Ministry to crack down on illegitimate firearm use by cops
Police officers have been committing crimes using firearms supplied to them by their superior officers, according to Ministry of National Defense spokesman General Chhum Socheath. ...
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/22274/ministry-to-crack-down-on-illegitimate-firearm-use-by-cops/
Hun Sen promises weekly garment factory visits
Prime Minister Hun Sen announced on Friday that he will make weekly visits to garment factories across the country to better understand the demands and needs of workers, in what some observers said could be an attempt to appeal to potential voters before next July’s ...
Kong Meta
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hun-sen-promises-weekly-garment-factory-visits
Comfrel denies links to anti-government plot
The Committee for Free and Fair Elections in Cambodia has denied accusations that its election activities were connected to attempts to foment a popular uprising or “colour revolution”. ...
Khy Sovuthy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5088192/comfrel-denies-links-anti-government-plot/
Army, Ministry of Environment agree to cooperate
Environment Minster Say Sam Al and Royal Cambodian Armed Forces Commander Pol Saroeun announced three new points of cooperation following a meeting earlier this week, Saroeun announced on his official Facebook page. ...
Yesenia Amaro and Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/army-ministry-environment-agree-cooperate
‘Thousands of tonnes’ of weapons imported: PM
Prime Minister Hun Sen bragged yesterday about importing “thousands or tens of thousands” of tonnes of weaponry overnight in the run-up to a major joint military exercise with China. “Samdech Tea Banh, the minister of defence, he does not transport flowers,” the premier said to an ...
Ben Sokhean and Mech Dara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/thousands-tonnes-weapons-imported-pm
Government ups plot accusations with new video linking CNRP and US groups to ‘colour revolutions’
In the latest attempt to push its narrative of an impending “colour revolution”, the Press and Quick Reaction Unit released a sweeping, nearly hourlong video, broadcast on multiple television stations on Monday night, attempting to link the opposition’s activities to protest movements in the Middle ...
Mech Dara and Ananth Baliga
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/government-ups-plot-accusations-new-video-linking-cnrp-and-us-groups-colour-revolutions
Probe into Chinese investment to Sihanoukville still idle
A task force established a month ago to address problems stemming from an influx of Chinese investment to Sihanoukville has not received a single report of illegal businesses or taken any enforcement action, with one official maintaining it was impossible to take “serious” action for ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/probe-chinese-investment-sihanoukville-still-idle
‘Cyber War Team’ to monitor web
The Council of Ministers’ Press and Quick Reaction Unit has created a “Cyber War Team” to monitor and collect information from Facebook and other websites in order to “protect the government’s stance and prestige,” according to a proclamation published in the Royal Gazette. The document, signed ...
Matt Blomberg and Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cyber-war-team-to-monitor-web-72677/
Supreme Council members to receive uniforms for events
An undisclosed amount of money from the national budget will be used to purchase uniforms and insignias for 49 members of the Supreme Council for Consultation, the government said on Monday. The officials will don the uniforms during major local and international events. In November last ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/supreme-council-members-receive-uniforms-events
Cambodia commits to Anti-Financing of Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction
Cambodia has strongly affirmed its opposition to weapons of mass destruction, WMD, through two new draft laws approved on Friday, May 15. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50724112/cambodia-commits-to-anti-financing-of-proliferation-of-weapons-of-mass-destruction/
PM tells SCC to lay off resolved land disputes
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Friday prohibited members of the Supreme Consultative Council from re-opening or getting involved with any land dispute cases that had already been addressed by the courts and the premier himself. ...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50724068/pm-tells-scc-to-lay-off-resolved-land-disputes/
Approval in principle for new airport
The government has approved in principle the construction of a new domestic airport in Mondulkiri province under a public-private partnership (PPP). The approval was signed by the Council of Ministers’ Permanent Secretary of State Hing Thoraxy on New Year’s Eve. ...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50800187/approval-in-principle-for-new-airport/
Results of the Cabinet meeting yesterday
Hun Sen, Prime Minister of Cambodia, chaired a meeting of the Council of Ministers yesterday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50990253/results-of-the-cabinet-meeting-yesterday/
Freeze on transfer of civil servants between ministries
The Ministry of Civil Service has issued a circular putting a freeze on transfer of civil servants from one institution to another to maintain workflow and stability. ...
Torn Vibol
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501370103/freeze-on-transfer-of-civil-servants-between-ministries/
Government dismisses concerns over VOD radio closure
Both the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday dismissed concerns from the international community and foreign embassies over the decision to revoke the licence of the Voice of Democracy (VOD) radio. ...
Torn Vibol
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501238746/government-dismisses-concerns-over-vod-radio-closure/
Over 20 VOD ex-employees have applied for government jobs ahead of Feb 28th deadline
More than 20 former employees of shuttered radio station VOD – closed by order of the Prime Minister last week – have now applied for government jobs in ministries and institutions. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501243355/over-20-vod-ex-employees-have-applied-for-government-jobs/
Government issues roadmap to improve local admin management
The Government, through the Ministry of Interior, has published the Strategic Plan for the Promotion of Territorial Administration, Security, Public Order and Social Security 2024-2028 to support the implementation of the Pentagonal Strategy-Phase 1 to achieve the set goals, objectives and vision. ...
Hang Punreay
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501451097/government-issues-roadmap-to-improve-local-admin-management/
Govt sets up teams to monitor development works
The Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) Saturday announced the establishment of working groups to monitor, review and evaluate the implementation of the development plans and strategic policies of the ministries and institutions based on the slogan ‘Strengthen and Organise Individual Home’. ...
Nhean Chamrong
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501519498/govt-sets-up-teams-to-monitor-development-works/
‘Very slow’ ministers move out
The two ministers who were publicly scolded for their “very slow” work by Prime Minister Hun Sen in February both gave up control to their successors at a pair of handover ceremonies in Phnom Penh on Wednesday as part of a cabinet reshuffle approved by ...
Aun Pheap and Sek Odom
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/very-slow-ministers-move-out-110957/
SME board possible this year
Market regulator Securities and Exchanges Commission of Cambodia and Cambodia Securities Exchange are looking at reducing some of the current initial public offering requirements, as a way to attract more small- and medium-size businesses to list on the flagging exchange. ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/sme-board-possible-year