Frenchman arrested in Cambodia over sexual abuses
A French non-governmental organization (NGO) director had been arrested on suspicion of sexually abusing seven boys, police and anti-pedophilia agent said on Thursday. Action Pour Les Enfants (APLe), a child protection NGO, assisted the police in an investigation that Led to the arrest, the police ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/euruope/2014-10/16/c_133722367.htm
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
Fee hike reduced after med students protest
Following a huge outcry from medical students, the University of Health Sciences agreed yesterday to lower a planned rise in annual tuition for those hoping to pursue a medical specialty beyond their general degree. The students then agreed to accept the rector’s offer of $2,250, ...
Chhay Channyda
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/fee-hike-reduced-after-med-students-protest
Security Guards Disrupt Memorial Ceremony for Slain Man
There were ugly scenes on Friday at Phnom Penh’s hill-temple Wat Phnom when district security guards scuffled, shouted abuse and punched a group of mostly women and monks who had gathered to hold a memorial ceremony for Mao Sok Chan—the 29-year-old man shot dead by ...
Khy Sovuthy
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/security-guards-disrupt-memorial-ceremony-for-slain-man-45479/
UN set to hear report on Cambodian rights
The United Nations Special Rapporteur for Cambodia was due last night to present his 2011 report to the Human Rights Council in New York, where Foreign Minister Hor Namhong is attending the UN General Assembly’s annual debate. The report, first published on August 2, looks at ...
In ‘historic lawsuit’, Oddar Meanchey villagers take sugar giant Mitr Phol to court in Thailand
Cambodian villagers have filed a class action suit in Bangkok against Thai sugar giant Mitr Phol Sugar Corporation for human rights violations after the eviction of hundreds of villagers in Cambodia’s Oddar Meanchey province, with a US rights group calling the case a “historic lawsuit”. ...
Ananth Baliga and Phak Seangly
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/historic-lawsuit-oddar-meanchey-villagers-take-sugar-giant-mitr-phol-court-thailand
Centre for mentally ill officially opened
Cambodia’s first mental rehabilitation centre was formally opened in Kandal province’s Kandal Stung district on Wednesday, with the government planning to build a specialist facility to house jailed minors. Speaking during the opening ceremony, Minister of Interior Sar Kheng said the Kingdom’s socio-economic progress meant ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/centre-mentally-ill-officially-opened
‘Historic’ Khmer Rouge tribunal Case 002/2 verdict to be delivered
The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) are to deliver the verdict on Friday, in the trial of former Khmer Rouge leaders Nuon Chea and Khieu Samphan, in a pronouncement hailed as a “historic event for Cambodia and the world”. The verdict from ...
Asean membership has helped reduce development gaps
Cambodia has significantly benefited from its Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) membership, Royal Academy of Cambodia (RAC) secretary-general Yang Peou said on Thursday during a conference to mark the 52nd anniversary of Asean’s establishment and the 20th anniversary of the Kingdom’s membership in the ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/asean-membership-has-helped-reduce-development-gaps
Prime Minister Hun Sen will leave Cambodia tomorrow UN’s submit at New York
Prime Minister Hun Sen will lead a high delegation to attend the “United Nations Summit for the adoption of the Post-2015 development Agenda that will be held in New York from 25-27 September. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/prime-minister-hun-sen-will-leave-cambodia-tomorrow-un%E2%80%99s-submit-at-new-york-8981
Defense minister says soldiers can take part in demonstrations
Defense Minister Tea Banh says Cambodia’s soldiers should have the right to support Demonstrations.Speaking at the airport as he waited for Prime Minister Hun Sen to arrive from an official visit to France, Tea Banh said his troops have a right to “express their opinion.” ...
Hul Reaksmey, Neou Vannarin
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/defense-minister-says-soldiers-can-take-part-in-demonstrations/3026380.html
10 Cambodians die after eating dog meat, drinking wine
Cambodian health officials have been sent to a northeastern district where 10 people died and more than 100 were sickened in two separate incidents linked to the consumption of dog meat and rice wine, a medical officer said Friday. ...
Associated Press News Staff
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/ten-cambodians-die-after-eating-dog-meat-drinking-wine/3101975.html
Journalist among 13 arrested with meth
A newspaper journalist was among 13 suspects arrested for methamphetamine possession in Phnom Penh yesterday morning, police said. ...
Kim Sarom
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/journalist-among-13-arrested-meth
Fear hinders independent journalism in Cambodia, survey finds
Fear of government interference, legal repercussions and violence remain impediments to free and independent journalism in Cambodia, according to a survey released on Wednesday in a report by the Cambodian Center for Independent Media (CCIM). ...
Tej Parikh
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/fear-hinders-independent-journalism-in-cambodia-survey-finds-109992/
Cop duo sentenced to 10 years in meth bust
Four people – two of them police officers – were sentenced to 10 years in prison yesterday for selling nearly a kilogram of methamphetamine to an undercover police officer in Phnom Penh’s Chbar Ampov district earlier this year. ...
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cop-duo-sentenced-10-years-meth-bust
TV anchor seeks to be Cambodia's political peacemaker to avoid conflict
Cambodian TV news anchor Soy Sopheap has again stepped into the role of political peacemaker in an effort to end the feud between Prime Minister Hun Sen and exiled opposition leader Sam Rainsy which threatens to ignite political conflict. ...
Prak Chan Thul
http://in.reuters.com/article/2015/11/30/cambodia-politics-idINKBN0TJ2O220151130
Three men jailed for swindling hundreds in land scheme
Three men were charged with fraud in Kratie province on Wednesday after they were arrested for convincing more than 400 people from four provinces to give them money to secure pieces of land, police said Thursday. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/three-men-jailed-for-swindling-hundreds-in-land-scheme-94694/
Surrogacy business shifts to Cambodia
The international market for surrogacy is proving to be very resilient in the face of legal and social disruption. Now that India, Nepal and Thailand have banned international clients from using local surrogates, clinics and brokers are shifting their business to Cambodia. ...
Michael Cook
http://www.bioedge.org/bioethics/surrogacy-business-shifts-to-cambodia/11638
A country in love with injections and drips
In Cambodia almost anyone who sees a doctor or goes to hospital, is given an injection or put on an intravenous drip. This is what patients want, and what medical staff give them – it has become part of the healthcare routine. But it has ...
John Murphy
http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-35111566
Mental health center under construction for Prey Speu detainees
Officials broke ground on Saturday on a new mental health center in Kandal province that will house detainees from the notorious Prey Speu detention center in Phnom Penh, among others, government and city officials said on Sunday. ...