered nearly 90 human trafficking rings along its border with Cambodia last year. ...
សាំង សុឥន្ទរិទ្ធ និង Aria Danaparamita
http://www.cambodiadailykhmer.com/news/29587/
Okhna owns land at site of illegal Koh Kong mangrove filling, contract shows
A section of protected mangrove forest in Koh Kong that in December was discovered to have been filled with sand was illegally sold to tycoon Chea Leanghong in 2017, documents show, with local authorities having signed off on the deal. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/okhna-owns-land-site-illegal-koh-kong-mangrove-filling-contract-shows
On Tonle Sap lake, another attack over fishing
The body of a fisherman was discovered floating in the Tonle Sap lake in Kompong Chhnang province’s Boribor district on Tuesday after a vicious boating attack, police said Wednesday, in what is the fourth such incident on the lake this year. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/on-tonle-sap-lake-another-attack-over-fishing-79139/
Endangered Giant Ibis Found in New Cambodia Habitat
Jubilant conservationists expressed hope on Tuesday for the survival of the critically-endangered Giant Ibis after a nest of the bird species was discovered in a previously unknown habitat in northeastern Cambodia. Habitat loss and poaching has pushed the Giant Ibis to the edge of extinction, with ...
http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/international/endangered-giant-ibis-found-in-new-cambodia-habitat/
Police claim to have found CNRP petition irregularities
Authorities say they have discovered irregularities among the 170,000 thumbprints the CNRP gathered in support of a petition seeking King Norodom Sihamoni’s intervention in the current political crisis, deputy National Police chief Kang Sokhorn said on Tuesday. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/police-claim-to-have-found-cnrp-petition-irregularities-114124/
Illegal timber found by police goes missing in Ratanakkiri
A pile of illegally logged wood discovered by police in Ratanakkiri province earlier this month along a road built by a local rubber plantation often accused of illegal logging has since gone missing, a Forestry Administration official said on Sunday. ...
Minister dismisses lawmaker’s HIV concerns
Health Minister Mam Bunheng said Wednesday that he was unconcerned by a letter sent to him by the head of the National Assembly’s health commission last month concerning a spate of recently discovered HIV cases in Kandal province. ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/minister-dismisses-lawmakers-hiv-concerns-109701/
Police shut down center promising jobs abroad
Anti-human trafficking police arrested a woman Wednesday after they discovered she was running an unlicensed training center in Phnom Penh’s Meanchey district that promised to send students to work in Japan or South Korea after paying for courses, an official said Thursday. ...
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/police-shut-down-center-promising-jobs-abroad-80847/
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Illegal-meat dealer caught with Gaur, Tiger parts
An illegal-meat dealer was arrested in Ratanakkiri province on Monday after 65 kg of gaur meat and two heads of the endangered bovine species were discovered along with two dried tiger skins during a raid of his home, an official said. ...
Saing Soenthrith
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/illegal-meat-dealer-caught-with-gaur-tiger-parts-89132/
Chroy changvar bridge to close for repairs
The Cambodia-Japan Friendship Bridge will close for repairs early next year after structural damage was discovered last year, City Hall announced yesterday. City Hall spokesman Mean Chanyada said: “We will close the bridge for 22 months to make repairs starting from early January 2017.” ...
Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/28345//
Police find illegal timber in car en route to border
Police in Kampong Cham province on Monday found a haul of 41 rosewood logs in a Lexus heading towards the Vietnamese border, while police in Stung Treng province discovered some 30 cubic metres of illegal timber on Sunday. No suspects were arrested in either case. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/police-find-illegal-timber-car-en-route-border
First bird flu death since 2014
The Ministry of Health said yesterday it has discovered for the first time in nearly 10 years a fatal case caused by Avian influenza H5N1, also known as bird flu. ...
Torn Vibol
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501244561/first-bird-flu-death-since-2014/
Scores of explosive war remnants unearthed
More than 100 pieces of unexploded ordnance were discovered and collected in Preah Sihanouk province on Wednesday before being handed over to bomb disposal experts. Provincial police chief Choun Narin said 136 UXOs were found in places such as Sihanoukville, Prey Nob district and Stung ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50498594/scores-of-explosive-war-remnants-unearthed/
Villagers file suit against wildlife chief over logging
The director of Mondulkiri province’s Phnom Prich wildlife sanctuary, Han Sokhon, is set to face legal action from an indigenous community. The villagers allege he colluded to exploit the very forest he was meant to safeguard after villagers discovered illegal logging in the protected area. ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/villagers-file-suit-against-wildlife-chief-over-logging
Two arrested for felling spirit tree
Two Apsara Authority officials were arrested yesterday morning after it was discovered they were in charge of felling a centuries-old spirit tree in Siem Reap province’s Kauk Chak commune on Saturday, enraging residents who had worshipped it for years, according to the provincial governor. ...
Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/31894/two-arrested-for-felling-spirit-tree/
App boosting Prey Lang network’s data collection
The number of illegal logging sites discovered within Prey Lang forest between April and July was 14 percent higher than the previous four-month period, according to a report released yesterday by the Prey Lang Community Network (PLCN) based on data collected with a novel smartphone ...
Cristina Maza and Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/app-boosting-prey-lang-networks-data-collection
Barrel bombs test positive for chemicals
Experts from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons have confirmed that barrel bombs discovered in three provinces are chemical weapons. The confirmation was made yesterday after the OPCW ended an operation to inspect the bombs sites in Mondulkiri, Tbong Khmum and Svay Rieng provinces. ...
Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5096713/barrel-bombs-test-positive-chemicals/
Sub-decree could back evicted villagers’ claims
A little-publicized sub-decree signed in July and discovered by the Post yesterday in an NGO database raises questions as to whether the eviction on Saturday of six ethnic Kuoy families in Preah Vihear was in contravention of an order by Prime Minister Hun Sen. ...
Jack Davies and Kong Meta
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sub-decree-could-back-evicted-villagers-claims